Weekly planner - (G. A. N.A.R.

)
Subject: Reading (LA) Unit: 1 Week: 3 Theme: Exploring Places Teacher: Ms. Daysi Cruz
Common Core Standards: R.L.4.2, R.L.4.4, R.L.4.5, R.L.4.7, R.F.4.3A

Unit 1 October 12 October 13 October 14 October 15 October 16

Week 3
Class Reading: “The Broken Reading: “Foggy River Reading:” On the Banks of Reading: “Meet the Author Reading: Laura Ingalls
4th Grade Arm” School House” Plum Creek” and illustrator Laura Ingalls Wilder
Wilde”
SWBAT: Identify story SWBAT: Students will SWBAT: Identify SWBAT: Identify some key SWBAT:” Laura Ingalls
elements of literary identify multiple meaning characteristics of a historical elements of a biography. Wilder”.
G fiction story.
elements: Character, words
Setting, and Plot.
Teacher will built Teacher will introduce Teacher will tell students that Teacher will ask students Teacher will ask students
that story that they will be what is an author and if they would like to know
A student’s background vocabulary words. Teacher
reading today is a historical
knowledge by asking will explain to students that illustrator, what is their job. more about Laura Ingalls
fiction story. Teacher will tell Teacher will ask students Wilder.
them what are the sometimes they might read a students that this is another
what they would like to Teacher will brainstorm
literary elements in a word whose meaning they genre.
know about an author. with students what other
story. Teacher will know, but the word doesn’t Teacher will review some places they would find
begin by telling make sense in the sentence. elements of a biography. information about a
students that The word may have more person.
characters are the than one meaning, or
people in a story. We
multiple meanings. They can
learn what characters
look up for the meaning of
are like by noticing
the word in a dictionary to
how they act and
see if it has multiple
what they say in the
story. When a meanings and figure out
character tells the which one is the one that
story using I, me, and makes sense in the sentence.
 my, the author is
writing in first person.
If events are told by a
narrator who is not in
the story, using he,
him, his, she, and her,
the author is writing
in third person. The
setting is where it
takes place and what
happens. The plot is
the sequence of
events
Teacher will use a chart Teacher will write the Teacher will ask students why Teacher will tell students Teacher will explain to
N to identify characters, vocabulary words and their do they want to explore new that for writing they are students that online
setting, and plot as they definitions on the board. places. working on biographies and reference source look like
read “The Broken Arm”. Teacher will ask students to that today they will be print sources, and they
Good readers use what say the words and their reading a biography, “Meet are organized the same
they know to help them definitions. the Author and Illustrator of way. Instead of turning
understand a story. the story “Meet the Author pages by hand, you can
They will look at the and Illustrator Laura Ingalls use mouse to click from
title and pictures in the Wilder” (p 101) screen to screen. Teacher
story to help them will show pictures of
figure out what the different parts of a
story is going to be computer.
about.
Students will read the Students will read the story Students will read the story Students will read the Students will read Laura
A story “The Broken Arm” Foggy River School House”. “On the Banks of Plum Creek” biography of Laura Ingalls Ingalls Wilder (p 104-
(p 81). (p 83). Students will stop at (p 84-99). Students will be Wilder on (p 101) 105). They will use text
Students will use a chart any words that have multiple asked to answer think critically features as they read the
to identify the meanings, such as bank or questions on (p 99). text.
 characters, setting and ruffled.
plot of the story . Students that finish early will
imagine that they live in the
nineteenth century and go to
school in a one-room
schoolhouse. They will write
a journal entry describing a
typical day.
Random students will Student will share their Students will share one of the Students will share what Students will share
R share their answers to responses. responses they had chosen they learned about Laura different places they
the class. from think critically (p 100). Ingalls Wilder. could find information
about an author they will
like to search on.