Monday, October 26, 2015
Science Journal
Use complete sentences and reread your
answer to be sure it is understandable.
8:10 – 8:40
Writing Lesson
Being a Writer
8:40 – 9:25
Being a Writer
Fiction Week 2
Do ahead: Gather pictures of
people
Today’s Plan
• Hear, discuss, and draft fiction
• Quick-write ideas from pictures
• Cultivate a relaxed attitude toward writing
Elements of
Fiction
• Last week you heard and began drafting fiction stories.
This week you will continue to do the same.
• Notes About Fiction:
• Something happens to someone, somewhere in time
• Something happens (This is your PLOT) to someone (these are
your CHARACTERS) somewhere (this is your SETTING) in
time
Read Aloud
• Harlem is a neighborhood in
New York City where African
American culture has
flourished since the early 1900s.
• Harlem was home to many
musicians who played jazz
music.
• Listen carefully for the plot,
characters, and setting.
Class
Discussion
• Who is this story about?
• What happens?
• When and where does it happen?
• Look at the picture and author’s note on
page 32. Just like Debbie A. Taylor you will
imagine stories as you look at pictures
today.
Quick-write: Getting Ideas from
Pictures
• What story might we write about
the person in this picture?
• How would you describe the
setting or when and where the
story happens?
• Think, pair, share with your
partner to discuss what type of
story you could make up about
this picture.
• For the next 5 minutes, write a
few sentences of a story about
this picture. Try to create a plot,
characters, and a setting.
Independent
Writing
9:00 – 9:25
Writing Time
• 20 to 30 minutes (Each student get a
picture)
• Write a story about your picture
• Work on a story you started earlier
• Start a new story
Sharing and
Reflecting
• What ideas came out of your imagination while you
were writing today?
• Who wrote a story about their picture? Tell us about
it.
• Think about your attitude toward writing. How did
you feel as you wrote today? If you got stuck, what
happened? What do you want to try tomorrow to help
yourself out with your writing?
Restroom
Break
9:25 – 9:30
Vocabulary
Lesson
9:30 – 9:50
Week 8 Vocabulary Test
Let’s Review last week’s
vocabulary words!
tranquil
contemplate
meager
grimace
strolled
battered
• Include at least five reading
vocabulary words in a narrative
Vocabulary
Test
you will write (topic your
choice).
• Be sure to include narrative
tranquil
elements such as a naturally
contemplate
sequenced plot, dialogue, and a meager
problem that gets resolved by
grimace
the end of the story.
strolled
battered
• GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION
count. Be sure to edit your
story when you think you are
finished.
Reading
Lesson
9:50 – 10:55
Making Meaning –
Analyzing Text Structure
Partners meet up and then
Gather as a Class
Please bring your STUDENT RESPONSE BOOK.
We have been exploring elements of fiction
through the novel Tuck Everlasting.
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Important Elements of Fiction
character: person in a story
setting: where and when a story
takes place
plot: what happens to the
characters in the story (the
events that make up the story)
conflict or problem
What has happened
in the story so far?
Reading Comprehension Strategies
• Remember recognizing story
elements is a powerful
Reading
strategy you can use to
Comprehension
better understand stories
Strategies
you hear and read
- Using text features
independently.
- Questioning
- Recognizing story
• Questioning is also a
elements
powerful strategy that we
will use in the coming weeks
to make sense of fiction.
• I will continue to read this
book in sections by chapters.
• I will also continue to stop
several times to allow you
and your partner time to talk
about the story.
• I want you to use the
thinking tool “Stop and Ask
Questions” as you listen to
Chapters 9 & 10.
After listening to the end of
page 45 through part of 48…
Turn and Talk
• What questions can
we ask about the
story right now?
• Let’s record those
on an anchor chart –
Questions About
Tuck Everlasting
Let’s listen to some
more!
After listening to the rest of
48 and page 49
Turn and Talk
• What questions
can we ask about
the story?
