September:

North Carolinas Places and Spaces Lesson Schedule

Monday 9th: Hook Lesson (Social Studies) Tuesday 10th: Three Regions of NC Depicted in Art Lesson (Enrichment Time/Social Studies) Wednesday 11th Timeline Lesson (Math) Thursday 12th: Introduce GRASPS task; explain expectations for group work; announce project groups (Morning Meeting) Math Map Lesson (Math) 18th: Piedmont Region 19th: Capital Lesson (Social Studies) Monument Lesson (Literacy) Group Work Time (Enrichment Time and Social Studies) Friday 13th: Coastal Plain Lesson (Social Studies)

16th: Lighthouse Lesson (Literacy)

23rd: Biltmore Estate Lesson (Literacy) State Symbols Lesson (Social Studies)

17th: Research lesson- how to find reliable information using the internet and informational text (Literacy) Group Work Time in library (Social Studies)- students can check out books to use for their projects or use the library computers 24th: Group Work Time 25th: Group Work (Writers Time (Social Studies) Workshop/Literacy)- finalizing descriptions/significance of places and symbols NC Place Names Lesson (Social Studies) found on Learn NC

20th: Mountain Region Lesson (Social Studies)

26th: Group Work Time (Social Studies) if needed

27th: Early Release Groups are given the opportunity to share their NC scrapbook with the class (Morning Meeting/Literacy)