Weekly Planning Sheet for
Day
#1
Day
Stone Fox – by John Reynolds Gardiner
#2
Day
#3
Day
#4
Day
#5
SWBAT- write a note to
inform someone about the
reasons they are important.
Support an opinion with
reasons.
SWBAT – use important
details to write a summary
of Chapter Two.
SWBAT – paraphrase
statements into your own
words.
SWBAT – write a
paragraph to explain the
services our government
provides with taxes.
SWBAT – use important
details to write a summary
of Chapter Five.
1.
Use a map to show where
Maryland and Wyoming
are located.
Discuss historical fiction
genre.
Introduce vocabulary.
Discuss the importance of
other people in our lives.
Introduce writing prompt
for Day 1.
1.
Discuss questions from
Day #1.
Share some examples of
the paragraphs from Day
#1.
Introduce vocabulary.
Discuss responsibilities
that we all have.
Discuss the elements of a
good summary.
1.
Discuss the questions
from Day #2.
Share some summaries
from Day #2.
Introduce vocabulary.
Discuss the use of
prediction as a reading
strategy.
Review the concept of
paraphrasing text.
1.
1.
Master #1
Writing Prompt –
An Important Person
in my Life
1.
2.
Master #2
Summary of chapter 2.
1.
Master #3
1.
2.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2.
3.
4.
Discuss the questions
from Day #3.
Introduce vocabulary.
Discuss taxes.
Brainstorm some services
that our government
provides for the citizens.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Master #4
Writing Prompt –
TAXES
Government Services
1.
2.
3.
Discuss the questions
from Day #4.
Share some examples of
the paragraph from Day
#4.
Introduce vocabulary.
Review the elements of
a good summary.
Discuss things to
include in an
advertisement poster.
Master #5
Summary of Chapter
Five.
Poster for Dogsled
Race.
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading
assessments
Research Wyoming with an
encyclopedia CD or online
resource
Use the computer to type a
final draft of the writing
activity for Day #1.
Use Kid Pix to draw a selfportrait. Include some
personal responsibilities.
Use Inspiration software to
brainstorm government
services.
Use Kid Pix to create a
poster that advertises for the
dogsled race.
Research the Iditarod Race.
Name of Novel – Stone Fox – Written by John Reynolds Gardiner
Created by Mike Phelan
NATT(e) MTA Satellite Program, 2001 Anne Arundel County Public Schools
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#6
Day
Stone Fox
#7
Day
– by John Reynolds Gardiner
#8
Day
#9
Day
#10
SWBAT – identify
character traits for Willy
and justify those traits with
story events.
SWBAT – identify
character traits for Stone
Fox and justify those traits
with story events.
SWBAT – Use a Venn
Diagram to compare and
contrast. Write a
paragraph that compares
Willy and Stone Fox.
SWBAT – Write a
newspaper article to retell
details of the dogsled race.
SWBAT – identify the
climax of a story plot.
1.
Discuss the questions
from Day #5.
Share posters and
summaries from Day #5.
Introduce vocabulary.
Review the concepts of
character traits.
Review elements of
proper Language Usage.
1.
1.
Discuss the questions
from Day #7.
Share some character
traits for Stone Fox.
Introduce vocabulary.
Review the VennDiagram graphic
organizer.
Discuss comparison and
contrast.
1.
Discuss the questions
from Day #8.
Share paragraphs from
Day #7.
Introduce vocabulary.
Discuss the job of a news
reporter.
Brainstorm things you
include in a newspaper
article.
1.
Master # 6
1.
Master #8
Writing Prompt –
Stone Fox
vs.
Little Willy
1.
2.
Master #9.
Newspaper Article.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Discuss the questions
from Day #6.
Share some character
traits for Willy.
Introduce vocabulary.
Review the concepts of
character traits.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Master #7
1.
2.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Discuss the questions
from Day #9.
Share newspaper
articles from Day #9.
Introduce vocabulary.
Review the story
outline that is found on
worksheet #10.
Review plot flow of a
story.
Master #10.
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading assessments
Vocabulary development
Stance questions
Informal reading
assessments
Use a word processing
program to help edit and
correct language usage
mistakes.
Use Kid Pix to draw a selfportrait. Include text that
shows character traits.
Use Inspiration to complete a
Venn Diagram for Willy and
Stone Fox.
Use Student Writing Center to
write a news article.
Use Inspiration to sequence
the main events of the
novel.
Name of Novel – Stone Fox – Written by John Reynolds Gardiner
Created by Mike Phelan
NATT(e) MTA Satellite Program, 2001 Anne Arundel County Public Schools
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Day
Stone Fox – John Reynolds Gardiner
#11
SWBAT – write a creative
ending to the novel, Stone
Fox.
1. Discuss the questions
from Day # 10.
2. Orally try to sequence the
main events of the novel.
3. Discuss the surprise
ending of the story and
share emotions.
4. Discuss the un-answered
questions from the ending
of the story.
5. Work on the organizer
from Worksheet #11.
1.
2.
Master #11.
New Chapter 11.
Informal reading assessments
Use Story Book Weaver to
write the new chapter for
Stone Fox.
Name of Novel – Stone Fox – Written by John Reynolds Gardiner
Created by Mike Phelan
NATT(e) MTA Satellite Program, 2001 Anne Arundel County Public Schools
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Name of Novel – Stone Fox – Written by John Reynolds Gardiner
Created by Mike Phelan
NATT(e) MTA Satellite Program, 2001 Anne Arundel County Public Schools
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