Focus
*TAKS Appetizers

TAKS Skills
*Completion of Context Clues - Main Dishes - Volume I
---Definitions
---Examples
---Appositives
---Synonyms
---Antonyms
---Multiple Meaning Words
---Prefixes & Suffixes
---Latin & Greek roots
---Connotation & Denotation

*Facts & Details--Main Dishes--Volume I
---Clue words for identifying facts & details
---Direct questioning
---passages on hummingbirds & ants
---graphic organizer - descriptive web
---"The Journey of Aeneas" & "Roman Mythology"

*Stated Main Idea--Main Dishes--Volume I
---gum passage #1
---"The Constellation"

*Implied Main Idea--Main Dishes--Volume I
---pictures + inference
---"Walt Disney"
---"Gum It"

MOCK TAKS Test

ACCELERATED READING/AR PROGRAM
*STAR testing
*AR reading/tests
*Students must complete a minimum of ONE AR test per 6 weeks.
*2 AR grades are given each 6 weeks.
*End of 6 weeks: January 15

POWER PAKS
*Students must complete the reading of ONE Power PAK story & also answer the questions dealing with that story EACH 6 weeks.
*One Power PAK grade is given each 6 weeks.
* End of 6 weeks: January 15

NOTE: TEACHER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR CHANGES AT ANY TIME. PLEASE CHECK BACK REGULARLY FOR UPDATES.