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Mr. Harvey's Subjects Taught and Expectations
Reading (9:10-9:40) (10:10-11:05)
Monday- Introduced to the story selection's vocabulary. Student's are presented with a PowerPoint presentation with the selected vocabulary words. Students take a spelling pre-test. Student's practice Day 1 of D.O.L. (Daily Oral Language) Homework-Vocabulary Worksheet Due on Tuesday. 3 page Spelling Packet Due on Thursday.
Tuesday-Day 2 of D.O.L.
-Introduced to the Grammar skill of the week (ex. proper nouns, pronouns)
Homework-Green Grammar worksheet.
Wednesday-Day 3 of D.O.L.
-Read the selected story of the week
-Continued practice with Grammar skill of the week.
Homework-Grammar BOOK assignment page.
Read over story and vocabulary to practice comprehension for Friday test.
Thursday-Day 4 of D.O.L.
-Review Spelling words
-Continued practice with Grammar skill of the week.
-Read BFAL book (Grade level short read for fluency and comprehension)
Homework-Grammar BOOK assignment page.
Continue studying for Spelling Test and Vocabulary and Comprehension Test from selected story from reading book.
Friday-Day 5 of D.O.L.
-A scheduled trip to Elm Creek media center so students can renew books, or receive a presentation from the Mrs. Olson (Library Media Specialist)
-Take Spelling Test
-Take D.O.L. Quiz (A random D.O.L. from the week)
-Take Reading story vocabulary and comprehension test.
***On short weeks, assignments may be modified. As the year goes on students will be assigned reading selections from various novels that we are reading in class.
Health/Science
Our next unit in Science is Weather.
Assignment Notebooks
Students are expected to complete their Assignment Notebooks daily and it is their obligation to have a parent sign at the bottom. Daily activities are to be written in the notebook and Assignments and Tests are to be circled so that parents/students can determine what is due. We take time everyday (3:05) to fill out the notebook together.