Teacher: Carla Bethea
Grade: 4th
Week of: October 8 - 12, 2012
Student Materials/Resources
Teacher Materials/Resources
Harcourt Teacher Ed.
Flash Drive
RHLschool
MimioConnect
Envision Math Teacher Ed. 4th
Subject/Time
Foundational Skills
8:30 – 9:20
Essential Vocabulary
no new vocabulary this
week
*introduced previously
English Book
Anticipation Guide
Common Core Clinics/Writing and Language
Social Studies Book
Monday
Standard (s):
4.RFS.3a, 4.RFS.4a,
4.RFS.4b, 4.RFS.4c
Essential Question(s):
How do I apply
knowledge of lettersound
correspondences to
decode words?
How do I use context
to confirm meaning?
Why should I
summarize while I’m
reading?
Reading Literature/
Informational Text
9:20 – 9:45
Essential Vocabulary
*sequence *event
*historical text *justify
*cause and effect
concept
idea
procedure*scientific text
*technical text
*introduced previously
Language
Integrated into Writing
Essential Vocabulary
subject-verb agreement
simple verb tenses
*introduced previously
Writing
9:45 – 10:20
Essential Vocabulary
informative text
Harcourt Student Ed.
Envision Math Student Ed.
Magnetic index cards with spelling words
Social Studies Book
English Book
Place Value Blocks – 4 tens and 32 ones per group
Tuesday
Wednesday
Instructional Plan:
Introduce Words with
/ôr/
Instructional Plan:
Words with /ôr/–
Complete a Word Sort
Instructional Plan:
Vocabulary Maps:
brigade and ventilate
Summarize p. 502J
Vocabulary Maps:
dedication and billowing
Pair Read “Fire” p. 504 516
KWL Chart - Fire
Building Background p.
502K
Introduce Vocabulary
Words – Power Point
Read Aloud “Old Notch”
p. 502G
Standard (s): 4.RI.3
Essential Question(s):
How do I recognize
cause and effect
relationships in a text?
Instructional Plan: Cause
and Effect Activity
Standard(s): 4.L.1b,
4.L.2d (see RFS),
4.L.4a, (see RFS), 4.L.6
Essential Question(s):
How do I form and use
the progressive verb
tenses?
Instructional Plan:
Review Essential
Vocabulary
Standard(s):
4.W.2a,b,c,d,e, 4.W.4,
4.W.5, 4.W.10
Essential Question(s):
Instructional Plan:
Continue Summary
drafts. p. 229F – Day 3
Thursday
Friday
Instructional Plan:
Syllables Patterns: Schwa
Media Center
8:30 – 9:15
Vocabulary Maps:
flammable and curfew
Fire Safety Talk Show
Context Clues
(RHL School)
*See Speaking and Listening for
next activity
*See Speaking and Listening for
next activity
Read Aloud “Fire” p. 504 516
Instructional Plan:
Words with /ôr/
Assessment
Listen to “Fire” p. 504 516
Vocabulary Assessment
*See Speaking and Listening for
during reading activity
Instructional Plan:
Instructional Plan:
Identify Cause and Effect
Relationships within
“Fire” p. 504 - 516
Instructional Plan:
Cause and Effect Activity
Instructional Plan:
Cause and Effect
Assessment – (See essential
Instructional Plan:
Progressive Verb Tenses
Activity
Instructional Plan:
Review Essential
Vocabulary
Instructional Plan:
Progressive Verb Tenses
Assessment
Instructional Plan:
Review Essential
Vocabulary
Instructional Plan:
Revise – focusing on
complete sentences,
appropriate punctuation,
Instructional Plan:
Conference with students
about summaries
Instructional Plan:
Conference with students
about summaries
Instructional Plan:
Conference with students
about summaries
questions)
explanatory text
*introduced previously
Speaking/Listening
Integrated into
Foundational Skills, S.S.
Science, and Math
Essential Vocabulary
collaborative discussion
leader
observer
participant research
rules
roles
check understanding
engage effectively
make connections
Math
10:30 – 12:00
Essential Vocabulary
inverse operations
distributive property
partial product
area model
*introduced previously
How do writers
engage their readers
by using
informative/explanato
ry texts to examine a
topic and convey ideas
and information?
Standard(s):
4.SL.1a,b,c,d
How does listening to
others’ ideas and
opinion increase my
understanding of a
topic or text?
Standard(s): 4.NBT.5,
Essential Question(s):
What strategies can
be used to solve
multiplication
problems?
subject verb agreement
and correct verb tenses
Instructional Plan:
Listening Comprehension
p. 502H
Instructional Plan:
Guided Comprehension
p. 504 - 516
Instructional Plan:
Review Think and
Respond Questions p.
516
Instructional Plan:
Discuss Making
Connections p. 518
Instructional Plan:
Instructional Plan:
Using Mental Math to
Multiply Lesson 5-2 p. 9899
Instructional Plan:
Review Homework from
Monday
Instructional Plan:
Review Homework from
Tuesday
Instructional Plan:
Review Homework from
Wednesday
Reasonableness Lesson
5-4 p. 102 – 104
Using the Expanded
Algorithm Lesson 5-5 p.
106 – 108
Multiplying 2-Digit by 1Digit Numbers Lesson 5-6
p. 110 – 112
11:20 – 12:00
cont. 1:00 – 1:50
Instructional Plan:
Review Homework from
Thursday
Music
11:00 – 11:45
Multiplying 3-Digit by 1
Digit Numbers Lesson 5-7
p. 114 – 115
Draw a Picture and Write
and Equation Lesson 5-8
p. 116 - 118
Math cont. 11:45 – 12:00
Math cont. 1:00 – 1:45
Social Studies/ Science/
Health
1:00 – 1:30
Essential Vocabulary
environment ecosystem
Standards(s):
Science 4.L.1.1 S.S.
4.H.1.1, 4.H.1.2, 4.H.1.3
Essential Question(s):
What are examples of
Instructional Plan:
Animal Adaptation
Lesson – Learn NC
Instructional Plan:
Animal Adaptation
Lesson – Learn NC
1:45 – 2:25
Instructional Plan:
Animal Adaptation
Lesson – Learn NC
Instructional Plan:
Animal Adaptation
Lesson – Learn NC
1:50 – 2:25
Instructional Plan:
Animal Adaptation Lesson
– Learn NC
adaptations community
survival
population
habitat
producer
behavior
consumer
body structure
organism decomposer
beneficial
food chain
harmful
food web
changes in an
organism’s
environment that are
beneficial to it and
some that are
harmful?
Guidance
1:30 – 2:15

Read for 20 min/Record
on Log
Spelling Tic Tac Toe due
Friday
Math P.B. p. 28
Unit 2 Home Project: Flip
Book
Art
1:30 – 2:15
Read for 20 min/Record
on Log
Spelling Tic Tac Toe due
Friday
Answer Think and
Respond p. 516
Math P.B. p. 30
P.E.
1:30 – 2:15
Read for 20 min/Record
on Log
Spelling Tic Tac Toe due
Friday
Math P.B. p. 31
Read for 20 min/Record
on Log
Spelling Tic Tac Toe due
Friday
Math P.B. p. 33
Read for 30 min/Record
on Log