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Dr. Lawley
Name: Crystal Moore
Name of Text: “Esperanza Rising” Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Whole Group
Circle Reading Skill: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary,
20 minutes
comprehension
Objective: 4.) Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including using text
features to gain meaning, summarizing passages, and drawing conclusions, to
comprehend fifth-grade informational and functional reading materials.
• Using expanded vocabulary to determine word meaning
(Vocabulary words: fiesta, harvest, capricious, propriety, revolution)
Activity: TTW introduce the words prior to reading the story. TTW have the
words written on the dry erase board. TTW ask the students what they know
about each word. TTW clarify the definitions verbally and by writing the definition
on the dry erase board. TTW read the first chapter and TSW snap twice when
they hear the vocabulary words.
Small Groups/
Independent
Practice
40 minutes
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TEACHER LED SMALL GROUPS
Intensive group – meets daily
strategic group meets daily
Benchmark groups meet every other day
Reading Skill (matches whole group): Vocabulary
Small Groups
**You will teach
the SAME skill
that you taught
in whole group
listed above
Objectives: 4.) Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including using text
features to gain meaning, summarizing passages, and drawing conclusions,
to comprehend fifth-grade informational and functional reading materials.
• Using expanded vocabulary to determine word meaning
(Vocab words: harvest pg6 , fiesta pg 6, revolution pg 12, capricious pg 13,
propriety pg 13)
Materials: Esperanza Rising; pencil; premade foldable
Activity: TSW write each of the vocabulary words on the front of the
premade foldable. TTW and TSW revisit the specific vocabulary words in
Esperanza Rising to gather context clues to assist in deciphering the vocab
words. TSW will use the inside of the foldable to write a brief definition of
the vocabulary word, a synonym that coincides with the word, and a
sentence using the vocabulary word. Upon completion TSW share the brief
definition, the synonym, and the sentences that they used.
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Small Groups/
Independent
Practice
45-60 minutes
Independent
Practice/Centers
**students are
working at seats
on activities
related to the
five components
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
Centers
#1
Circle Reading Skill: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, or
comprehension
Objectives: 5.6 Use text features, including indexes, tables, and appendixes,
to guide interpretation of expository texts.
-social studies—compare/ contrast Mexico to California
Materials: Venn diagram sheet; textbook; North America map;
https://maps.google.com/ ; http://www.wikipedia.org/
Activity: TSW complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Mexico
and California. TSW use their text, a map, and the internet to complete the
diagram. TSW compare the geography, culture, and natural resources.
Independent
Practice/Centers
**students are
working at seats
on activities
related to the
five components
#2
Circle Reading Skill: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, or
comprehension
Objectives: 5.1 Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including
recognition of multiple-meaning words.
 Identifying word "chunks" or parts
Example: mark, remark, or able in remarkable
Materials: Word study journal w/ common prefix/suffix/root word list;
pencil; miscellaneous reading items
Activity: TSW use one of the reading sources at the table to find 5 words
that can be decoded. TSW separate the word according to prefix/suffix /
root word and write a brief definition in their word study journal. TS can use
the “cheat sheet” as a reference for the definition.
Independent
Practice/Centers
**students are
working at seats
on activities
related to the
five components
Crystal Moore
#3
Circle Reading Skill: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, or
comprehension
Objectives: 5.12 Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate
voice intonation with expository presentations.
• Using dramatizations with oral persuasive presentations
Examples: role play, Reader's Theater
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Materials: Class set of Esperanza Rising; pencils; paper; assign separate
scenes to each group; imagination
Activity:
TSW write their own Reader's Theater scripts based off of the novel
Esperanza's Rising. TSW be given a separate scene from the novel to
present in a Reader's Theater play. TSW go with their pre-determined
group to this center. TSW work together with their group to write a script.
TS script should include both dialogue, and descriptions of the setting,
characters and stage directions, as a script would include for any other
play. TS may use any of the characters involved in your section of the
novel, as well as a narrator or multiple narrators. After the group creates a
script, the group will perform the play for the other groups at the end of
the week.
Whole Group
10 mins
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Wrap-UP
Briefly go back over the reading skill learned
today
TTW verbally review the vocabulary from the
beginning of the lesson by asking the students to
give examples of the vocabulary words. TTW and
TSW verbally summarize the chapter that was
read.
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Vocabulary Word
Teacher reference
1. harvest pg6
Noun: The process or period of gathering crops: “helping with the harvet”.
Verb: Gather (a crop) as a harvest
Synonyms:
Noun  crop-yeild-reaping-ingathering
Verbreap-crop-gather-mow
2. fiesta pg 6
Noun: (In Spanish-speaking regions) A religious festival.
An event marked by festivities or celebration.
Synonyms:
festival-fete-holiday-gala-feast-celebration
3. revolution pg 12
Noun: A forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system. (in
Marxism) The class struggle that is expected to lead to political change and the
triumph of communism.
Synonyms:
Rotation-turn-rev-gyration
4. capricious pg 13
Adjective: Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
Synonyms:
whimsical-wayward-fickle-freakish-crotchety
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5. propriety: pg 13
Noun: The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior
or morals.
The details or rules of behavior considered correct: “she’s a great one for the proprieties.”
Synonyms:
Decency-decorum-suitable-fitness
Prefix/Suffix/Root Word “cheat sheet”
These lists will be in the students’ word study journal for reference.
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