1. Daily warm up for the first 5-7 minutes of class
Do Now
Daily warm up for the first 5-7 minutes of class

2. Do Now /8/17
In your journals, write the date at the top of the next blank page.
Copy the story starter below, and then continue the story!
I was sound asleep when I heard a knock at the front door, so I…
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3. Do Now- 9/11/17
1) In your journals, write the date at the top of the next blank page.
2) Work with a partner (shoulder partner if you have one) to do the following:
Make a list of as many words as you can think of that begin with the letter “B”.
*(Partners with the longest list each get a mint!)
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4. Do Now- 9/12/17
In your journals, write the date at the top of the next blank page.
Copy the story starter below, and then continue the story!
One day I took a trip in a hot air balloon…
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5. Do Now- 9/13/17
1) In your journals, write the date at the top of the next blank page.
2) Work with a partner (shoulder partner if you have one) to do the following:
Make a list of as many words as you can think of that you can eat with a spoon.
*(Partners with the longest list each get a mint!)
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6. Do Now- 9/15/17
In your journals, skip a few lines and write today’s date.
Copy the story starter below, and then continue the story.
All during the day I was nervous. I ran home after school, and when I got there…

7. Do Now- 9/18/17
1) In your journals, skip a few lines and write today’s date.
2) Work on your own or with a partner (shoulder partner if you have one) to do the following:
Make a list of all the words that begin with the letter “D”.
*(Person or Partners with the longest list each get a mint!)
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in the placeholder to insert your own image.

8. Do Now- 9/19/17
In your journals, skip a few lines and write today’s date.
Copy the story starter below, and then continue the story.
The cave was dark and there were a lot of twists and turns and funny corners. I was scared but kept going and ...

9. Do Now- 9/20/17
For today’s Do Now, please look through your journal, read the comments I made, and the points you earned out of a maximum of 5 per day for the past week.
Remember, you get 1 point for the date, and four for answering the prompt. Please copy the story starter if there is one that day!

10. Do Now- 9/21/17
In your journals, skip a few lines and write today’s date.
Number 1 through 5.
Read the story to the right and write down the five words that best complete the sentences.
Alex loved to visit his Great Aunt Heidi because she had a library filled with books. The library’s shelves held books on (read, once, every) subject. There were books on rocks (that, and, if) books on clocks. There were books (on, in, you) mountains and books on fountains. But (at, all, the) one thing that made Aunt Heidi’s (perfect, library, ladder) really special was the library’s elves.

11. Do Now- 9/22/17
In your journals, skip a few lines and write today’s date.
Number 1 through 5.
Read the story to the right and write down the five words that best complete the sentences.
(Whenever, Airplane, Library) elves are rare little creatures. Most (books, people, several) think they are extinct, for a (or, his, few) still exist. Many of them live (behind, peaches, resolve) the books on the shelves of (spoke, you, Aunt) Heidi’s library.