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This is Brazile Education.

This week in AC ELA

Our normal class period looks like this:

• 12:30 pm - 12:40 pm Reading Fluency (ELAGSE5SF3-4)
  Reading Fluency builds better reading comprehension skills.
• 12:40 pm - 12:50 pm Spelling (ELAGSE5RF3-4)
  We use Words Their Way, each student works at their level building their spelling foundational skills. We sort our words based on sounds and spelling patterns or by definitions each day. A Word Study sheet is completed each week with our spelling words.
• 12:50 pm - 1:15 pm Reading Mini-Lesson/Writing Prompt (ELAGSE5W1, 3-6, 10)
  Our lesson varies depending on where we are with a current paper, or if it's a daily "Mind Builder" lesson.
• 1:15 pm - 1:35 pm Reading (ELAGSE5SL1-6)
  We try to read everyday. Many times it's read aloud to model appropriate fluency, as well as noting what good readers think as they read.
• 1:35 pm - 1:55 pm Reading Exercise
  We use this time to complete an exercise about the day's reading assignment.
• 1:55 pm - 2:00 pm Pack up

All work is turned in at the same place daily (the white drawer labeled "AC ELA" by the door. All assignments are due at the beginning of the class after assignment is given. Late assignments are accepted with a 10 point reduction in points for each school day it's late (capped at 40 points). A zero in the grade book indicates a missing assignment.

We will usually have many graded assignments for both Reading and Language Arts. There is rarely extra credit.

Our class is Advanced Content (AC), meaning that we will work a little faster, with more content, and higher expectations than an "on-level" class. Inferencing and problem-solving skills will be stressed.