May
Theme: Folk Tales
Poet: Carl Sandberg
Essential Words
(Click on Folk Tale Vocabulary for the words with their definitions. Students need to know and understand these terms.)
(Click on words of the week for the words with their definitions. Students need to study these words and be prepared for frequent tests over them.)
Analogies:
(Students use their dictionaries in class to complete these.)
Analogy - Review of Synonyms & Antonyms Pg 47
Analogy - Food Pg 48
Analogy - Animals Pg 49
Analogy - People Pg 50
Anthology Selections
(Selections for the month are picked from this group. Other selections may be added and some selections may not be used. Selections are discussed in class. Students use their worksheets and textbooks for selection tests.)
"Johnny Appleseed" Pgs. 892-897
"Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon" Pgs. 900-904
"The Spirit Chief Names the Animal People" Pgs. 905-909
"Chicoria" Pgs. 910-914
"Brer Possum's Dilemma" Pgs. 915-917
"Why the Waves Have Whitecaps" Pgs. 918-921
"from The Right Stuff" Pgs.922-925
"Hammerman" Pgs. 932-939
"John Henry" Pgs. 940-943
"Paul Bunyan of the North Woods" Pgs. 944-945
"Pecos Bill: The Cyclone" Pgs. 946-950
"Davey Crockett's Dream" Pgs. 952-955
ISAT Test Practice
Click on Reading Logs to go to the information. Highlight and push control [ctrl] and p to print information.
Reading Logs are due every week. The logs will be due the last day of the week. Students are required to read three hours each week. A parent must sign the Reading Logs confirming the student has read the required reading.