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 8 Writing is Expository

Unit 8...Weather and Climate

April 14-18

*"Fairweather Clouds" and "Earth's Weather and Climate...Poem's Theme, Metaphors, Text Features, Text Structures

*Grammar: Use Simple Modifiers

*Spelling: Hard and Soft c

*Week 31 Comprehension Quiz/Spelling Test

April 21-25

*"After the Storm"...Summarize the Plot, Character's Perspectives, Figurative Language, Theme Development

*Grammar: Ensure Appropriate Use of Pronouns

*Spelling: Hard and Soft g

*Week 2 Test...April 24

*Week 32 Comprehension Quiz/Spelling Test

April 28-May 9

*"The Tropical Rain Belt"...Text Features, Text Structures, Compare and Contrast Two Authors

*Grammar: Ensure Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Clauses and Phrases

*Spelling: Dipthongs

*Week 33 Comprehension Quiz/Spelling Test

*Unit 8 Test...May 15

*Unit 8 Writing Due...May 16