Lisa Brasher
5th Grade Teacher
Courses Taught:
Reading, Language, Spelling & Writing, 5th Grade
Monday- Reading- Read "The Pot that Juan Built"
Vocabulary- windswept, impoverished, fashioned, potsherds, calico, cherishes, solitude, battled, supplemented, patrons, prize, and reflect. .
Grammar- Biographies- Research and select a person of interest. Complete notes on early life.
Spelling- aggressive, barometer, degrade, diameter, evacuee, geometry, graduation, millimeter, perimeter, progression, regress, retrograde, symmetry, thermometer, upgrade, vacancy, vacant, vaccinate, vacuous, and vacuum.
Tuesday- Reading- Skills with Workbook
Wk. Bk. p. 175-176 Latin Roots vac, grad/gress; Greek Root meter
Wk. Bk. p. 177-178 Vocabulary Wk. Bk. p. 181-182- Sequence
Wk. Bk. p.185-186 Spelling
Skill: Nonfiction Text Structures
Grammar- Biographies- Complete notes on Accomplishments and impact.
Writing- Informational Writing- Biographies
Spelling- Write spelling words into spelling spirals
Wednesday- Reading- Nonfiction Text Structures
Library- AR Books
Grammar- Biographies-Complete Biography Outline
Spelling- Type spelling words into google docs
Thursday- Reading- 3.2 Test
Grammar- Biographies- Complete rough draft for introduction and conclusion.
Writing- Informational Writing- Biographies
Spelling- Write spelling words 3 times each.
Friday- Reading- Iready Reading Diagnostics
Grammar- Biographies- early life rough draft
Spelling-
REMINDERS- December 4th- Spelling Bee
December 5th- Special snack is being sold.
December 12th- Class pictures
December 15th- Christmas Character Day
December 16th- Grinch Santa Day
December 17th- Sparkley & Bright
December 18th- Channel your Flannel Pajamas
Christmas Special Snack
December 19th- 1/2 day for students
Education
BS in Elementary Education Auburn University of Montgomery
Masters Degree in Elementary Education Auburn University of Montgomery
EDS in Elementary Education University of West Alabama
1994-1997 Marbury High School
1997-present Pine Level Elementary School
Experience
I have been teaching in Autauga County since 1994. I taught three years at Marbury High School. I have been at Pine Level Elementary School since the school opened in 1997. I love the Pine Level/Marbury community and all the people in it.