Unit 4 Week 1
Monday
7:45-8:15
1:1 Reading (Ivet/Heather)
Tech
Breakfast, etc
Standards
Keyboarding
8:15-9:15
Planning
Yellow Group: BB/B/Low ELL
9:15-9:20
Mindset Statements
9:20-9:30
*Effort Reminder
Tues
1:1 Rdg (Ivet/Heather)
Breakfast, etc
Keyboarding
Weds
1:1 Rdg (Ivet/Jesus)
Breakfast
Keyboarding
*Data mtg
Thurs
1:1 Rdg (Ivet/Jesus)
Breakfast
Keyboarding
Fri
1:1 Rdg
Breakfast
Keyboarding
Supports
One to One
Fluency Ppt
*Read Aloud
Message
*Read Aloud
Fluency Ppt
*Read Aloud
Message
*Read Aloud
Choral Rdg
Auditory
RF 5.6/5.8
9:30-10
RF 5.4c
10-10:30
Writing
W 5.3 (b-e)
W 5.4/5.5
10:30-11
W 5.3 (b-e)
W 5.4/5.5
Independent Reading Mon & Tues DRA/Library Weds-Fri – Back to Small Group Rotations
Small Groups: Based on errors: Syntactic, Semantic, Visual
Schema Activation:
Narrative Writing
Narrative Writing
Narrative Writing
KWL: Civil War/Lincoln
Structure:
Structure:
Structure:
Technology: Promethean
4 sq (modified)
Begin Structure
Partner Practice
Structure Modification:
compare and contrast
“Backwards plug-in”
*Read Aloud: Chasing
Setting (Exposition)
Do all authors have
Strategies: Grouping
Lincoln’s Killer
Action (Rising, Climax)
structure?
Exemplar Example
Secondary Text for 2nd
Resolution (Falling, End) Picture book Analysis
Exit: Chunk and
Account: Lincoln’s Last
Reflection
Teacher Model:Chew
Days by O’Reilly
“Backwards plug-in”
(Compare/Contrast)
North and South
Exit: Whip Around Share
Perspective Chart
Tech: Promethean
Writing Application:
4sq
Strategy Cards
Benchmark
Multiple Choice
Teacher Model/
Keywords
Modifications
Tech:
Promethean
Pre-teach
Vocabulary
Whip-Around
Share
Grouping
Modified 4 sq
Writing Application:
Complete 4 sq/Begin
draft
Writing Application:
Draft
Writing Application:
Revise/Edit
Spelling/Word Work
Spelling/Word Work
Spelling/Word Work
Spelling/Word
Work
11:20-11:30
Morphology
Suffix: ist, ism
11:20-11:30
Morphology
11:30: Narrative Writing
Structure Teacher
Model: Read Picture
11:20-11:30
Morphology
11:20-11:30
Spelling Test
11:30: Narrative
Writing Structure:
Morphology
Analysis
Complete
Teacher
Model
Prompt:
11-11:20
Spelling/Word Work
RF 5.3
Vowel Pairs
Blue Group Prof/Adv
11:20-12
Mindset Statements
W 5.3 (bWriting Goals
e)
W 5.4/5.5
Schema Activation:
L 5.4b
KWL Civil War/Lincoln
Time Era
Cognates (on
board)
Exemplar
Manipulatives
Edmodo
Model
Greek/Latin
Resource
Unit 4 Week 1
Tech: Promethean
11:30: Narrative
Writing Structure: Plot
Mountain
Book & backwards plot
mountain
Tech:
Promethean/Google
Drive
Partner Practice
Backwards Plug-in
Writing Application:
Plot Mountain (Email)
Prompt:
Writing Application:
Plot Mtn/Draft
Writing Application:
Draft
Tech: Email/Drive
Tech: Email/Drive
Tech:
Promethean/Google
Drive
12-12:50
12:50-1:40
W 5.3 (a-e)
W 5.4/5.5
Lunch/Recess/Duty
Narrative Structure:
Plot Mountain
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
1:30-1:45 Read Aloud:
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Secondary Text: Lincoln’s
Last Days
*Grammar/Conventions
Review Dep./Ind. Clause
Compound Sentences
Begin complex sentences
Mentor Text: Chasing
Lincoln’s Killer
1:40-2:10
RL 5.10
2:10-2:20
Reflection
2:20-3:00
Tech
Standards
1:30-1:45 Read Aloud
Chasing Lincoln’s
Killer/Last Days
*Grammar/
Conventions
1:30-1:45
Read Aloud Chasing
Lincoln’s Killer/Last Days
*Grammar/
Conventions
Tech: Google Drive
1:30-1:45 Read
Aloud Chasing
Lincoln’s Killer/Last
Days
*Grammar/
Conventions
11:30: BMark
M. Choice
Tech:
Promethean
Writing
Application:
Revise/Edit
1:30-1:45 Read
Aloud Chasing
Lincoln’s
Killer/Last Days
*Grammar/
Conventions
Independent Reading (Purpose: Seek out perspective) 40 books/10 chapter books per qtr
Mon & Tues – DRA
Student Conferencing
Exit: Facets of Understanding Reflection (Explanation, Interpretation, Application, Perspective, Empathy, SelfKnowledge): How did I construct my understanding of _____ today that I can apply to new situations? Post reflection on
board
Homeroom/1:1 Rdg (Kourtney/Heather)
Productive Student Choice: Digital Storytelling, Collaborative Presentation, Ind. Reading (Print and digital option),
Keyboarding, Homework Help, Journal
(DRA’s continued if necessary)
Digital Plot
Mountain
Tech:
Edmodo Civil
War Links
http://mrnussbau
m.com/civil-warfor-kids/
http://www.civilw
ar.org/education/s
tudents/kidswebsit
es.html
http://www.kathi
mitchell.com/civil.
htm
http://www.socials
tudiesforkids.com/
subjects/civilwar.h
tm
Editing Marks
Exemplar
Writing
Unit 4 Week 1
Facets of Understanding for Unit (7 weeks):
Explanation: Explain the key causes and effects of major events in the Civil War. Compare to other real-world incidents of conflict.
Application: Apply your understanding of the structure of narrative text to create an effective narrative composition from the perspective of
one of the key figures from Lincoln’s Assassination, battleground, or the Underground Railroad/slavery.
Perspective: Debate the Civil War from an assigned perspective of the North or South.
Empathy: Express empathy through writing a poem about a slave family in the south.
Interpretation: Interpret the meaning of the Gettysburg Address and apply your knowledge of language structure and vocabulary to rewrite
the Gettysburg Address in modern-day language.
Self-Knowledge: Reflection: Is war ever necessary? What do you believe is worth fighting for?