Social Studies – BRADY
Monday
Writing
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TDL – SS
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Small
Group (20)
Tuesday
Writing
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TDL – SS
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Small
Group (20)
AUGUST 22-26
Begin Parts of Speech Unit
This week: Verbs
Today: Action Verbs
Lesson Description: Students will use “Cures for a Boring
School Day” by Kalli Dakos to identify action verbs.
Teacher and students will brainstorm a list of action verbs
that didn’t get used in the poem.
Teacher will discuss the importance of using carefully
selected verbs to make writing come alive
4-1.2 Compare the everyday life, physical environment, and culture of
the major Native American cultural groupings, including the
Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin,
and the Pacific Northwest.
Vocabulary Introduction: natural resources, agriculture,
nomad, cultural groups
Using teacher-created PPT on the Pacific Northwest culture
group, students will complete a graphic organizer detailing
the features listed in the standard
Video “People of the Northwest Coast” on Pacific Northwest
Indians
Parts of Speech Unit
Action Verbs, Day Two
Teacher will review the importance of carefully selecting
action verbs
Students will choose new verbs of their own to write “A Day
in the Life of an Unsung Hero”, choosing any subject – serious
or silly – and writing in the style of the model text
4-1.2 Compare the everyday life, physical environment, and culture of
the major Native American cultural groupings, including the
Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin,
and the Pacific Northwest.
Vocabulary Review: “What it Isn’t” – an activity that helps
students define words by classifying them
Using teacher-created PPT on the Southwestern culture
group, students will complete a graphic organizer detailing
the features listed in the standard
Video “People of the Desert” on Southwestern Indians
Wednesday
Writing
Parts of Speech Unit
(20)
State of Being Verbs
Teacher will introduce pneumonic device to help students
remember this important list
Students will play “Don’t Say It” – a game of question and
answer that demonstrates how many of these special verbs
we use in our language
4-1.2 Compare the everyday life, physical environment, and culture of
TDL – SS
the major Native American cultural groupings, including the
(40)
Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin,
and the Pacific Northwest.
Vocabulary review: “Showdown” – a family-feud style game
that asks students to think of as many examples as possible
to further define the terms
Using teacher-created PPT on the Plains culture group,
students will complete a graphic organizer detailing the
features listed in the standard
Small
Video “People of the Plains” on the Plains Indians
Group (20)
Thursday
Writing
(20)
TDL – SS
(40)
Small
Group (20)
Parts of Speech Unit
Helping Verbs
Teacher will introduce pneumonic device to help students
remember this important list
Teacher will demonstrate the way helping verbs change the
meaning of the main verb using student volunteers as actors
4-1.2 Compare the everyday life, physical environment, and culture of
the major Native American cultural groupings, including the
Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin,
and the Pacific Northwest.
Vocabulary review: “Pair-up” Students will spend 5 minutes
quizzing each other on the vocabulary terms
Using teacher-created PPT on the Eastern Woodland culture
group, students will complete a graphic organizer detailing
the features listed in the standard
Video “People of the Forest” on the E.Woodland Indians
Friday
Writing
(20)
TDL – SS
(40)
Small
Group (20)
Parts of Speech Unit
Verb Tenses
Teacher will introduce basic format for three verb tenses
Students will revisit their “Unsung Hero” poems written on
Tuesday and add past and future lines as time permits
Vocabulary Quiz
Culminating activity – see below
Culminating cross-curricular activity: Groups will be assigned
Native American culture groups and will write a verb poem
in the style of the model text that describes a day in the life
of their group using one stanza for each tense. Poems will be
shared and displayed.