There is no daily homework...just a monthly reading log (20 minutes a day with two questions). This is not for a grade but DOJO points.

Our Reading block will start with a whole group lesson and then small groups/stations.

*You can find the textbook on the Benchmark app located on your child's Classlink!!

*Benchmark units are broken up into 3-4 weeks of instruction 

We will do the first week's test together each unit and then grade week 2 and the unit test which will have a writing component. These will be completed on the computer.

There will be a comprehension quiz and spelling test each Friday.

Unit 6 Writing is Narrative

Unit 7...Communities

March 25-28

*"My St. Augustine Journal" and "A New Life in Vermon...Author's Claim, Author's Purpose, Character Development, Text Features

*Grammar: Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs

*Spelling: -er, -or

*Week 28 Comprehension Quiz/Spelling Test

March 31-April 4

*"All Kinds of Communities"...Author's Claim, Text Features, Compare and Contrast Two Authors

*Grammar: Form and Use Possessives

*Spelling: Homophones

*Week 2 Test...April 3

*Week 29 Comprehension Quiz/Spelling Test

April 7-11

*"Sarah and the Chickens"...Illustrations, Character Development, Compare and Contrast Two Authors

*Grammar: Quotation Marks with Dialogue

*Spelling: Words with Variant Vowel /o/

*Week 30 Comprehension Quiz/Spelling Test

*Unit 7 Test...April 10

*Unit 6 Writing Due...April 11

March 28 April 4 April 11

Words with Homophones Words with 

-er, -or Variant Vowel /o/

actors ate astronaut*

character* eight* audience*

emperor beat called

inventor beet cause

janitor* board* crawl

narrator bored musical*

neighbor* do ought

painters due* pause

players tail pitfall

soldier tale straw

together wood taught

visitor would thawing