Class InformationWelcome Ms. Calloway's fifth grade class we are excited for the year ahead! Hopefully, this site will help students and parents find answers to FAQ's, homework concerns, daily scheduling, events, and links to valuable resources.
We will be learning a lot this year. I expect students to actively participate in the classroom to enhance their learning and be respectful of their peers. Please feel free to call or email me with any questions or concerns. [email protected] SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
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It is the student's RESPONSIBILITY to ask for any missed work, copy any missed notes (ask a friend during homeroom) and to hand in any work. ON THEIR OWN, WITHOUT BEING ASKED. If materials are not turned in or completed they will receive a "0" in the grade book. |
Class Schedule7:30-8:00 Homeroom (tardy bell at 7:50) switch @ 8:00
8:00-9:30 ELA (Ford) 9:32-10:12 SS (Ford) switch back to HR 10:14-10:54 SS (Calloway) 10:54-11:18 Enrichment 11:20-11:45 Lunch 11:50-12:20 Recess 12:25-1:55 ELA (Calloway) 1:59-2:40 Encore 2:42 Dismissal Encore Schedule Monday- Art Tuesday- Music Wednesday- Computer Thursday- PE Friday- Art (quarter 1) PE (quarter 2) Media(quarter 3) Music (quarter 4 |
Announcements
DOJO Percentage 76% or better to participate in tech time/Fun Friday. Extra Credit-iReady Time @ home, tell me so I can check it and give you credit Extra Credit- Flocab Assignments tell me so I can check it and give you credit Anchor Charts |
ELA Vocabulary
Harry Potter Vocab 1. rummaging 2. vigorously 3. ambling 4. beaming 5. sneer 6. jostled 7. cunning 8. ambition 9. triumphant 10. spectators 11. berserk 12. hurtled 13. taunting 14. askew 15. sinister 16. muffled 17. meddled 18. ajar 19. omen 20. loathed Story Vocab Plot Setting complication protagonist antagonist flashback mood tone Inference Literature (RL.5.1) evidence text evidence imply indicates impression details shows Story Structure/Plot (RL.5.5) Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Inference NF (RI.5.1) generalization conclusion specific details examples quotes connects words/phrases annotate explain interpret prove Comparing Text Structures cause/effect description compare/contrast problem/solution challenge chronological sequence order main idea central idea supporting idea key details summary Theme message moral lesson What idea stays with you? How do the characters grow or change? Figurative Language alliteration cliche hyperbole idiom imagery metaphor onomatopoeia personification similie symbolism understatement assonance Point of View First Person (I, me, my we, our, us) Second person(your, you're, you'll, you're) Third Person Limited Omniscient Objective Watsons Go to Birmingham Vocab eavesdropping emulate hostile intimidate peon pinnacle raising cain senority whirlpool wilier Poetry stanza lines image/imagery metaphor theme topic meter beat rhythm main idea rhyme repetition rhyme scheme personification simile deeper meaning line breaks alliteration sense words mood verse Plays/Drama elements of drama act scenes stage direction narrator character cast dialogue script playwright setting props set Irony Verbal Situational Dramatic main idea central idea supporting idea key details summary character analysis character description How a character changes over time character feelings major event setting major challenge responses to a challenge character traits intrinsic traints extrinsic traits actions dialogue Context clues meaning of words key details figurative language main point author's evidence author's reason |
Homework
ELA Read AR book minimum 20 minutes for homework. We take AR tests at school during homeroom. AR goals is for a grade. Social Studies Copy all usernames and passwords into the inside cover of your planners. Communication folders with graded work and flyers go out every Tuesday. What We're WatchingTopics Covered in ELA
1st 9wks RL.5.1 Inferencing RL.5.5 Story Structure RI.5.1 NF Inferencing RI.5.5 Text Structure RI.5.7 2nd 9 wks RI.5.2 Main Idea/Summary RI.5.4 Context Clues RL.5.3 Compare/Contrast Char. RL.5.4 Phrases, Tone 3rd 9wks RI.5.8 Text Evidence RI.5.6 Multiple Accounts RL.5.2 Theme RL.5.6 Point of View 4th 9wks RI. 5.3 Relationships in NF RL5.9 Compare/Contrast stories approaches to themes |