LESSON PLANS
for
SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2010
MONDAY
8:30 – 8:45
Handwriting
-Attendance
-Lunch Count
-Pledge/Announcements
Objective: The students will be able to write legibly in cursive.
8:45 – 10:30
READING
Anchored Talk: pgs. 20-21 “What experiences bring diverse people
together?”
Amazing Words: on board/read “Child of the Silent Night”
Sequence: EI 13
Summarize: IE 23
“Going Batty”, p. 23 (summarize, oral reading)
Vocab. (on board) grand, memorial, peculiar, positive, prideful, recalls,
selecting/ point of view, sequence, complex sentences,
summarize, expression, clauses
Conventions: Declarative & Interrogative Sentences (transp.)
Spelling Pretest—give out spelling words & TIC TAC TOE assignments.
Baseline Reading Test—complete
Objective:
TSW complete the baseline assessment and will learn to sequence and summarize.
10:30 – 11:35
MATH
Entry Task: Addition/Subtraction Computation
Roman Numerals—rules
Study Sheet—Chalkboard Review Activity
Activity: Concentration—make cards
SWAT! Multiplication
Homework: Memorize the “Basic Roman Numerals to 1,000”
Write Roman Numerals from 1-100.
Objective:
The students will practice using Roman Numerals.
11:45 – 12:20
Lunch/Recess
12:30 – 1:10
SCIENCE
Objective:
1:15 – 1:55
SOCIAL STUDIES
Slide Presentation: Major Mountains and Mountain Ranges of
the World
Activity: World map of major mountains and mountain ranges.
 Make a key/legend
o using multi-colored
to represent major mountains.
o using multi-colored x’s to represent major
mountain ranges.
Objective:
TSW accurately complete a world map of major mountains and mountain ranges of
the world.
1:55 – 3:00
SPANISH—Ms. Cunningham’s students to Mrs. Graham
1:55 – 3:00
WRITING—Mrs. Graham’s students to Ms. Cunningham
Realistic Fiction (TE 23e)
Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook p. 41
Discuss the Writing Process
4-Square Graphic Organizer: (Transparency)
Title: What I found in my backpack
Beginning, Middle, End
Answers: who, what, where, when, why
*Time Connections handout
Bullets for details
Objective:
TSW be able to complete a graphic organizer for a realistic fiction story.
TUESDAY
8:30 – 8:45
Handwriting
-Attendance
-Lunch Count
-Pledge/Announcements
Objective: The students will be able to write legibly in cursive.
8:45 – 10:30
READING
Question of the Week: What experiences bring diverse people
together?
Anchored Talk (TE 24a)
Vocabulary: variety, introduce, similar, distinct, social,
courteous—use pgs. 20-21
Oral Reading: p. 25 “The Storyteller”
Word Analysis: -ed (words on board) past tense
Point of View—look again at p. 23—Who is telling the story?
Sequence (TE 24d)
Strategy for Affixes: Suffixes, pgs. 24-25
Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook, p. 42
Story: Because of Winn-Dixie, pgs. 26-31
Conventions: Declarative & Interrogative Sentences
Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p. 44
Baseline Reading Test—complete
Objectives:
TSW analyze words, discuss point of view, sequence, types of sentences and
strategies for affixes.
10:30 – 11:35
MATH
Entry Task: Addition/Subtraction Computations
Practice Quiz: Basic Roman Numerals to 1,000
Identify the Roman Numerals
Activity: Write the Roman Numerals from 200-300
Game: Concentration
Homework: Memorize the “Basic Roman Numerals to 1,000”
Write Roman Numerals from 400-600.
Objectives:
TSW be able to identify Roman Numerals through 600.
11:35 – 12:20
Lunch/Recess
12:30 – 1:10
SCIENCE
1:15 – 1:55
SOCIAL STUDIES
Review Activity: Baseball (Maps and Mountains)
Objectives:
TSW review for an assessment on maps and mountains.
1:55 – 2:25
LIBRARY
2:30 – 3:00
ART
WEDNESDAY
8:30 – 8:45
Handwriting
-Attendance
-Lunch Count
-Pledge/Announcements
Objective: The students will be able to write legibly in cursive.
