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Please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

Last week Readers read silently and checked out new books as I prepare to close my classroom library.  Writers continued to read and discuss “The Miracle Worker” and all classes are near completion of the play.

This week Readers will:

• complete “The Miracle Worker”
• view the original film with Ann Bancroft and Patty Duke
• read silently as time allows

Writers will:

• begin the final writing project, a personal essay, which will be due May 14th

Students will also take both Science and Social Studies TAKS this Thursday and Friday

please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

Last week students read silently, answered prompts and began reading “The Miracle Worker” by taking parts and reading the play aloud in class.

This week Readers will:

• read silently and answer prompts
• continue reading “The Miracle Worker”
• take a test over Act I

Writers will:

• begin a final writing project
• continue LTF objectives

Please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

Last week students reviewed two recent practice TAKS passages, took both the math and reading TAKS tests, read silently, and began a fantasy story based on a picture they chose.

This week Readers will:

• begin reading The Miracle Worker, a play about the early life of Helen Keller
• read silently
• answer prompts

Writers will:

• complete their fantasy stories
• begin an essay

Please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

NOTE:  All students will complete math TAKS on Tuesday and reading TAKS on Wednesday of this week

Last week students took a practice TAKS passage, a CBA, read silently, reviewed TAKS strategies and worked on free writes.   This week:

Readers will:

• review recent practice TAKS passages
• read silently
• answer prompts

Writers will:

• work on free writes
• work on LTF elements