Reading Week of December 10 – 14, 2012
Reading I Can: I can identify the question type and then respond appropriately. Word Work Objective: I can read and spell 3 rd grade sight words to help build my reading fluency. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Word Work Reading Minilesson Word Work: er/est Assessment from Friday Vocab: Using Context Clues Practice Page Phonics: Pre Assessment of Third Grade Sight Words Identifying Question Types and Responding to Questions Word Work: Prefix Suffix Hunt in Reading Books Vocab: Christmas Cloze Activity – Using Context Clues Phonics: Quick Write on Whiteboards with 3 rd Grade Fluency Words Snowmen at Christmas - Review QAR types Work Work: Prefix/Suffix Match Part to it’s meaning Vocab: Rivet with Polar Express Words (conductor, northpole, believe) – Word ** Before reading, have students sketch what they believe the Word Work: Synonym Game (Polar Express Theme) Vocab: Using Context Clues **Happy Holidays Making Words Activity Phonics: Partner Quiz with 3 rd Grade Sight Words Polar Express - Partner Read Reader’s Theater for Polar Word Work: Fill in Blank with Correct Prefix/Suffix Vocab: Using Context Clues Phonics: Assessment of 3 rd grade Sight Words Polar Express Movie ** Awards Assembly

Independent Reading Time Reading Text: Christmas Stockings - Review QAR. Discuss how to identify the different types of QAR. Then model how to respond to each QAR type question. - Read Aloud Snowmen at Christmas Time - Present 4 Questions and students will categorize question. - Model how to respond to question type. Students will reread text and respond to QAR questions appropriately Model and review Students will identify question types and respond appropriately based on question type. Model and review Northpole looks like - Read aloud Polar Express - After reading, students complete sentence strips sequencing activity with partner - Then review how to respond to right there and think and search questions. Students will respond to Right – There and Think and Search Questions for the North Pole Review how to Express - Review how to respond to Author and Me Questions - Review the CEIEIO format - Introduce Author and Me Questions: Why do you think the boy in the story was chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas? Would you recommend this story to a friend? Do you think the boy made a good choice when he asked for the bell? Students will respond to Author and Me Question using the CEIEO format Use CEIEO Polar Express Movie Polar Express Movie

Workshop Wrap-Up appropriate response to each question type. appropriate response to each question type. respond to Right There and Think and Search Questions checklist to revise response if needed - Complete Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting movie/book
Writing Week of December 10 – 14, 2012
I Can: I can use the Writing Minilesson MONDAY 2 nd Quarter District Writing Assessment Writing Work Time 2 nd Quarter District Writing Assessment TUESDAY Responding to Text: If you were a snowman, what adventures would you go on at night? Students will respond creatively to text “Snowmen at Christmas Time” WEDNESDAY Descriptive Writing: Show students a picture of the NorthPole. Students will write a description Students will focus on using descriptive words to describe the THURSDAY Simile and Metaphors: Making Comparisons as in the Polar Express Read aloud some excerpts from the book where Van FRIDAY Classroom Party Classroom Party

Northpole. Allsburg is comparing one thing to another, such as "hot cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars" and "rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster." Ask the students to look at the chart you have started: a simple T-chart with "plain language" on one side and "comparisons" on the other. Write the "plain

Writing Workshop Wrap-UP 2 nd Quarter District Writing Assessment Students will share creative stories Author’s Chair language" ideas next to their corresponding similes on the chart paper. Discuss with your students how using comparisons in descriptions can make the story come to life. Author’s Chair Classroom Party

Math Week of December 10 – 14, 2012
I can: I can describe quadrilaterals. I can make, test and support generalizations about a group of polygons. Basic Facts Math Lesson MONDAY Whole Group Multiplication Flashcards (2) Divided by 2 FACTO Topic 10.7 Quadrilaterals E.Q: How can you describe quadrilaterals? Materials: Recording Sheet 18 Purpose: Students will identify attributes of different quadrilaterals and sort quadrilaterals intro groups Interactive Learning: Students will look at the quadrilaterals on the recording sheet and determine how TUESDAY Whole Group Multiplication Flashcards (5) Divided by 5 FACTO Topic 10.8 Making and Test Generalizations E.Q: What generalization can be made from a group of examples? Purpose: Students make and test generalizations about a group of polygons. Interactive Learning: Students will analyze a collection of shapes and determine what is the same about all WEDNESDAY 2 nd Quarter Multiplication Screener Topic 10 Test and ISAT Format Question THURSDAY 2 nd Quarter Multiplication Screener Multiplication/Division Santa FRIDAY Xtramath.org on Computers Awards Assembly Winter Classroom Party 2:30 Dismissal

they can sort them into different groups. Discuss how to compare length of sides, parallel & perpendicular sides, and types of angles. Guided Practice/Independent Practice the shapes. They will share and support a generalization that can be made about the shapes. Guided Practice/Independent Practice