Weekly Lesson Plan and Schedule
Linda Buffalo
April 13 – April 17
Self- Contained Special Education
Subject
Objectives for Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Science
Identify and compare the
Identify and
Compare the life
Match animals to
Discover how the polar bear
The food chain
life cycles of various
create the
cycles of frogs and
their habitats.
adapted to hunting food and
vocabulary
animals.
lifecycles of the
grasshoppers.
Identify the habitats of
various animals.
Understand how polar
bears have adapted to
their environment.
Identify the vocabulary
used for the food chain.
frog and the
butterfly.
staying warm.
Social Studies:
Discover the causes and
Read and
effects of World War I.
answer
Identify the major
contribution of the
Wright Brothers to
American history.
Discover the causes and
effects of World War II.
Discover the causes and
effects of the Korean
War.
Identify Thomas Edison’s
major contributions to
the US.
Discover the causes and
effects of the Vietnam
War.
Identify the major
battles in the French and
Indian War.
Identify the major
contribution of
Alexander Graham Bell
to American history.
Identify the major
contribution of Dr. Martin
questions about
the Wright
Read about and
Read and answer
answer questions
questions about
about Thomas
Alexander
Edison and his
Graham Bell’s
inventions.
contributions to
airplane.
Create an
organizer on the
Create an
causes and effects
organizer on the
of World War ll.
causes and
effects of World
War I.
Read about and
about Alexander Graham Bell’s
answer questions
contributions to America.
about Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
America.
Brothers
invention of the
Read and answer questions
Create an
organizer on the
causes and
effects of the
Korean War.
Create an organizer on the
causes and effects of the
Vietnam War.
Create an organizer
for the major battles
in the French and
Indian War.
Luther King, Jr. to
American history.
Math
Solve money word
problems.
Round numbers.
Identify Prime Numbers.
Find the least common
multiple for two
numbers.
Compare numbers up to
6 digits.
Find the greatest
common factor for two
numbers.
Measure items by
comparison and inches.
Use the order of
operations to work math
problems.
Use addition strategies
in solving addition
problems.
Create an
Create an
Create an interactive page on
Create an
interactive page
Create an
interactive page
interactive page
subtraction strategies.
interactive page on
on the least
on greatest
for addition
common
common factor.
strategies.
Measure items in inches.
Measurement:
Measurement:
Compare numbers up to 6-
Solve money
longest, shortest,
longest, shortest,
word problems.
equal.
equal.
inches.
Identify prime
Rounding to the
Rounding to the
Use the order of
numbers and
nearest ten,
nearest ten,
operations clue to
round decimals.
hundred, and
hundred, and
complete math
thousand.
thousand.
problems.
multiple.
digits.
addition and
subtraction word
problems.
Measure items in
Use subtraction
strategies in solving
subtraction problems.
.
Literacy
Use inference skills in
reading.
Use homophones
correctly.
Spell St. Patrick’s Day
words.
Use apostrophes in
contractions.
Use apostrophes in
contractions.
Use quotation marks in
dialogue.
Spell words that end in –
ed.
Spelling
Meanings
Use
apostrophes in
contractions.
Inference Skills:
Katy Perry’s
“Firework”
Put spelling words
Practice Spelling
in alphabetical
words.
order.
Use quotation
marks in dialogue.
Inference Skills:
Michael Jackson’s
“ Man in the
Mirror”
Unit 7 Test on
Punctuation
Spelling Test
Inference card practice.
Use homophones correctly.
Spelling words that
end in –ed.
Inference Skills
scavenger hunt.
Inference Skills:
Use homophones
Lupe Fiasco’s “Til’
correctly.
I get There”