Trousdale County Schools Focused Lesson Plan
Teacher: 5th Grade
Unit Name: Pre-Civil War
Unit #:1
Unit Length: 4 Weeks
Week:6
Week 6 of 9
Subject:
ELA
Tennessee State Standard(s) to be taught: (Write the entire standard)
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English,
grammar, and usage when writing and speaking.
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific
words and phrases in a text relevant to grade 5 topic or subject
areas.
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they
are supported by key details.
Determine the theme of a story or drama from details in the
text, including how characters respond to challenges.
5L2
5L1
*5:RI/R
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5RI4
5RI
5RL. 2
I Can Statements :
I can quote properly from the text and in conversation.
I can spell grade level words accurately.
I can identify the main idea of two texts and identify supporting details for each.
I can determine the theme of a story using characters and dialogue.
Accommodations for students, both regular and special populations :
All differentiation is individualized upon the needs of the students with center and group based reinforcement of skills.
Unit Vocabulary: Abolitionist, Antebellum, tension, slavery, plantation, prosperous
Compare/contrast, Fredrick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, Grimke Sisters and William Lloyd Garrison
Main Idea, Theme, Confederacy, Abraham Lincoln, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, KansasNebraska Act, Bloody Kansas, Bloody Congress, The Dredd Scott Decision, The Raid on Harper’s Ferry, The
Election of 1860
Daily Agenda
Resources, Technology, Formative and/or Summative
Assessments, Assignments, and a Daily Activity for
citing text based evidence in conversations and/or
writing
Monday
Spelling- NO SCHOOL – LABOR DAY
GrammarS.S. –
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Tuesday
Sp- Lesson 6: Intro words- discuss ones unfamiliar w/ and
have students make a list to define and write sentence w/
Read – Intro vocab p. 44-45, have students define, Read “A
Royal Mystery” in small groups as a play, small group
determine theme and identify support as well as figurative
language in text
G- DOL , Shurley, Preposition Quizzes, Continue working
with quotes
S.S.- Begin reviewing for CH. 1 Test on Friday
Wednesday
Sp- Small group discussion about definitions and sentences
share for peer editing
R- Open book story test
G- DOL, Shurley, Wrapping up Prep Quizzes and begin
application of using purple grammar text and workbook,
Continue working w/ quotes
S.S. – Finish reviewing for CH. 1 Test on Friday
Thursday
Sp- WB page 64
G- DOL
SS- Writing Assessment
Shurley Language Sentences
Daily Language Review Workbook
Tennessee Through Time Text
A Nation Grows Text
Group Read and Discuss
Review Game-Tapeball, whiteboards, Jeopardy style, Survivor
Journey’s Text for story
Friday
Sp- Spelling Sent. Test, Intro next week’s words & take
home list
G- DOL, Shurley, Preposition application using workbook
pages from Journey’s
S.S. – CH. 1 Test
Shurley Language Sentences
Daily Language Review Workbook
Journey’s Workbook
CH. 1 Assessment- partial Tennessee Through Time chapter test
and partial teacher made
Shurley Language Sentences
Daily Language Review Workbook
Tennessee Through Time Text
A Nation Grows Text
Group Read and Discuss
Review Game-Tapeball, whiteboards, Jeopardy style, Survivor
Journey’s Text for story
Daily Language Review Workbook
Journey’s Workbook
Computer Lab for Writing Assessment
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