July+1,+2009

Review the meanings/spellings of 8 different vocabulary words..
Review and practice the Narrative writing procedure.

Week #4, Day #3 Warm-up Sentences: 1. dontcha have anything to trade for lunch 2. our family will be in miami florida this christmas

Today's Agenda:
1. 2 Sentence Warm-up. (Write 2 sentences on the board and teach students that each day they will come in and copy the sentences, then correct any mistakes and underline nouns, circle verbs and put a box around any adjectives. 2. Students should take out their vocabulary list and flashcards to study for 5 minutes. Usually students would have a pretest on Wednesday, but since this is a short week and the test is Thursday, you can just review as normal. In partners or groups of 3 or 4 students could refer to page 414 and follow the "Practice the Words" procedure at the bottom right hand corner of the page. If this seems too difficult, they could also make a vocabulary chart similar to the one from page 378. 3. In partners, continue to draft and revise the business letter. Even though students are working in partners, encourage them to each write their own letter. This may be challenging for some students, but with a partner they should be able to do it. 4. Review the concept from the previous day's reading strategy lesson, Making Inferences and also teach the page 428 concept, "How to Red a Memoir". If time, have students scan for vocabulary for the story on pages, 429-431 and begin reading. Then answer the questions. Since this is a shorter story, you could read this as a class.