Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
Lesson Plan
Starting Activities – roll, unpacking, Prayer, daily math review
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Religion
Smartboard Participate in 3 minute retreat on Loyola Press
website, & journal entry in copybook;
Essential Question
How does Jesus help us to believe?
Understandings:
Jesus helped Thomas to believe.
Faith is a special gift from God.
Activities:
Read the account of Thomas and discuss how Jesus helped
Thomas to believe.
Introduce students to an Act of Faith through a prayer card
(back of book).
Finish the Creation poster showing the beautiful world
God created for us.
Text: p. 6
Math
Smartboard – Investigate On-line resources
– LearnZillion.com https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/4129-7-apply-conversions-of-customary-measurement-a#fndtnlesson
Practice converting larger to smaller customary units, and
use OP1 on calculator and double number line strategies to
solve problems
Essential Question – How can you compare and convert
customary units?
Understandings:
Students will use multiplicative comparisons to convert units of
length, mass, volume, and time.
Within one system of measurement, students will use different
units of measure to represent the same quantity.
Review: Students will find an inverse relationship between the size of a
unit of measurement and the number of those units it takes to equal a given
length, distance, mass, volume, time.
Activities
Word Wall Review of Customary Units and their
equivalents
Given measurement conversion word problems
student will convert from larger to customary units using
multiplication, calculator OP1, and double number line
strategies.
Homework - IXL Lesson Review –Measurement: N6
Spelling
Objective: Establish weekly spelling routines; pretest Unit
2
Activities: Complete Unit 1 Text activities and do an oral
spelling bee
Text: Unit 1
Reading Week 1 Day 4
Essential Question:
Where do good ideas come from?
Understandings:
Structural elements of a fairy tale –
 Have a main character who must complete
a difficult task or journey
 Usually contains imaginary creatures
 Include illustrations and have a happy
ending
Structural elements of prose
 Characters
 Setting
 Plot
Sequence is the order of events in which the key story
events take place
Word meanings can be identified using synonyms and
sentence context.
Objectives:
Read with fluency and expression.
Identify synonyms in sentence context.
Describe in depth a character, setting, and event in a fairy
tale drawing on specific details in the text. RL.4.3
Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud. SL.4.2
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.
SL4.1b
Follow agreed upon rules for discussionSL4.1b
Activities
Wrkbk p.3 – 7
English
Essential Question:
What constitutes a sentence and what are the different
types of sentences?
Understandings:
Students will identify a sentence as a group of words that
expresses a complete thought.
Students will distinguish between imperative (command or
request) sentences and exclamatory (expresses strong
emotion) sentences.
Students will recognize question words – who, what,
where, when, why, how, and do that begins a sentence- to use
when determining or writing interrogative questions
Objective: Check workbook p. 5; Loyola website
Lunch & Recess
Science Review Chapter 1 Lesson 1 & Lesson 2
Essential Question:
How do scientists make observations? How do scientists
use tools? How do scientists share observations?
Understandings:
A tool is an object or device used to perform a task.
Tools can help you measure or gather information.
Scientists make observations many times to make sure
their data are accurate.
Scientists use safety equipment and follow safety rules to
be careful and avoid injuries.
Objectives:
Students will identify text features such as headings,
labels, pictures, and captions.
Activities: Lightning Lab Text p. 8 Complete Explore It
activities p. 10. Share and discuss lab findings.
Social Studies Tour 1
Essential Question:
What unites people in the different regions of the United
States?
Objective:
Students will use primary sources – flag and “This Land is
Your Land” by Woody Guthrie to acquire information; identify
5 different regions in the U.S., describe specific details about
the different regions.
Understandings:
The five regions are the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest,
Southwest, and West.
Alaska and Hawaii are part of the West Region.
The world is made of landforms in high and low places –
mountains, plains, deserts, canyons, and plateaus.
Some landforms create regional boundaries while states have
created political boundaries.
Text: Complete Review p. 15 & Vocabulary Preview Worksheet