Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: M. Sweeney
Grade/Subject: Study
Skills
Dates/Pace: 10/12/15
Unit Topics: All academic current
content standards
GPS/QCCs (Write out)
Math
Unit Topic Operations with rational numbers
MCC7.NS.1 Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition
and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.
Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
Science
Unit Topic: Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling
S7L4. Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments
Social Studies
Unit Topic Southwest Asia
Prior to teaching: adding and subtracting integers; academic success through completion of assignments; responsible
classroom behavior
Monday
Tuesday
Essential Question and/or Key Questions;
EQ:How can
EQ: How can
maintaining good
maintaining good
study habits and
study habits and
Wednesday
EQ: How can
maintaining good
study habits and
Thursday
EQ: How can
maintaining good
study habits and
Friday
EQ: How can
maintaining good
study habits and
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
study skills help me
to be successful?
study skills help me
to be successful?
study skills help me
to be successful?
study skills help me
to be successful?
study skills help me
to be successful?
Activating/Acceleration: (Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary
Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
Opportunities to
Opportunities to
Opportunities to
Opportunities to
Opportunities to
review current
review current
review current
review current
review current
vocabulary in social
vocabulary in social
vocabulary in social
vocabulary in social
vocabulary in social
studies and science.
studies and science.
studies and science.
studies and science.
studies and science.
Cognitive Teaching Strategies: include time for distributed practice or summarizing
(Some ideas: Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research,
Vocabulary,
Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension)
1.Study Skills
1.Study Skills
1.Study Skills
1.Study Skills
1.Study Skills
activities to include: activities to include: activities to include: activities to include: activities to include:
homework
homework
homework
homework
homework
completion,
completion,
completion,
completion,
completion,
assignment
assignment
assignment
assignment
assignment
completion, studying completion, studying completion, studying completion, studying completion, studying
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
for tests,
opportunities for
preview/review/
remediation
for tests,
opportunities for
preview/review/
remediation
for tests,
opportunities for
preview/review/
remediation
for tests,
opportunities for
preview/review/
remediation
3.Additional
activities: Custom
Study Island lessons
on fractions/
distributed practice;
Study Island review
of current standards
for Social
Studies/Science;
independent
reading/reading
counts quizzes
working towards
Reading goal of 3
books read by the end
of the 9 weeks.
2.Additional
activities: Custom
Study Island lessons
on fractions/
distributed practice;
Study Island review
of current standards
for Social
Studies/Science;
independent
reading/reading
counts quizzes
working towards
Reading goal of 3
books read by the end
of the 9 weeks.
2.Additional
activities :Custom
Study Island lessons
on fractions/
distributed practice;
Study Island review
of current standards
for Social
Studies/Science;
independent
reading/reading
counts quizzes
working towards
Reading goal of 3
books read by the end
of the 9 weeks.
2.Additional
activities :Custom
Study Island lessons
on fractions/
distributed practice;
Study Island review
of current standards
for Social
Studies/Science;
independent
reading/reading
counts quizzes
working towards
Reading goal of 3
books read by the end
of the 9 weeks.
for tests,
opportunities for
preview/review/
remediation
2. Students will be
able to participate in
a predetermined extra
activity, if earned, for
demonstrating good
study habits/study
skills for the week:
attend a connections
class of choice
(scheduled by
teacher), free time,
computer time, or
earn a tangible item.
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning
Logs)
Daily scoring/reflection
on progress during study
skills class. Students
will rate their progress in
3 areas before the end of
class.
Daily scoring/reflection
on progress during study
skills class. Students
will rate their progress in
3 areas before the end of
class.
Using sentence frames,
students will identify 1
thing they feel they
improved on within
Study Skills class and
identify 1 area they will
continue to work on
during the 2nd 9 weeks to
improve grades.
Daily scoring/reflection
on progress during study
skills class. Students
will rate their progress in
3 areas before the end of
class.
Daily scoring/reflection
on progress during study
skills class. Students
will rate their progress in
3 areas before the end of
class.
Daily scoring/reflection
on progress during study
skills class. Students
will rate their progress in
3 areas before the end of
class.
Extending/Refining Activity: This is for all students. After they acquire, then take them up a notch with thinking
skills/writing prompts.
(Some ideas: Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive)
Assignment and/or Assessment: A variety of informal, performance, constructed response, selected response
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Completed
assignments from
academic classes
Completed
assignments from
academic classes
Completed
assignments from
academic classes
Completed
assignments from
academic classes.
Completed Study
Island
lessons/individual
assignments
Completed Study
Island
lessons/individual
assignments
Completed Study
Island
lessons/individual
assignments
Completed Study
Island
lessons/individual
assignments
Completed
assignments from
academic classes.
Differentiation:
Use of fill in the blank problem solving handout for adding and subtracting mixed numbers.
Notes/reference sheets for use when completing integer problems
Completion of practice exercises using custom lessons on Study Island; audio support with Study Island practice;
Audio support with notes/flashcards of social studies and science standards covered so far.
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST)
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accommodations.
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accommodations.
See individualized
accommodations.
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accommodations.
See individualized
accommodations.