Friday
Spelling:
Group A: ea
Group B: Short o
Students will choose
a way to practice
their spelling words
from a Tic Tac Toe
board.
Literature Circles and Guided
Reading Groups
Students will discuss, define, and
explore unfamiliar words, predict text
events using previous knowledge and
details in the text, use evidence in text
to verify predictions, ask relevant and
focused questions to clarify
understanding, respond to questions
and discussion with relevant and
focused comments, paraphrase and
summarize information from the text
and identify and analyze literary
elements in text.
Literature Circles and Guided
Reading Groups
Students will discuss, define, and
explore unfamiliar words, predict text
events using previous knowledge and
details in the text, use evidence in text
to verify predictions, ask relevant and
focused questions to clarify
understanding, respond to questions
and discussion with relevant and
focused comments, paraphrase and
summarize information from the text
and identify and analyze literary
elements in text.
Students will complete a
daily “noticing”
sentence for different
grammar standards such
as punctuation,
capitalization,
abbreviations, editing,
etc. Abstract nouns
Subject verb agreement,
pronoun verb agreement
Students will complete a
daily “noticing”
sentence for different
grammar standards such
as punctuation,
capitalization,
abbreviations, editing,
etc. Abstract nouns
Subject verb agreement,
pronoun verb agreement
Monster Bash
Students will read a
poem to build
fluency, re-read
previous poems and
complete a Tim
Rasinski word
ladder which has
students rearranging
letters to form new
words.
Spelling:
Students will read a
poem to build fluency,
re-read previous
poems 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.
Group A: ea
Group B: Short o
Students will choose
a way to practice
their spelling words
from a Tic Tac Toe
board.
Literature Circles and Guided
Reading Groups
Students will discuss, define, and
explore unfamiliar words, predict text
events using previous knowledge and
details in the text, use evidence in text
to verify predictions, ask relevant and
focused questions to clarify
understanding, respond to questions
and discussion with relevant and
focused comments, paraphrase and
summarize information from the text
and identify and analyze literary
elements in text.
Literature Circles and Guided
Reading Groups
Students will discuss, define, and
explore unfamiliar words, predict text
events using previous knowledge and
details in the text, use evidence in text
to verify predictions, ask relevant and
focused questions to clarify
understanding, respond to questions
and discussion with relevant and
focused comments, paraphrase and
summarize information from the text
and identify and analyze literary
elements in text. Assessment
10:25
PE
Group A: ea
Group B: Short o
Students will choose
a way to practice
their spelling words
from a Tic Tac Toe
board.
Writing
Workshop
10:00
LIBRARY
Spelling:
Reading
Workshop
9:00
PE
Students will read a
poem to build
fluency, re-read
previous poems and
complete a Tim
Rasinski word
ladder which has
students rearranging
letters to form new
words.
Students will read a
poem to build
fluency, re-read
previous poems and
complete a Tim
Rasinski word
ladder which has
students rearranging
letters to form new
words.
Word Study
8:30
Students will complete a
daily “noticing”
sentence for different
grammar standards such
as punctuation,
capitalization,
abbreviations, editing,
etc. Abstract nouns
ART
Morning Assembly in the Gym
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
8:10
Familiar/
Shared Reading
8:10
October 29th – November 2nd
Subject verb agreement,
pronoun verb agreement
Students will complete a
daily “noticing”
sentence for different
grammar standards such
as punctuation,
capitalization,
abbreviations, editing,
etc. Students will apply
their language skills on a
grammar assessment.
MUSIC
Mrs. McPhail’s Lesson Plans
October 29th – November 2nd
Friday
11:50
12:35
Math
1:00
Mini Lesson:
Expository writing:
Informational
Students will write
in their writer’s
notebook as I
conference with
students as needed.
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 their BEE binders.
Elapsed Time
Students will write
in their writer’s
notebook as I
conference with
students as needed.
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 their BEE binders.
Elapsed Time
Students will write
in their writer’s
notebook as I
conference with
students as needed.
SPANISH
Students will examine a map of
Asia, identify the country of
Japan, and label the map with the
capital, rivers, etc.
Japan Unit
Students will actively
participate in an intermediate
direction activity related to
Japan.
(differentiated small groups during
independent work/work stations)
Harvest Party
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 their BEE binders.
Students will apply knowledge of
elapsed time on a math test.
Japan Unit
Students will create their own
origami crane and write one fact
about Japan on their crane.
MAP SKILLS – TEST
(differentiated small groups during
independent work/work stations)
Mini Lesson:
Expository writing:
Informational
Students will write
in their writer’s
notebook as I
conference with
students as needed.
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 their BEE binders.
Multiplication test
Japan Unit
Students will write a paragraph
about Japan which includes
information learned throughout
the week and from individual
research.
Writing assessment
3:10 Dismissal
Halloween
activities
12:35 Read Aloud: Because of Winn Dixie
SPANISH
Science &
Social Studies
2:30
Japan Unit
(differentiated small groups during
independent work/work stations)
11:50 – 12:35 Lunch & Recess
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Writing
Workshop
11:05
Common Core Standards for the week:
Reading
Language
Writing
Math
Social Studies
RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, RL.4, RL.5 & 6
L.1c Abstract nouns
L.1f Subject verb agreement, pronoun verb
agreement
L.1e
Expository
MD.1.ab Telling Time and Elapsed Time
G.1.3.1, 1.3.3-15 Geography/Map Skills