Monday
:
9:30-10:20(today andWednesdayonly)
Teacheractivities
:Administer placevalue assessment(up to 99).
StudentActivities:
TSWcomplete placevalue assessment.
Monday
:
8:30-9:00 (Todayand Wednesdayonly)
Teacher activities
:Write on the boardDr. Seuss. Introducethe phrase “author’scraft” and the word“environment”. Howwould you describethe commoncharacteristics seenin all of Dr. Seuss’sbooks? Today we willwatch a video of thepopular Dr. Seussstory “The Lorax”.Each table group willbe given a questionon an index card todiscuss and sharewith the class.1. Why do you thinkthe Once-ler didwhat he did?2. What changes didyou see in theenvironment?3. What did thingslook like
before
the Thneeds came?4. What was theauthor’s messageabout what oneperson can do thehelp or hurt theenvironment?5. What changes didyou see
after
the Thneeds came?Following the movie,discuss theimportance of trees
(SEE BELOW)
for people andanimals
.
CooperativeLearning:
Tablegroups will discussthen present ideas tothe post-videoquestions.
StudentActivities:
TSWparticipate inwatching video, thendiscussing post videoquestions.
DifferentiatedLearning:
Visuals,oral and hands onactivity. Ask low andhigh level questions.
Accommodations:
Students with IEP’swill be closelymonitored and pairedwith students thatcan provide support.
Monday
:
9:00 –9:30(today andWednesdayonly)
Teacheractivities
:State objective.(1-1.8) Createresponses to textthrough a varietyof methods. Todaywe watched thevideo “The Lorax”.We discussedwhat couldhappen to theenvironment whenwe startdestroying treesand plants. Youwill create aposter stating whywe trees areimportant topeople andanimals. You canillustrate. First,write a responseto one of the hefollowing promptsin your writingnotebook.
Trees areimportant topeople andanimalsbecause ____________ .
or
People canhelp theenvironment by _________.
With a partnerrevise/edit yoursentence. Thencomplete yourposter.
CooperativeLearning:
Partners willrevise/editsentences.
StudentActivities:
STWcomplete thewriting prompt,
Monday
:
10:20-10:40(Today andWednesdayonly)
Teacheractivities
: Stateobjective on page154i.
Connect to prior knowledge
byintroducing variantvowels /ou/ow, ou.Display letters“ow” and “ou”together. Explainto students thatboth of these lettercombinations canmake the samesound as in “owl”and “pout”.Instruct partners tothink of otherwords with thesame sound.Share with class.Build spellingwords page 154iand 154J. AskWord buildquestions page154J. Introducenew WWW.Generate–ou list. Stompwords.
Do mini lesson
onpersonal pronounsand proper nouns.
CooperativeLearning:
Students will workin pairs togenerate a word(s)that have/ou/ow,ou sound.
StudentActivities:
TSW help generate–ou words, wordbuild, and copywords from charton paper, stompwords. They willwork with partnerto read WWW andspelling word list.
DifferentiatedLearning:
Visuals, oral,kinesthetic, andwritten expression.High and lowquestions.
Accommodations:
Students withIEP’s will be closelymonitored andpaired with
Monday
:1:30-2:05ScienceEarth MaterialsUnit
Teacher activities:
See CAD.
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