Troy Intermediate School – Teacher Lesson Plan – for website
Teacher Name/Course Name: Mrs. Allen; 5th Grade Language Arts
Skill dates:
11/27 – 12/5
Tuesday
acrostic
Standard: infer, sequencing, context clues, unknown words, poetry:
Theme Question: What are the rewards in helping people?
Objective/Essential Question: How can we use text and inferencing to
list the sequence of events in a story? How can a reader clarify or define an unfamiliar
word?
Task/s: SLM wrap-up for HtFH, book Thanksgiving acrostic, video
concept introduction, oral vocabulary
HW: N/A
Assessment: SLM, composition book entry
Wednesday Standard: grammar: possessive nouns, compare and contrast, story
structure, r-controlled vowel spelling patterns, Greek and Latin Roots
Theme Question: What are the rewards in helping people?
Objective/EQ: What is a possessive noun? How can we identify compare
and contrast text structure? How can comparing and contrasting character traits help us
understand the text?
Task/s: Grammar – possessive nouns, skill pages (compare/contrast and
story structure), SLM intro, tested vocabulary, spelling list
HW: R/W p. 135 (spelling)
Assessment: Grammar TR DVD 7, R/W p. 235, homework
Thursday
Standard: compare and contrast, elements of poetry, Greek and Latin
roots, symbolism (M and A only), resolution (M and A only)
Theme Question: What are the rewards in helping people?
Objective/EQ: How can we identify compare and contrast text structure?
How can comparing and contrasting character traits help us understand the text?
Task/s: Compare/Contrast practice R/W p. 131, introduce poetry R/W p.
132, introduce story TE p. 234d – 235
HW: R/W p. 133
Assessment: R/W p. 131 R/W p. 132, homework
Friday (sub) Standard: compare and contrast, Greek and Latin roots, character trait
analysis, author’s purpose, story structure, text to text analysis
Theme Question: What are the rewards in helping people?
Objective: How can we identify compare and contrast text structure?
How can comparing and contrasting character traits help us understand the text?
Task/s: Read story, comprehension check using T/P/S in composition
book TE p. 244c, Questions in groups – write in composition book, discuss answers in
class
HW: N/A
Assessment: T/P/S, comprehension questions
Monday
Standard: Grammar: action and linking verbs, organization of poetry,
events in a story, compare and contrast
Theme Question: What are the rewards in helping people?
Objective/EQ: What are action and linking verbs? How can we identify
compare and contrast text structure? How can comparing and contrasting character traits
help us understand the text?
Task/s: Grammar – action and linking verbs, poetry T-chart,
compare/contrast important events, Greek and Latin Roots review – word parts
HW: R/W p. 137 (Greek and Latin Roots)
Assessment: Grammar TR DVD 8, homework, T-chart
Tuesday
Standard: compare and contrast, Greek and Latin roots, character trait
analysis, author’s purpose, story structure, text to text analysis
Theme Question: What are the rewards in helping people?
Objective: How can we identify compare and contrast text structure?
How can comparing and contrasting character traits help us understand the text?
Task/s: Reading groups: little books (read and complete questions), skill
box (compare and contrast), spelling (DVD page and word maps)
HW: R/W p. 140
Assessment: Homework, comprehension questions from little books, skill
boxes answers
Wednesday Standard: compare and contrast, Greek and Latin roots, character trait
analysis, author’s purpose, story structure, text to text analysis, spelling pattern: rcontrolled vowels
Theme Question: What are the rewards in helping people?
Objective: How can we identify compare and contrast text structure?
How can comparing and contrasting character traits help us understand the text?
Task/s: Spelling test, skill test
HW: N/A
Assessment: tests