Ms Sibley’s Lesson Plans
December 1-5 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014 – Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS 6.RL.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
Student Centered Objective: The students will work on RCC Lesson 11. Class will begin reading “The Green Book”
Essential Question: What do good readers do to analyze the meaning of words?
Target Question for Today: What do good readers do to determine the figurative meaning of words? The connotative meanings of words?
I can analyze words to determine the figurative meaning. I can analyze words to determine the connotative meaning.
Anticipatory Set:
Students will share responses to EQ and TQ using accountable talk stems.
Daily Procedures:
Lesson 11 will be taught over a two day period.
“The Green Book” novel will be introduced and literature circles created. Class will read for at least 20 minutes of each class period.
BELLWORK: (3 minutes daily)
Students will write the EQ and TQ in the daily section of the graphic organizer.
ANTICIPATORY SET: (5 minutes daily)
Part 1: Introduction
The students will work whole group on Lesson 11 Part 1 of the RCC workbook.
The students will analyze the comic strip for figurative words.
The students will discuss Part 1
Part 2 : Modeled Instruction
The teacher will model read part 2 aloud.
The teacher will perform a think aloud to guide students through the correct process for comprehension.
Part 3: Guided Instruction
The students will work with a partner to read part 2 second half of the passage
With a partner, discuss the passage and collaborate to decide the correct response to the multiple choice question.
Part 4: Guided Practice
Independently students will work on the extended read (excerpt)
Students will complete Independent Practice
Closure: Students will answer EQ and TQ .
Homework: Complete any unfinished classwork
Assessment: EQ and TQ/
Homework: Assignment on i-Ready/ Any unfinished classwork.
Ms. Sibley’s Lesson Plans
Thursday, December 4, 2014 and Friday, December 5, 2014
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS 6.RL.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
Student Centered Objective: The students will apply Lesson 11 to a set of center work. Students will read class novel “The Green Book”
Essential Question: What do good readers do to analyze the meaning of words?
Target Question for Today: What do good readers do to determine the figurative meaning of words? The connotative meanings of words?
I can analyze words to determine the figurative meaning. I can analyze words to determine the connotative meaning.
Bellwork:
Students will answer EQ and TQ in their organizers.
Anticipatory Set:
The teacher will ask students to work with a partner to discuss today’s target question.
Centers: (20 – 25 minutes each day)
1.Figurative vs. Literal
The students will be given a quote that has a figurative meaning.
The student will write the literal meaning and figurative meaning of the saying or quote.
The student will then illustrate the literal meaning on paper.
2. On Your Own
The student will reflect on sayings or quotes that he or she has heard in everyday life.
The student will write the saying or quote on a sentence strip.
The students will write the literal meaning on the back.
After all students have completed the center, sentence strips will be shared with the class whole group.
Students will be divided into teams to try to guess the literal meaning.
Literature Circles: (20 minutes each day)
Students will continue reading “The Green Book”
Closure: Students will respond to TQ.
Assessment: TQ-EQ
Homework: Complete i-Ready blue tab assignments.
Ms.Sibley’s Lesson Plans
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS RI.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as the plot moves toward a resolution.
CCSS 6 RL 2Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details.
CCSS 6.RL.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings
Student Centered Objective: The students will work on i-Ready
Essential Question: How does technology enhance my learning experience?
Target Question for Today: How can i-Ready help me to be a more successful student?
I can complete my i-Ready assignments so that I can be a more successful student.
Anticipatory Set:
Students will respond to the EQ and TQ
Daily Procedures:
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I-Ready
Closure: Students will answer EQ and TQ .
Assessment: EQ and TQ/ Homework: Assignment on i-Ready/ Any unfinished classwork.