2009-2010 School Year Calendar
Aug. 10
R: None
G: Chapter 1: Sentences
S: None
H: Safety/ Mental Health/ Violence Prevention
Aug 17
R: Sees Behind Trees
G: Chapter 2: Subj/Noun
S: Words w/ Short Vowels
SS: Civil War
Aug 24
R: Yang the 3rd
G: Chapter 3: Personal Voice (Writing)
S: Words w/ a Long a, e, and i
SS: Civil War
Aug 31
R: Hot and Cold Summer
G: Chapter 4: Predicate/Verb
S: Words w/ a Long o and u
Sci: Unit 1: Features of the Earth
Sept 7 (No School Monday)
R: Satchmo’s Blues
G: Chapter 5: Simple Compound
S: Vowels before r
Sci: Unit 1: Features of the Earth
Sept 14
R: Elena
G: Chapter 7: More about nouns
S: Words w/ s, z, and sh
SS: Reconstruction
Early Release Day
Sept 21
R: None
G: Chapter 6: Personal Narrative *Narrative Essay* Chapter 9: Paragraphing
S: None
H: Alcohol/ Tobacco
ITBS *No HW/Tests/Quizzes*
Book Report Due Sept 24
Sept 28
R: Folk Tales from Asia
G: Chapter 8: Possessive Nouns
S: Endings w/ zher and cher
SS: Reconstruction
Oct 5
R: Seeing Earth from Space
G: Chapter 10: Action/Linking Verbs
S: Words ending in –ed and –ing
Sci: Unit 3: Cells
No School Friday: Conference Day
Oct 12
R: Oceans
G: Chapter 11: Main/Helping Verbs
S: Unstressed endings –en and –er
Sci: Unit 3: Cells *Cell Project*
Early Release Day Wednesday
Oct 19
R: Off and Running
G: Chapter 13: Simple Tenses
S: Unstressed Endings el
SS: Turn of the Century
Oct 26
R: Woodsong
G: Chapter 14: More about verb tenses
S: Plurals
SS: Turn of the Century
Book Report Due Oct 29
Nov 2
R: Dear Mrs. Parks
G: None
S: Words w/ Silent Letter
Sci: Heredity
Nov 9
R: Roberto Clemente
G: Chapter 16: Irregular Verbs
S: Compound Words
Sci: Unit 2: Classification
Nov 16
R: Name This American
G: Chapter 15: Elaboration
S: Troublesome words and phrases
Sci: Unit 2: Classification
Early Release Day
Nov 23
R: Review Reading Strategies
G: None
S: None
H: Safety
Thanksgiving Break
Dec 1
R: Island of the Blue Dolphins
G: Chapter 17: Perfect Tenses
S: Suffixes –ant and –ent
SS: WW I
Dec 7
R: None
G: Chapter 18: Persuasive Essay
S: Suffixes –tion and –ness
SS: WW I
Book Report Due Dec 10
Dec 14
R: Hattie’s Birthday Box
G: Chapter 19: Pronouns
S: None
H: Human Growth and Development
Debates
Jan 4
No School Monday
R: None
G: Chapter 21: Effective Sentences
S: None
Sci: Unit 4: Microorganisms
Jan 11
R: Lewis and Clark
G: Chapter 20: More Pronouns
S: Suffixes –able and –less
Sci: Unit 4: Microorganisms
Jan 18
No School Monday
R: Across the Wide Dark Sea
G: Chapter 22: Adj and Adv
G: Suffixes –eer, -ist, -ian, -or, and –er
H:
Book Report Due Jan 21
Jan 25
R: The Case of the Flying Saucer People
G: Chapter 23: More Adj and Adv
S: Prefixes non-, in-, and un-
SS: The Great Depression
Feb 1
R: Little by Little
G: Chapter 24: Compare and Contrast Essay (and Chapter 30: Research Report)
S: Prefixes re- and inter-
SS: The Great Depression
Feb 8
R: Evelyn Cisneros
G: Chapter 25: Prepositions
S: Prefixes dis- and de-
Sci: Unit 6: Matter
No School Friday
Feb 15
No School Monday
R: Reading Activity
G: Chapter 26: Phrases and Clauses
S: Prefixes pre- and pro-
Sci: Unit 6: Matter
Feb 22
R: What’s the Big Idea Ben Franklin
G: Chapter 27: Organizing Info (Writing) Chapter 28: Complex Sentences
S: VCCV words
SS: WW II
Early Release Day
Book Report Due Feb 25
Mar 1
R: Frindle
G: Chapter 29: More Sentences
S: More words with –ed and –ing
SS: WW II
Mar 8
R: Summer of Fire
G: Chapter 31: Commas
S: VCCCV words
Sci: Unit 7: Physical and Chemical changes
Work Day Friday
Mar 15
R: The Fun they had
G: Chapter 32: Quotation Marks and Colons
S: VCV words
Sci: Unit 7: Physical and Chemical changes
Mar 22
R: William Shakespeare and the Globe
G: Chapter 33: Word Choice (writing)
S: VV words
SS: The Cold War
Early Release Day
Mar 29
R: Review for CRCT
G: Chapter 34: More about Punctuation
S: Contractions
SS: The Cold War
Apr 5
SPRING BREAK!
Apr 12
R: None
G: None
S: None
H: Family Living
CRCT
Apr 19
R: None
G: None
S: None
H: Nutrition/ Second Step/ Anger Management
Spring Into Writing April 20
CRCT
Apr 26
R: Dear Mr. Henshaw
G: Chapter 35: Usage and Problems
S: Related Words
Sci: Unit 8: Electricity/ Magnetism
May 3
R: The World of William Joyce Scrapbook
G: Chapter 36: Story
S: Words with 3 syllables
SS: America Since 1975
Book Report Due May 6
May 10
R: Black Frontiers
G: Review – End of Year Test
S: Words from Spanish
SS: America since 1975
May 17
R: Poetry/ Novel Study
G: Review
S: Teacher Choice
SS: Personal Finance
Graduation May 21