8:10
Familiar/
Shared Reading
8:10
Students will read a poem about Asia,
“The Peacock and the
Crane” for fluency practice and complete a Tim Rasinski word ladder which has children rearranging letters to form new words.
Students will re-read the poem about Asia,
The Peacock and the
Crane” for fluency practice and complete a Tim Rasinski word ladder which has students rearranging letters to form new words.
Students will read a poem about
Antarctica, “It’s
Snowing” for fluency practice and complete a Tim Rasinski word ladder which has students rearranging letters to form new words.
Students will read another poem about
Antarctica, “Snow
Thoughts” for fluency practice and complete a Tim Rasinski word ladder which has students rearranging letters to form new words.
Spelling:
Long a, e, i:
Students will illustrate new spelling words to show meaning and write a sentence with each.
Vocabulary:
Students will play
“synonym shuffle” by placing a card on their forehead, walking around the room giving clues to their friends, and finding a match to their synonym.
Spelling:
Students will sort their spelling words into categories and define each category.
Mini lesson:
(abandoning books) Students will read independently and use post it notes as they think about or question their reading. (differentiated small groups during independent reading) Then students will actively work a piece of close reading. If there is time: Mean
Jean Recess Queen, graphic organizer, sidewalk chalk
Mini lesson:
(fiction or nonfiction) Students will read independently and use post it notes as they think about or question their reading. (differentiated small groups during independent reading) Then students will actively work a piece of close reading.
If there is time: Sumi’s First
Day, decorate dolls
Mini lesson:
(different kinds of fiction)
Students will read independently and use post it notes as they think about or question their reading.
(differentiated small groups during independent reading)
Then students will actively work a piece of close reading.
Students will memorize the plural noun “cheer” and determine the ending by calling out “s” or “es” to a given word shown on the board.
Then students will complete a noun review lesson.
Students will work with a partner to match regular and irregular noun cards, and choose one to illustrate.
Then students will complete a noun review lesson.
Students will use their own journals to circle common nouns and underline proper nouns. Students will also write a proper noun for a given noun shown on the sympodium. Then students will complete a noun review lesson.
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Vocabulary:
With a partner, students will create a list of synonyms for common words used in writing
(said, good, big) and share those with the group.
Mini lesson:
(keeping record of your reading) Students will read independently and use post it notes as they think about or question their reading.
(differentiated small groups during independent reading)
Then students will actively work a piece of close reading.
Students will apply their knowledge of nouns on a language assessment .
Students will re-read their continent poems for fluency and complete a Tim
Rasinski word ladder which has students rearranging letters to form new words.
Students will apply their word study skills on a spelling assessment .
Students will apply their reading and comprehension skills on a reading assessment .
Writing formative assessment:
Write about your own special memory.

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Mini Lesson:
Extending Writing over Multiple Days
Students will write in their writer’s notebook as I conference with students as needed.
Mini Lesson:
Extending Writing over Multiple Days
Students will write in their writer’s notebook as I conference with students as needed.
SPANISH
Mini Lesson:
Extending Writing over Multiple Days
Students will write in their writer’s notebook as I conference with students as needed.
Mini Lesson:
Extending Writing over Multiple Days
Students will write in their writer’s notebook as I conference with students as needed.
SPANISH
Writing formative assessment continued:
Write about your own special memory.
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Students will actively participate in calendar math activities: patterns, place value, number sense, problem solving and vocabulary. Students will justify their answers to math for today problems in the math journals.
Students will watch a video on rounding to the nearest 10, illustrate a roller coaster diagram, and practice rounding numbers to the nearest 10.
Page 1 of District Pre-Test
Students will actively participate in calendar math activities: patterns, place value, number sense, problem solving and vocabulary. Students will justify their answers to math for today problems in the math journals.
Students will learn the “rounding chant”, play “rounding cover up” and practice rounding numbers to the nearest 100.
Page 2 of District Pre-Test
Students will construct a
Chinese dragon while listening to the story, The Funny Little
Woman. Students will then watch a video on “How to use chopsticks” and then actually operate their own chop sticks to eat grapes, cheese cubes and goldfish.
Students will label the oceans on a map of Asia and create their own sushi using rice crispy treats, fruit roll ups and
Swedish fish while I read the story, Yuko. Students will then write the directions for how to make sushi in their writing journal.
Students will actively participate in calendar math activities: patterns, place value, number sense, problem solving and vocabulary. Students will justify their answers to math for today problems in the math journals. Students will go outside on the basketball court and play
“Run and Round” by running to the correct chalk circle for a given number and practice rounding numbers to the nearest 100.
Page 3 of District Pre-Test
Students will create an
Antarctic animal mural while listening to the story, Mama,
Do You Love Me? Then students will enjoy a Klondike bar while labeling a map of the world on the sympodium (7 continents and 4 oceans) in preparation for an assessment.
Students will actively participate in calendar math activities: patterns, place value, number sense, problem solving and vocabulary. Students will justify their answers to math for today problems in the math journals.
Students will revisit the “rounding chant”, play “rounding cover up” and practice rounding numbers to the nearest 1000 .
Page 4 of District Pre-Test
Students will apply knowledge of rounding to the nearest ten and hundred on a math assessment .
Students will show knowledge of the 7 continents and 5 oceans on a social studies assessment .
Students will work in groups to create to create a world map in which they will label the 7 continents and 4 oceans.
Students will answer the question: What was your favorite continent we studied and why?

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