Beth Dixon’s Lesson Plans
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Morning
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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Neil Armstrong
Chapter 7: A
scout’s pace
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 9: Another
new school
Vocab: engineer
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 11:
Airplanes to
Astronauts
Vocab: squadron,
carrier, fraternity
Comprehension:
discuss the
importance of the
choices he madeapplying for the
scholarship, the
college, the job at
Edwards- each
choice led him to
become an
astronaut
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 13
Preparations
Vocab:
Comprehension:
Breakfast
5th grade
read aloud
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 8: Winners
and Losers
Vocab:
photoelectric cell,
turbine
5th grade
Non-fiction
read aloud
Week Of: September 13-17, 2010
Explorers research
Explorers research
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 10: Flying
Lessons
Comprehension:
why was it
important for Neil
to go to a High
school that was
strong in math and
science?
Explorers research
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 12:
Successes & Failures
Vocab: civilian,
thruster, frogmen
Explorers- time lines
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 14 The 1st
man on the moon
Vocab:
Comprehension:
Neil Armstrong
Chapter 15 A hero’s
welcome
Vocab:
Comprehension:
Constitution videoShh! We are writing
the constitution
(Safari Montague)
Oral
Language
work on timeline
(built own planes,
science fair, ninth
grade) Find time
order words
work on
timeline.(1944-10th
grade, went to
Bloom High school,
formed a jazz
group 1945- war
ended ) Find time
order words
work on timeline
(1946- got pilot’s
license, 1947received US Navy
scholarship, ) Find
time order words
5th grade
walls that
teach
2/3rd grade
Walls that
teach
3rd grade
whole
group
work on
work on timeline()
timeline.(1948- went Find time order
to Perdue University, words
1950- Korean War,
called to fight,
1952- war ended,
returned to Perdue;
1955- graduated
from Perdue, got a
job at Edward’s air
force base; 1956got married; 1960flew the x-15) Find
time order words
work on timeline(
1962- became the
first civilian to
become an
astronaut, 1966Neil’s first flight in
space; 1968parachuted out of
the LLRV) Find time
order words
Match vocab
words to definitions
Match vocab
words to definitions
Make vocabulary
flash cards
Match vocab
words to definitions
Match vocab
words to definitions
Add words: the, a,
of, had
Wordo
Rivet
Slap the word
Add words: have,
do, be, that
Basketball
Aerobics
Reading passage:
Rampanion
Teacher pages:
198l-200b
Reading passage:
Prudy’s Problem
and How She
Solved it pg. 202-
Reading passage:
Prudy’s Problem
and How She
Solved it pg. 210-
Reading passage:
Choral read Prudy’s
Problem and How
She Solved it pg.
Reading passage:
Meeting the
challenge of
collecting
APK discussion:
How can you get
ideas to solve a
problem?
Comprehension
strategies: find 3
details and the
main idea; Monitor
and Fix up
Vocabulary:
introduce
vocabulary words
collection,
enormous, realize,
scattered, shiny,
strain
Oral language:
Irregular plural
nouns
Centers
Fluency/ Listening
209
Teacher pages:
200-209
APK discussion:
How do you know
when you have a
problem?
Comprehension
strategies: using a
dictionary, main
idea and details,
monitor and fix up;
review character
Vocabulary: sort
vocab words in
centers- apply in
reading
Oral language:
develop irregular
plural nouns
Fluency/ Listening
Word Study/spelling
Word Study/spelling
Word Study/spelling
Word Study/spelling
Word Study/spelling
Teacher
Time (using
literacy first
kits)
Research/writing
Word Cards
Payton/ Jonathan/
Montrell: - CVCshort a
James: consonant
diagraphs- sh
Devin: open
syllables
Research/writing
Word Cards
Payton/ Jonathan/
Montrell: CVCshort e
James: consonant
diagraphs- ch
Devin: open
syllables
Research/writing
Word Cards
Payton/ Jonathan/
Montrell: CVCshort e
James: consonant
diagraphs- ch
Devin: open
syllables
Research/writing
Word Cards
Payton/ Jonathan/
Montrell: CVC- short
o
James: consonant
diagraphs
Devin: open
syllables
Research/writing
Word Cards
Payton/ Jonathan/
Montrell: CVC- short
o
James: consonant
diagraphs
Devin: open
syllables
Stick up for yourself:
student pages 45-48
near future and far
future dreams- write
down 3 near future
dreams, 1 five year
Stick up for yourself
teacher’s edition pg
65-67 sections 1-3
naming your dreams
Stick up for yourself
teacher’s edition pg
67: part 4 dream
volley game
Stick up for yourself
teacher’s edition pg
69: section 5 talking
things over with
yourself
student pages 59-60
Stick up for yourself:
teacher’s edition pg.
70-72 I did it list &
closing- make an I
did it list in journals
Tribes
218
Teacher pages:
210-219
APK discussion:
How does Prudy
solve her Problem?
Comprehension
strategies: main
idea and details,
monitor and fix up,
Dictionary; review
character
Vocabulary: sort
vocab words in
centers- apply in
reading
Oral language:
apply irregular
plural nouns
202-218
Teacher pages: 202223
APK discussion:
How does
correcting a
mistake sometimes
lead to great
inventions?
Comprehension
strategies:
Vocabulary: sort
vocab words in
centers- apply in
reading
Oral language:
practice irregular
plural nouns
Fluency/ Listening
Fluency/ Listening
Teacher pages:
220-223
APK discussion: At
the beginning of
the week, we
talked about
getting ideas to
solve problems. Let
me ask again, how
can you get ideas
to solve a problem?
Comprehension
strategies: reteach
main idea; review
dictionary;
comprehension
quiz
Vocabulary:
vocabulary quiz
Oral language:
Fluency/ Listening
dream, 1 life dream
2nd grade
2nd grade
non-fiction
read aloud
2nd grade
fiction read
aloud
5th grade
Math
Dismissal
2:40
(talk about your
dreams) write in
journals
PA: short vowel
sounds & rhyming
words file folders
People & Places
Pgs: OK2-Ok3
Vocabulary:
ocean, plain,
border
Activity: color
Oklahoma on a
map
PA: short vowel
sounds & rhyming
words file folders
People & Places
Pgs: OK4-OK5
Vocabulary:
cardinal directions
Activity: label the
room with North,
South, East, West
Ask kids to look
East, etc. (make it
a game)
Old Hat New Hat
Old Hat New Hat
Teacher reads/ kids Echo read
listen
PA: short vowel
sounds & rhyming
words file folders
BALLET
PA: short vowel
sounds & rhyming
words file folders
People & Places
Pgs: pg 8-11 Living
in a neighborhood
Vocabulary: law,
vote, laws
Activity: make a list
of “laws” for the
classroom
Old Hat New Hat
choral read
PA: short vowel
sounds & rhyming
words file folders
People & Places
Pgs: pg 6-7
Vocabulary: group;
preview unit vocab
on pages 4-5
Activity: find
pictures of groups
of people in the
book. Read the
Captions
Old Hat New Hat
choral read
Saxon Math lesson
18
Saxon Math lesson
19
Saxon Math lesson
20
Saxon Math
assessment
Saxon Math
Investigation
Hand out folders
with homework &
point sheets.
Hand out folders
with homework &
point sheets.
Hand out folders
with homework &
point sheets.
Hand out folders
with homework &
point sheets.
Hand out folders
with homework &
point sheets.
Old Hat New Hat
Kids read/ teacher
listens