Trousdale County Schools Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Wade
Pacing Guide Week #: 8
Dates: September 23 - 27
Unit 2 “How Animals communicate” T99 – T194
Subject:
RLA
Reading Informational Text
RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI.1.3 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Foundational Skills
RF.1.4a Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.4b Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Speaking and Listening
Language
L.1.2 Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.
Writing
W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
Daily practice activity for citing text based evidence in conversation and/or writing:
 Wkbk: pgs. 96 - 97
I Can Statements :
Student Agenda:
I can read short i words.
 Posted daily but NOT included in Lesson Plan
I can read words with beginning blends. (r)
I can use commas in a sentence.
I can infer/predict what will happen in a story.
I can identify a poem.
Assessment Strategies: Oral questioning, teacher observation, class participation, white boards, thumbs up thumbs down,
manipulatives. Weekly fluency/word check. Weekly vocabulary test. Weekly phonics test. Weekly comprehension test.
Instructional Materials: Student Reading Book, Journey’s Readers Notebook, Decodable Readers, Projectables, Learning websites, Computer
Lab, flash cards.
Instruction: In outline form, describe each day of instruction.
Day 1
 Story: How Animals Communicate; Informational Text
 Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
 Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
 High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of, some, why
 Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
 Grammar: Commas in a series
 Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
 Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
 Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
 Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement, discussed, bills T112 - 113
 Decodable Reader/ Homework: Brad and Cris
 Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 - 103
Formative Assessment:
Oral questioning, teacher observation,
class participation, white boards,
thumbs up thumbs down,
manipulatives
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Story: How Animals Communicate; Informational Text
Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of, some, why
Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement, discussed, bills T112 - 113
Decodable Reader/ Homework: What Did Dad Get?
Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 - 103
Story: How Animals Communicate; Informational Text
Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of, some, why
Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement, discussed, bills T112 - 113
Decodable Reader/ Homework: How Animals Communicate
Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 - 103
Story: How Animals Communicate; Informational Text
Read Together: Insect Messages; Informational Text
Phonics skills: short i; blends br, cr, dr, gr, tr
High Frequency Words: : animal, how, make, of, some, why
Spelling words: in, will, did, sit, six, big
Grammar: Commas in a series
Comprehension: Details and infer/predict
Writing: Writing poetry and thinking about word choice.
Read Aloud: Prairie Dogs T112 - 113
Vocabulary: creek, warn, crowd, agreement, discussed, bills T112 - 113
Reader’s Notebook: Pg. 89 – 103
Weekly Phonics, Vocabulary, spelling and Comprehension Tests
Oral questioning, teacher observation,
class participation, white boards,
thumbs up thumbs down,
manipulatives
Oral questioning, teacher observation,
class participation, white boards,
thumbs up thumbs down,
manipulatives
Oral questioning, teacher observation,
class participation, white boards,
thumbs up thumbs down,
manipulatives
Oral questioning, teacher observation,
class participation, white boards,
thumbs up thumbs down,
manipulatives
Alternate Instructional Interventions: Provide a specific plan for alternate instructional interventions, or re-teaching.
Small group/ leveled reading groups
Targeted tutoring
Teacher conferencing
No School
Instructional technologies to enhance learning: List how each will enhance the effectiveness of the lesson.
think central.com,
united streaming
brainpopjr.com
pbskids.org
starfall.com
computer lab
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