Overview page: Substitute Plans for week of 11/11/13 – 11/15/13
Thanks for coming in for me. – Eric McElroy
Fifth Grade team: Renee Strehle, Liz Corson, and Carrie Ferraro are across the hall to assist
you. Janelle Bonhomme is at the other end of the hall – rm 312. Kate is the assistant that
usually takes care of homework. Sandy or Donna is usually around to assist, but need to focus
attention on Taylor.
Computer log-in username SRSGUEST, password SRS100 go to my site
www.wssd.org/e.mcelroy to find sub plans and any necessary links. Purple/White flash drive
has documents for you to project.
Check red folder in left drawer to see IEPs and special notes.
Necessary teacher materials are on countertop.
Classroom key should be in top right drawer.
My 10:25 and 12:00 plans may be getting switched. Check with MC Petras.
8:45 – 9:00 Homeroom:
Colin will take care of the lunch count, and Abby will take attendance. Have students write in
their writer’s notebook to get settled.
9:00-10:00 Math
Monday: Chapter 3 Review – Textbook p. 156-159
Tuesday: Chapter 3 Test Prep
Wednesday: Laptops – Thinking Blocks on www.mathplayground.com
Thursday: Chapter 4 Pretest / Lesson 4.0 Prior knowledge
Friday: Math Olympiad
10:15-10:25 Snack – finish prompt
10:25 -11:15 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Red and Blue pages
Monday: Day 1 … Friday: Day 5
I usually save worksheets for homework and do most things as a class by projecting on the
Smartboard. There are two files on the flash drive labeled classwork and homework.
11:15-12:00 Specials
Monday: Library
Tuesday: Music
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Phys. Ed
Friday: (late special – Art at 2:30) see Friday attachment
12:00 – 12:45 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Orange pages (Spelling and Conventions)
or Yellow Pages (Advanced level)
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch (Pick up outside on tennis courts)
- Bathroom and drinks when we come back inside
1:45-2:30 Writing / Social Studies
Pop-up book project Monday – Friday (Make laptops available on Tuesday)
2:30 – 3:15 Refer to daily attachments
3:15 – Pack-up / Planners
3:20 – Safeties leave for posts – Read aloud: your choice of books on shelves.
3:30 – Walk students down to first floor
Monday:
9:00-10:00 Math
Chapter 3 Review – Textbook p. 156-159
Go over 156-157 together
158-159 Give students time to work then go over when most are done.
File on flash drive.
If more work is needed have students work on unfinished workbook pages from Chapter 3 with
partners.
10:25 -11:15 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Red and Blue pages
Day 1 –It’s okay if you don’t get to everything. We have a tendency to get into some really rich
discussions. The rule I usually follow is that once we get on a tangent from a tangent, we stop
the conversation and get back on track – no matter how interesting it is!
 Have a student log onto the main computer, go to www.pearsonsuccessnet.com and
project the videos for this lesson from the To Do list.
 Concept Talk
 Oral vocabulary
 Read-Aloud
 Skill/Strategy
 Tested Vocabulary
 Model Fluency (if needed)
11:15-12:00 Special: Library
12:00 – 12:45 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Orange pages (Spelling and Conventions)
Spelling Pretest on yellow paper. – Then project the list and have students copy into their
planners.
Jump to Yellow pages after Day 5 for small group work. Use Advance level prompts and books.
(2 students / book) Our Essential Oceans - Reading and answering questions may take multiple
days.
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch (Pick up outside on tennis courts)
- Bathroom and drinks when we come back inside
1:45-2:30 Writing / Social Studies
Pop-up book project Monday (Make laptops available on Tuesday)
2:30 – 3:00 Reading Buddies (Red paper). Circled 301 students remain here. Abby & Brendan
will escort circled 208 students back to here; and return them at 3:00.
3:00 – 3:15 Class meeting – tokens of appreciation. Students will know what to do.
Tuesday:
9:00 – 10:15 Math
Chapter 3 Test Prep (This is the real assessment – not just a prep)
If finished, students can work on Albert Einstein’s logic problem or read.
10:25 -11:15 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Red and Blue pages
 Anchored Talk – during snack
 Oral Vocabulary
 Literary Terms
 Story Structure
 Unfamiliar Words (no writing)
 Read At the Beach to page 189 – follow prompts as you like (if you run out of time finish
at 12:00)
11:15-12:00 Specials Tuesday: Music
12:00 – 12:45 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Orange pages (Spelling and Conventions)
Conventions only day 2 and 3 - use files on flash drive
Continue yellow page reading/questioning from yesterday
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch (Pick up outside on tennis courts)
- Bathroom and drinks when we come back inside
1:45-2:30 Writing / Social Studies
Pop-up book project - Make laptops available – key is in office – set up by countertop.
Unplug Ipads’ white line to plug in blue line. Do not unplug green or main power cords already
plugged in.
2:30 – 3:15 Gifted students go to STEM class. Other students can have time to continue
working on pop-up books or read independently.
Wednesday:
9:00 – 10:15 Math
Math - Laptops – Thinking Blocks on www.mathplayground.com
Finish all unfinished tests
10:25 -11:15 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Red and Blue pages
Day 3
 Anchored Talk – during snack
 Oral Vocabulary
 Finish reading story – follow prompts as you like
 Students respond to Think Critically page in their Response to Reading notebooks
11:15-12:00 Specials Wednesday: Art
12:00 – 12:45 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Orange pages (Spelling)
Play “Sparkle” with the students. Pick a student to lead.
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch (Pick up outside on tennis courts)
1:30 - 2:30 Writing
Fall Writing Assessment. Students get 1 hour to plan, prewrite, and draft
2:30 Pack-up
2:40 – 3:25 Chorus
Thursday:
9:00 – 10:15 Math
Chapter 4 Pretest / Lesson 4.0 Prior knowledge (File on flash drive)
10:25 -11:15 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Red and Blue pages
 Anchored Talk
 Oral Vocabulary
 Legend / Guide Comprehension
 Extend Thinking – Think Critically
 Differentiated Instruction – Advanced activity is storytelling. We recently practiced this
skill as a class and I think they would enjoy breaking into pairs to do it again. Feel free
to call on someone that really does it well to share.
11:15-12:00 Specials Thursday: Phys. Ed
12:00 – 12:45 Reading Street Unit 2 – At the Beach – Weekly Edit/Revise (file on flash drive)
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch (Pick up outside on tennis courts)
1:30 - 2:30 Writing
Fall Writing Assessment. Students get 1 hour to Revise, Edit, and Publish final copy.
2:30 – 3:15 Personality Sphere project – students answer each question on a triangle, cut out
the circles and make sphere following sample pattern. Have students use gluesticks and
paperclips to hold the pieces together as the glue dries. Do not send them home.
Friday: Math Olympiad
Give students 25 minutes to complete, collect, then go over problems.
10:15-10:30 SSR
10:30 -11:15 Guidance Lesson – Mrs. K. will come in and teach.
11:15 – 12:00 Finish Personality Spheres or National Geographic magazine
12:00 – 12:45 Tech Lab – Students work independently on pearsonsuccessnet.com activities or
finish any unfinished work from the week. (Pop-up books, artifact paragraph, etc.)
12:45 – 1:30 Lunch (Pick up outside on tennis courts)
1:30 - 2:30 Gifted Students go to Seminar. Others can finish any unfinished work from the
week, read, write, or draw. Suggest how they can add any final touches to things already
finished to make it better.
2:30 – 3:15 Special - Art
Have students teach you “Double and Out” to dismiss on Fridays. Safeties at 3:20 rest at 3:28.
Thanks for all you did!