Week of May 17 (*Some objectives are subject to change based on students’ needs.)

Reading: 

• Take the iReady spring diagnostic test (5B will take the diagnostic on Monday, May 17, and 5K will take the diagnostic on Tuesday, May 18.)
• Show understanding of vocabulary words from Ch. 6-11 of Tuck Everlasting with correct answers on the vocabulary quiz (*5B will take the quiz on these words on Monday, May 17, and 5K will take the quiz on Tuesday, May 18.)
• Learn new vocabulary words for Ch. 12-18 of the novel
• Complete a handout on figurative language seen in Tuck Everlasting
• Read Ch. 13-16 of Tuck Everlasting and complete context clue word work and word detective for those chapters

Language Arts: 

• Continue practicing Daily Oral Language (DOL) skills  
• Learn about and show understanding of proper use of commas
• Finish final copy of persuasive paper (*Must be shared with me on Wednesday, May 19, for 5B and on Thursday, May 20, for 5K.)
• Show comprehension of Week 26 spelling words (5B will take the test on Wednesday, May 19; 5K will take it on Thursday, May 20.)
• Learn the Week 27 spelling words

Social Studies: 

• Explain how tensions rose between the American colonists and the British following the French and Indian War
• Identify leaders and groups who organized protests
• Explain the events that led to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War
• Identify Patriot and British leaders at the beginning of the revolution and their impact
• Complete the weekly geography packet on Boroughs of New York City