March 14-18

Theme: What Goes Up Must Come Down

Activity: Visuals & Authors Purpose
Day

Objective(s)
Theme 11, Lesson 6

SBWAT generate
definitions for weekly
vocabulary words.

SWBAT identify
pronouns.

SWBAT create an
observation log and identify
its purpose.

Standards
RI.5.4
W.5.4
W.5.7
W.5.8
L.5.6

Activities

Monday,
March 14

Tuesday,
March 15

Theme 11, Lesson 7

SWBAT generate
definitions for weekly
vocabulary words.

SWBAT identify
pronouns.

SWBAT identify
the purpose of using
repetition in text.

SWBAT identify

RI.5.7
RI.5.4
W.5.4
W.5.10
SL.5.1c
L.5.6

Vocabulary:

Teacher will introduce vocabulary words and have

students Turn and Talk to generate a definition.
Release, brief, calculate, elevation, accelerate.
Grammar:
Teacher will present a few sentences on the board. Ally
goes to the park. Ally slides down the slide. Ally thinks the sky is beautiful.
Ally watches the clouds go by.
Teacher will ask the students what they can change
about this paragraph. Guide to the answer of changing Ally to she.
Teacher will then ask if we change it to she, what is she
considered now?
Teacher will introduce the term pronoun as a word that
takes place of a noun
Teacher and students will then generate a list of
pronouns.
I, me, you, he, she, it, her, him, they, them, we, us,
Comprehension Strategy: Visuals
Teacher will create observation log in the morning to
observe the weather throughout the day.
Teacher will choose certain students to go up to the
board and record their observations.
During whole group, teacher will have students Turn and
Talk about what the purpose of the observation log is and what is included.
Vocabulary:
Teacher will have students volunteer to read page 378.
Using context clues, they will generate a definition for each of their
vocabulary words.
Grammar: Pronouns
Teacher will display sentences on the board from the
Daily Grammar. Students will work through finding pronouns. Teacher will
assign homework from Grammar Workbook.
Comprehension Strategy: Authors Purpose
Students and teacher will read Walking in Space on
page 380. Teacher will ask students why the author repeated the phrase
blue marble in the sky. Students will Turn and Talk about why authors

authors purpose.

may repeat a certain phrase or word.

Theme 11, Lesson 8

Wed.,
March 16

RL.5.4
RF.5.4a
W.5.4

SWBAT generate
W.5.8
definitions and synonyms
W.5.10
for vocabulary words.
L.5.2a

SWBAT identify
pronouns and describe what L.5.2b
L.5.6
a proper adjective is.

SWBAT identify
the authors purpose in a
text.

Theme 11, Lesson 9

Thursday,
March 17

SWBAT match
defintions to the words for
vocabulary for Theme 11.

SWBAT idenitfy
pronouns in a sentence and
generate abbreviations for
words.

SWBAT ask
questions about visuals to
help in the text
Theme 11, Lesson 10

Friday,
March 18

RL.5.7
RI.5.5
W.5.2a
W.5.2b
W.5.2d
W.5.10
L.5.6

RL.5.7
RL.5.10

SWBAT culminate W.5.2a

vocabulary, comprehension W.5.2b
strategies, and grammar for W.5.2d
W.5.5
the entire Theme on a
SL.5.1a
L.5.6

Vocabulary:
Teacher will have students Turn and Talk to generate
synonyms for their vocabulary words.
Grammar: Pronouns & Proper Adjectives
Teacher will review pronoun homework activity. Teacher
will then discuss proper adjectives in sentences.
Comprehension Strategy: Authors Purpose
Students will read a passage and identify Authors
Purpose in the passage.

Vocabulary
Students will review vocabulary from Theme 11. Teacher
will display defintions and words on the board. Students will have to match
the vocabulary to the defintion.
Grammar
Students will edit sentences to replace the noun with a
pronoun, and change the word to an abbreviation.
Comprehension Strategy: Visuals and Authors Purpose
Students will read and generate questions about the
illustrations. They will also Turn and Talk to discuss the authors purpose in
the text.

Theme 11 Assessment