Student Response Booklet – p22
Please turn to page 22.
At the next three
stops you will write
questions of your
own.
After listening to p50 through
part of p53…
• In your Student
Response Book on
page 22, write
your questions in
STOP 3 box.
Let’s listen some
more to Chapter 10!
After listening to the rest of
p53 through part of p54…
• In your Student
Response Book on
page 22, write
your questions in
STOP 4 box.
Let’s listen to some
more of Chapter 10!
After listening to the rest of
p54 and part of page 55…
• In your Student
Response Book on
page 22, write
your questions in
STOP 5 box.
Let’s listen to the
rest of Chapter 10!
Paired Partners
• Review your questions and put a check mark
next to each question you think is answered in
the story.
• Now, discuss the story with your partner using
your questions. Be sure to think about what
you heard that might help answer some of your
questions.
Class Discussion
• Which questions got you and your partner
talking about the reading? What did you hear
that helped you to discuss those questions?
Discussion Prompts
- I agree with ___________ because…
- I disagree with ____________ because…
- In addition to what _________ said, I think…
IDR – Independent Daily Reading
Instructions
Important
Elements of
Fiction
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character: person in a story
setting: where and when a
story takes place
plot: what happens to the
characters in the story (the
events that make up the
story)
conflict or problem
• As you read today, think
about what you are
learning about your
novel’s characters,
settings, and plots, as
well as any conflicts or
problems the characters
face.
IDR – Independent Daily Reading
Important
Elements of
Fiction
Remember the important
elements of fiction. At the end
of IDR, I will ask for some of you
- character: person in a story
to share.
- setting: where and when a
• Who is the main character
story takes place
- plot: what happens to the
in your novel?
characters in the story (the
events that make up the
• What are you finding out
story)
about that character?
- conflict or problem
• What conflict or problem is that character facing?
• What is the setting like in your novel?
Out of Classroom!
• Lunch 10:55 – 11:20
Restroom
Break
11:20 – 11:30
SCIENCE
TIME
11:30 – 12:20
Science Stations
Complete 2 a day – 6 a week!
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Station 1 (Read & Comprehend)
Station 2 (Explore)
Group Rotation
• Day 3:
Station 3 (Organize It)
Station 4 (Center/Mini-Lab) – Group A Station 3 & 4
– Group B Station 4 & 3
Station 5 (Vocabulary)
– Group C Station 5 & 6
Station 6 (Computer)
– Group D Station 6 & 5
– Group E Station 1 & 2
– Group F Station 2 & 1
Science Station Groups
A
Naomi
Seth
Ashlyn
Austin
Eli
B
David
Brennen
Angelese
Anna
C
D
E
Stormy Terrico Brooklyn
Jamarrien Jeanelle Sean
Dalton
Zachary Nathan
Hudson Jasmine Olivia
Margaret Rebekah Bret
F
Terrance
Adam
Manuel
Brennan
Homework Pages 28-29
Out of Classroom!
• Recess 12:20 – 12:45
• Activity 12:45 – 1:30
Math Time!
1:30 – 3:15
Math Bell Work!
1:30 – 1:37
Math Lesson!
1:37 – 2:00
Workbook pages 329-330
Math Station
Rotations!
2:00 – 3:15
Math Groups Today!
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
David
Terrance
Jasmine
Sean
Naomi
Jamarrien
Eli
Bret
Margaret
Stormy
Zachary
Ashlyn
Seth
Manuel
Brennan
Terrico
Anna
Rebekah
Austin
Hudson
Nathan
Adam
Jeanelle
Olivia
Workbook pages 331-332
Even numbers
Homework pages 333-334
Even numbers
3:15 – 3:20 Wrap Up!
• Pair-Up back to back and share one thing you
learned in class today with your partner
• Pack-Up
• Office will announce:
Car Riders – Leave around 3:20
Bus Riders – (listen to intercom for dismissal)