8:45 – 10:30
READING
Anchored Talk (TE 32a)
Oral Vocabulary
Comprehension Check
Story: pgs. 32-37
Think Critically, p. 38
Meet the Author, p. 39
Retelling Cards
Expression, p. 29
10:00 Reading Buddies
Baseline Reading Test—complete.
Objectives:
TSW practice comprehension and fluency skills.
10:30 – 11:35
MATH
Entry Task: Addition/Subtraction Computations
Quiz: Basic Roman Numerals to 1,000
Identify the Roman Numerals
Activity: Write Roman Numerals from 600-700.
SWAT! Multiplication
Homework: Write Roman Numerals from 700-900.
Objectives:
TSW be able to identify Roman Numerals through 1,000.
11:45 – 12:20
Lunch/Recess
12:30 – 1:10
SCIENCE
1:15 – 1:55
SOCIAL STUDIES
Review questions
Game: Message in a Bottle (coordinates)
Objectives:
TSW review for the maps and mountains assessment and review coordinates.
1:55 – 3:00
WRITING
Realistic Fiction (TE 23e)
Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook p. 41
Discuss the Writing Process
4-Square Graphic Organizer: (Transparency)
Title: What I found in my backpack
Beginning, Middle, End
Answers: who, what, where, when, why
*Time Connections handout
Bullets for details
Objective:
TSW be able to complete a graphic organizer for a realistic fiction story.
THURSDAY
8:30 – 8:45
Handwriting
-Attendance
-Lunch Count
-Pledge/Announcements
Objective: The students will be able to write legibly in cursive.
8:45 – 10:30
READING
Anchored Talk (TE 42a)
Oral Vocabulary
Persuasive Text (TE 42c)
Pgs. 42, 43
Think Critically (TE 43a)
Reader’s and Writer’s Notebook, p. 50—quiz.
Review the writing process
Our graphic organizer was the pre-writing step.
Draft, revise, edit, evaluate, publish
Complete realistic fiction stories.
Using Vivid Words (TE 41b)—thesaurus
Objectives:
TSW be able to complete their realistic fiction stories and take a test on types of
sentences.
10:30 – 11:35
MATH
Entry Task: Addition/Subtraction Computations
Practice Quiz: Basic Roman Numerals to 1,000
Identify the Roman Numerals
Activity: Adding and Subtracting w/Roman Numerals
--Use student whiteboards.
Write Roman Numerals from 900-1,000.
Activity: Students Design Game Boards
Homework: Write Roman Numerals from 1,000-1,100.
Objectives:
TSW be able to add and subtract using Roman Numerals.
11:45 – 12:20
Lunch/Recess
12:30 – 1:10
SCIENCE
1:15 – 1:55
SOCIAL STUDIES
Review questions
Game: Message in a Bottle (coordinates)
Objectives:
TSW review for the maps and mountains assessment and review coordinates.
1:55 – 2:25
MUSIC
2:30 – 3:00
P.E.
FRIDAY
8:30 – 8:45
Handwriting
-Attendance
-Lunch Count
-Pledge/Announcements
Objectives: The students will be able to write legibly in cursive.
8:45 – 10:30
READING
Spelling Test
Re-read story: “Because of Winn-Dixie”, pgs. 26-37.
Vocabulary and Comprehension Tests
SSR—Silent Sustained Reading
Objectives:
TSW take assessments and pass with at least 80% accuracy.
10:30 – 11:35
MATH
Entry Task: Addition/Subtraction Computations
Practice Quiz: Basic Roman Numerals to 1,000
Identify the Roman Numerals
Quiz: Roman Numerals (edHelper.com)
Activity: Students complete their game board designs.
Activity: SWAT! Multiplication
Objectives:
The students will complete a Roman Numeral assessment with a minimum of 80%
accuracy.
11:45 – 12:20
Lunch/Recess
12:30 – 1:10
SCIENCE
1:15 – 1:55
SOCIAL STUDIES
Maps and Mountains Assessment
Objective:
TSW complete an assessment on maps and mountains with at least an 80%
accuracy.
1:55 – 3:00
REWARD ACTIVITY/STUDY HALL