Kathy Ginter
Language Arts Teacher
kginter@isd622.org
651-748-6613

 


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Last Webaloo update:  November 18, 2009

Last Parent Portal update: November 11, 2009  

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Trimester 1   Began:  Tuesday, September 8
                    Ends:  Thursday, December 3

Trimester 2   Begins:  Monday, December 7
                       Ends:  Wednesday, March 10

Trimester 3   Begins:  Monday, March 15
                          Ends:  Thursday, June 10

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Test Dates:

MAP - Reading
Hour 1, September 15
Hour 4, September 16

MAP - Language Usage
Hour 1, September 25
Hour 4, September 25

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Reading Counts - Trimester 1

  • Green Sheet-Book 1 Committment - 10/14
  • Part 1 reading and notes - 10/26
  • Part 2 reading and notes - 11/5
  • Part 3 reading and notes - 11/18
  • Part 4 reading and notes - 11/30
  • Pass the test on Book 1 - 12/01/09 

                  
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Please Note:

* indicates an assignment for students in the:
    -Period 1 & 2 block class
    -Period 4 & 7 block class

Students in Period 3 should not do
*
assignments!


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     D A I L Y   A S S I G N M E N T S
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Monday, September 7
No School

Tuesday, September 8
Survey - 9/10
Holt Reader pp. 6-7

Wednesday, September 9
Holt Reader pp. 8-10
*Journal 1- strengths/goals

Thursday, September 10
Holt Reader pp. 11-13
TFK:  3-2-1
*Just Once-conflict/complications

Friday, September 11
Holt Reader pp. 14-17
TFK - worksheet

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Monday, September 14
Big Book: Just Once p. 27, 1, 3, 5
* Journal 2

Tuesday, September 15
Hour 1-MAP test-reading
Dragon, Dragon pp. 5-14, read
TFK-Fires, read

Wednesday, September 16
Hour 4-MAP test-reading
Dragon, Dragon-CCCR

Thursday, September 17
Media Center-Hours 2, 3, 4
The Stone - Quickwrite p. 29

Friday, September 18
TFK-Fires-worksheet
Holt Reader pp. 18-25
*Redwall: ch 1-predict, question, vocab

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Monday, September 21
Holt Reader pp. 26-30
TFK: Top Judge-read - 9/24
*Writing:  3 Ingredient planning sheet
*Redwall:  ch 2

Tuesday, September 22
Holt Reader pp. 31-32
*Redwall : ch 3

Wednesday, September 23
All Summer-Quick write
*Build a Plot parts 1 & 2
*Redwall: ch 4

Thursday, September 24
All Summer pp. 42-49
TFK-Top Judge worksheet
*Journal 3

Friday, September 25
Hour 1-MAP test-language
Hour 4-MAP test-language
All Summer pp. 42-49, 1-4

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Monday, September 28
All Summer-retelling
*Build a Plot 3-5

Tuesday, September 29
All Summer-comparisons
Redwall chapter 5

Wednesday, September 30
TFK - space - 10/02/09
*Spelling 1-10/02/09
*Journal 4

Thursday, October 1
TFK-space worksheet
*Short story-draft
*Redwall chapter 6 - read

Friday, October 2
Hour 3: 
  Big Book pp. 53-56, 1-5, 1-3
   and pp. 57-60, 1-5, 1-3
*Spelling-Lesson 1 test
*Redwall ch. 6 - p, q, c, s
*Revising: short story draft
          with peer and adult

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Monday, October 5
Collection 1 Test-Study Guide
Holt Reader pp. 34-39
*Spelling Lesson 2 - 10/9/09

Tuesday, October 6
Study Guide-signature
Holt Reader pp. 40-41
*Redwall ch 7
*MM Lit #2

Wednesday, October 7
Test today!

Thursday, October 8
Holt Reader pp. 46-50

Friday, October 9
Holt Reader pp. 46-59
TFK worksheet
*Short Story - 2nd Draft

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Monday, October 12
Reading Counts
     form and book - 10/14/09
Hour 3 - signed grade report

Tuesday, October 13
TFK-Back from the Brink
*Redwall Ch 8

Wednesday, October 14
Reading Counts #1 - 10/26

Thursday, October 15
No school

Friday, October 16
No school


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Monday, October 19
Holt Reader pp. 60-65

Tuesday, October 20
TFK - Bullies worksheet
Holt Reader pp. 60-69
*Redwall character map
*Spelling Lesson 3-10/26

Wednesday, October 21
Holt Reader pp. 70-71

Thursday, October 22
Ruri-characterization
RC part 1
*Redwall chapter 9

Friday, October 23
No School

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Monday, October 26
*Spelling 4

Tuesday, October 27


Wednesday, October 28


Thursday, October 29
Blanca Flor quickwrite p. 166
Blanca Flor - pp167-173 - read
*Redwall chapter 10


Friday, October 30
Blanca Flor p 174, 1-4
Blanca Flor pp 175-179 read

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Monday, November 2
Blanca Flor p. 182, 1-6
*Spelling Lesson 5 - 11/6

Tuesday, November 3
The Southpaw pp. 185-189
*MM Literacy - 5

Wednesday, November 4
Reading Day
RC part 2

Thursday, November 5
Summer Diamond pp. 192-196


Friday, November 6
Redwall Chapter 11

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Monday, November 9
Holt Reader pp. 84-100

Tuesday, November 10
Holt Reader pp. 84-100

Wednesday, November 11
Study Guide-Collection 2 test
Redwall chapter 12

Thursday, November 12
*Spelling 6 - 11/19

Friday, November 13
All American Slurp-humor
*Journal 6
*Handwriting p. 1

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Monday, November 16
Big Book pp. 220-221, 1-2

Tuesday, November 17
Reading Counts-part 3

Wednesday, November 18
Holt Reader pp. 101-105
TFK-What to Eat

Thursday, November 19

Friday, November 20

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