2024 - 2025 School Year
Welcome!
To Kick off fourth quarter, we worked on building up some background on the Industrial Revolution, an important period of time in American history when factories were springing up and many different machines were being invented. This important period is the setting of our final novel, Counting on Grace, by Elizabeth Winthrop. We will begin reading our novel upon our return from Spring Break. Although the novel is fiction, there are many bits of non-fiction incorporated throughout, which we will focus on as we continue to work our way through the informational text standards for the first half of the quarter. The last four weeks of the quarter will be spent focusing on literature standards as we compare and contrast multiple texts in the same genre.
This quarter, my homeroom students will be participating in music class.
**Please see "Week at a Glance" section for more detailed plans for each day of the week.**
Important Dates
Tuesday, April 15 - Candor Health presentation
Friday, April 18 - No school
Monday, April 21 - No school
Friday, April 25 - Field trip to Graue Mill
Wednesday, May 14 - Field trip to Field Museum
Thursday, May 15 - Step Up Day
Friday, May 23 - SIP Day; early dismissal 12:05
Monday, May 26 - No school
Thursday, May 29 - Field Day
Monday, June 2 - Tug O' War
Tuesday, June 3 - Last day of School! 12:05 dismissal
Remind Updates
Our Encore classes for the year are as follows:
Quarter 4 - Music with Mrs. Zito
We have PE every day - please remember to have appropriate gym shoes with you each day.
My ELA classes will visit the library on Mondays.
Quarter 4 Overview
Essential Question: How does society benefit with adaptations?
Novel: Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
- Research writing - Students will compose a "coolest creature" non-fiction text utilizing Power Point that includes multiple chapters and non-fiction text features
- L 5.2 – I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Reading Literature Standards:
- RL 5.1 I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RL 5.3 I can compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text
- RL 5.4 - I can use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
- RL 5.5 - I can explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a story, drama, or poem.
- RL 5.7 - I can analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or aesthetics of a text
- RL 5.9 I can compare and contrast stories in the same genre with the same themes and topics.
- RI 5.1 I can quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- RI 5.5 - I can compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts
- RI 5.6 I can analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent
- RI 5.8 I can explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points
E-Learning Plan
In the event of the need to call an e-learning day, we will be utilizing the schedule located at the bottom of my page. E-learning days will only be called if we have fair warning of severe inclement weather and have time to send students home with all their materials and devices.
