Mr. Shiverdeck's Class
December 10-14
December 21 Christmas Party 11:00 Read in and snack
December 21 Electronics game in afternoon
DEC 21 - END OF FIRST SEMESTER
DEC 21 - AR ENDS
DEC 24- JAN 2 - NO SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BREAK
Reading and Language Arts
The Stranger: Day 1
Oral Language
Vocabulary Objective - Build vocabulary by finding words related to the
lesson concept. Listening, 268m Read Aloud
Reading
Question of the Week: What changes in nature take place in the fall?
Science/Theme Comprehension, Objective - Target Skill: Determine cause
and effect. Objective - Target Skill: Ask questions to help determine cause
and effect.
Read Skill/Strategy Lesson Vocabulary, 270b Introduce Lesson Vocabulary
(Tested Skill) Words to Know: draft, etched, fascinated, frost, parlor,
terror, timid
Model Pitch Science: The Maple Tree –
The Stranger: Day 2
Reading
45 minutes Question: What is mysterious about the man Mr. Bailey strikes
with his truck?
Target Skill: Ask questions to help determine cause and effect relationship.
Review Compare and Contrast Read The Stranger Vocabulary,
Target Skill: Context Clues (Tested Skill) Objective - Target Skill:
Use context clues to determine word meaning.
Practice Lesson Vocabulary (Tested Skill) Fluency, 291a Echo Reading
Science: Seasons/Climate, Seasons/Crops, Climatology, Animal Behavior
Leveled Readers,
The Stranger: Day 3
Reading
Question of the Day: Since the stranger's visit, how is fall on the Bailey
farm different from nearby farms?
The Stranger: Day 4
Reading
Question of The Day: How would you describe the fall season to someone
who lives in a climate that is always warm?
Science/Summarize Comprehension, 288-291 Read "Time for a Change"
Science in Reading Objective - Examine features of expository nonfiction.
Reading Across Texts Objective - Compare and contrast across texts.
Vocabulary, 288 Content Area Vocabulary Fluency, 291a Partner Reading
Science: Seasons/Climate, Seasons/Crops, Climatology, Animal Behavior
Leveled Readers,: Sensational Seasons - On-Level: The Maple Tree –
The Stranger: Day 5
Reading
Question of the Week: To wrap up the lesson, revisit the Day 1 question.
Comprehension, Target Skill: Reteach Cause and Effect (Tested Skill)
Objective - Target Skill: Determine cause-effect relationships. Illustrator's
Craft Objective - Recognize and analyze illustrator's craft.
Vocabulary, 291c Practice Vocabulary Strategy (Tested Skill) Fluency, 291a
Assess
Math
Monday
9-1 Points, Lines, Planes
9-2 Line Segments, Rays, and Angles
State Standards

Measurement: As part of understanding two-dimensional shapes,
students measure and classify angles.
Tuesday
9-3 Measuring Angles
State Standards

Measurement: As part of understanding two-dimensional shapes,
students measure and classify angles.
Quiz on 9.1-9.4
Wednesday
9-4 Polygons
9-5 Triangles
Thursday
9-6 Quadrilaterals
Friday
9-7 Problem Solving: Make and Test Generalizations
quiz 9.1-9.6
Monday
Big test on unit 9 on Monday
Science
Monday
3.3 How do plants make food?
Tuesday
3.4 What are adaptations?
Wednesday
3.5 What plant and animal characteristics are inherited?
Thursday
3.6 How do animals respond to the environment?
Friday
Quiz on 3.3-3.5
Generalization When adding -ed and -ing, the spelling of the base word
sometimes changes: dancing, dried, stopped. Some base words are not
changed: drying, watched.
SPELLING
Monday- Generalization When adding -ed and -ing, the spelling of the base
word sometimes changes: dancing, dried, stopped. Some base words are not
changed: drying, watched.
Tuesday- Formative assessment (hard pretest)
Friday -SUMMATIVE TEST (END OF WEEK SPELLING TEST 100 PTS)
Spelling Words
1. watched
2. watching
3. danced
4. dancing
5. studied
11. happened
12. happening
13. noticed
14. noticing
15. robbed
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
21. answered
22. answering
23. magnified
24. magnifying
6. studying
7. stopped
8. stopping
9. dried
10. drying
16. robbing
17. slipped
18. slipping
19. hurried
20. hurrying
25. interfered
26. interfering