𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: 

❶ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 If the class fee is a barrier to your learner's enrollment, message me for more information about payment plan options and scholarship opportunities. 

❷ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 Learners registering for both the social studies and English Language Arts course of the same grade level in the same school year will be refunded $100 of their course fee. The refund will be made in the week before class meetings begin, at the time workbook links are being distributed to students. For learners on the payment plan, the $100 refund will be applied to the fourth payment. 

❸ 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 During Unit 1, we have four class meetings per week for five weeks, followed by a two-week fall break. We return for Unit 2, with four class meetings per week for three weeks and then a one-week break for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We return for the final two weeks of Unit 2, and then have a six-week winter break. Returning at the end of January, Unit 3 has four meetings per week for five weeks followed by a two-week spring break. After spring break, we finish up the school year by completing Unit 4 with four meetings per week for five weeks. 

❹ 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 Students will receive a virtual interactive workbook before the course begins. The workbook is created using Google Slides. Students will complete homework in the workbook and the teacher also provides feedback on homework in the workbook. 

❺ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 No refunds of course fees are given after the workbooks are distributed. 

❻ 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 Learners enrolled in any of my semester courses are invited to attend study hall, held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during the semester, at no additional cost. This is a time when students can get extra help with assignments, ask questions, work with classmates on group projects, or just log in and work on homework with other learners. 

❼ 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 Homework is assigned following each class meeting. Most students will need some adult assistance with the homework. Students are welcome to attend the course and complete as much or as little homework as they and their adult wish. In order to receive a letter of completion, however, students must complete homework in order to earn at least a 70 percent of better on their final grade. 

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𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗛 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦

Fifth Grade English Language Arts is taught to common core standards, covering literature, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening. Students practice reading for fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. They will practice determining theme, summarizing texts, conducting research, and using details and evidence to support an argument. There is a strong focus on grammar, which includes writing for meaning, audience, and style, using correlative conjunctions, and recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tenses. There are also daily and weekly writing assignments with students practicing opinion writing, informative and explanatory essays, storytelling, and analysis and reflection. 

Teaching will include lecture with slides, videos and other multi-media presentations, along with discussion, learning games and activities, worksheets and quizzes. 

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀:
On Mondays we will begin by sharing and discussing the previous week’s writing assignment. We will then have a discussion about the literature in the reading assignment and an introduction of the week’s vocabulary words. The week’s spelling word list will be introduced and students will be assigned a spelling word project for homework. Monday’s main focus will be a grammar lesson introducing the week’s new grammar concept. Monday homework will include a reading assignment, spelling word project, and journal prompt.

𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: 
On Tuesdays we will share our spelling word homework from Monday, discuss Monday's journal response and reading assignment, and review our grammar concept with grammar homework assigned. Tuesday’s main focus will be reading aloud from the week’s literature assignment with student’s reading paragraph about. Tuesday homework will include a reading assignment, grammar project or worksheet, and journal prompt. 

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀:
On Wednesday, we begin by discussing Tuesday's journal response and reading assignment. Wednesdays are 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬! On Wednesdays we play games to practice the week's spelling words and vocabulary words. Wednesday homework will include a reading assignment, journal prompt, and preparing for Thursday’s spelling quiz.

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: 
On Thursdays, we begin by discussing Wednesday's journal response and reading assignment. On Thursdays we will have our weekly spelling quiz and do a final review of the week’s grammar concept. Our main focus on Thursday will be a writing lesson. Homework will include a reading assignment, writing assignment, and reading and grammar quiz.

This class is for learners who just want to practice their English Language Arts Skills, as well as students who want to get a letter of competition. There is 3-4 hours of homework to be completed each week. See the rubric below for how the learner will be evaluated.

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𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟭: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒂
(Students will need a paper or electronic copy of Katherine Paterson's 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒂)
𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲-𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Review common and proper nouns, regular and irregular plural nouns
Writing Lesson: Similes
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮:
Grammar Concept: Subject and object pronouns, pronoun agreement
Writing Lesson: Metaphors
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 5
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 6
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 7
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 8

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯:
Grammar Concept: Regular and irregular verbs, helping and linking verbs
Writing Lesson: Personification and Descriptive language 
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 9
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 10
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 11
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 12

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟰:
Grammar Concept: Perfect verb tense, verb tense shifts 
Writing Lesson: Book report 
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 13
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱:
Grammar Concept: Subject-verb agreement
Writing Lesson: Idioms and proverbs
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break

𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟮: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 by Lois Lowery 
(Students will need a paper or electronic copy of Lois Lowery's 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔)
𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰-𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟲:
Grammar Concept: Adjectives and adverbs
Writing Lesson: Opinion 
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Introduction to 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapters 3

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟳:
Grammar Concept: Conjunctions, interjections
Writing Lesson: Informative 
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 5
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 6
Thursday Night Reading Assignment: Chapters 7

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟴:
Grammar Concept: Prepositions
Writing Lesson: Explanatory 
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 8
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 9
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 10
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 11

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟵:
Grammar Concept: Articles
Writing Lesson: Narrative
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 12
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 13
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 14
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 15

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟬:
Grammar Concept: Declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences
Writing Lesson: Revising and editing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 16
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 17
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Afterword to "Number the Stars"
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break

𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟯: 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿
(PDFs will be provided for reading assignments)
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟳-𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟳

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Simple and compound sentences, independent and dependent clauses
Writing Lesson: Compare and contrast characters
Monday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉, Scenes 1-2
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉, Scene 3
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒘𝒂'𝒔 𝑼𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒆, Scene 1
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒘𝒂'𝒔 𝑼𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒆, Scene 2

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟮:
Grammar Concept: Complex sentences 
Writing Lesson: Monologue Writing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆, Part 1
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆, Part 1
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆, Part 2
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆, Part 2

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟯:
Grammar Concept: Combining sentences, sentence fragments
Writing Lesson: Script Writing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝟱𝟭?
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝟱𝟭?
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝟱𝟭?
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝟱𝟭?

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟰:
Grammar Concept: Capitalization
Writing Lesson: Letter writing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Ready (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟱:
Grammar Concept: Punctuation 
Writing Lesson: Poetry Writing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break

𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟰: 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁
(PDFs will be provided for reading assignments)
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟳-𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟳

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟲:
Grammar Concept: Apostrophes 
Writing Lesson: Research paper-Choose topic, thesis statement and outline
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Current events reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Current events reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Current events reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Current events reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟳:
Grammar Concept: Comparative and superlative adjectives 
Writing Lesson: Research paper-Introduction/conclusion
Monday Night Reading Assignment: History/social studies reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: History/social studies reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: History/social studies reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: History/social studies reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟴:
Grammar Concept: Negatives and double negatives
Writing Lesson: Research paper-Write the first draft
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Science reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Science reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Science reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Science reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟵:
Grammar Concept: Synonyms and antonyms
Writing Lesson: Research paper-Edit and revise, final draft
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Biography (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Biography (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Biography (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Biography (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬:
Grammar Concept: Homophones and multiple-meaning words
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Primary sources (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Primary sources (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Primary sources (PDF Provided)