Math, Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Science lesson plans for the week of April 23rd-April 26th

Monday (4/23) Reading: PASS OUT SPELLING NO READING AHEAD! Gray Wolf- Read book title & discuss wolves. Talk about blizzard. Read contents page. Picture walk. VOCAB: Coax, runt, swoop. What does character mean? How could the setting influence the character? Model Analysis. Hw: read p5-21 Diggers- Worksheet 1 (p17): Look at the title, authors, cover art. What do you think this book is about? What do you think would happen if you tried to dig a hole to the other side of the earth? Would you need special tools? Equipment? Midas- Read the title (ever heard of this book? Share!), traditional tale explanation, involves granting greatest wish. In Pink Books: If you could have any wish come true, what would it be? How would this Spelling: Writing: No - WTW: Read writing today together, sort (yellow sheets) words together on SMARTboard during class. FOR HW: Pop up words - WW: Look at Lesson 4. Read through all examples together, and then do yellow paper Math: 9.8 Broken Calculator Division -Timed Test -Exploring Computational Strategies for division -Solving division number stories with remainders -Partial Products Algorithm sheet -Math Boxes 9.8 - FOR HOMEWORK: Homelinks 9.8 Science: Lesson 4 comtinued -Talk about Vinegar!! - Look at the soil samples that we collected from last week. -Open a new page in their journals. (Title it Soil Observations) -What do you see in there? Make a list, then draw a picture underneath. -Add a LITTLE bit of water to each and then look at what each looks like again. Add more to you description if need be. -Similarities/ differences

Tuesday (4/24)

change your life? Think about this idea while reading. Vocab: treasure, regret, pleased, precious, satyr. What does theme mean again? Show worksheet. Traveon- Im not sure if I am supposed to keep pulling him. If I am, I will continue to follow the worksheet with a number of different books. Reading: Spelling: Gray Wolf- Write answers to - WTW: Cut the following questions: What out sort 28 and was grey wolfs problem? How sort. FOR is she trying to solve it? What is HW: Ladder Callys problem? How is Words chapter 2 different from chapter - WW: 1? How would you feel if you Exercise 1 in were Cally? Talk about different class types of point of view. Check for understanding: who are the 2 main characters? Understand the setting? Read titles of 3 and 4. Define: Talons, determined. HW: read p 22-36 Diggers- Read to page 10 together. Do what happened page 31. What layer do you think will come next? Do you think that this could actually

Writing: Begin Poetry. Start by doing the poem type where they write their name vertically. Re-do on a large blue piece of paper as a final draft. Decorate.

Math: 9.9 -Timed Test - Lattice multiplication -More lattice mult -(mm 138 and 332- more lattice practice) -Solving Division number stories -Math boxes - FOR HOMEWORK: Math Masters p. 150

Science: Lesson 5 -Review the components of soil -Differences in size of the particles? -Talk about the different size names. How are they different? The same? -Why might it be important to be able to measure the amounts of different soil components? -New journal page: Soil Sedimentation -Are the parts of the three soils alike or different? -Test tube soil

happen in real life? Midas- Read pages 1-9. Do a running record on someone. Use prompts for understanding if need be. What have we learned about King Midas so far? Explain forshadowing. Did we see this in the book? Probably connects to theme. Define Cause and Effect. Talk about all the characters. What do you think about Midas greed? What will happen next? Traveon- See Monday Wednesday Reading: Spelling: (4/25) Gray Wolf- Why was Cally - WTW: Sort happier to see the pups than a the words in bear? Do the illustrations help another way you understand what is going on on? VEN DIAGRAM: Callys SMARTboard feelings versus wolfs feelings. FOR HW: Talk about setting. Why did Study for Cally pick up the pup? Why spelling test does Grey Wolf make that last - WW: Read effort to reach the cave? What the story do you think will happen next? together, but HW: Do you think that the have them events in chapter 3 and 4 answer Qs could really happen? Also, independently read pp 37-49 this time. Diggers- Read page 12 and 13.

demonstration -Test tube soil activity in groups (MAKE SURE ALL SUPPLIES ARE THERE!!)

Writing: Talk about haiku poems. Practice writing some on worksheets. -Make a final copy if time. -Pictures to go along with what theyre writing about.

Math: 9.10 -Timed Test - Exploration D: Multiplication with arrays and base-10 blocks -Exploration E: Finding number patterns by filling triangles -Building bridges and testing their strength -Math Boxes 9.10 - FOR HOMEWORK: Homelinks 9.10

Science: - Open journals and record soil results (pictures) -Discuss original observations, right after adding water, right after shaking, then what they see now -See sample questions -Sedimentation (particle sorting) is helpful how? -Lets scientists get a basic idea of what is in the soil

Thursday (4/26)

What is asbestos? What happened to the guy in the suit? Talk about volcanoes and then read page 15. Midas- What have we learned about Midas so far? Why did he make that wish? What does this tell you about him? VOCAB: greedy, statue, appeared. Read p 10-16. Why did he want to be freed from his wish? How does Midas change over time? Is he learning something about himself? Does he like it or not? Traveon- See Monday Reading: Spelling Tests! Gray Wolf- Digging Deeper exercise. Diggers- Read page 18 and 19. Talk about all the parts on the submarine and what they might be for. Design your own submarine with labeled parts. Color. Midas- Complete worksheet from the back of the card (but not theme). Talk about it together. Lesson and theme are not the same. Reality v. Fantasy.

-Layers happen naturally

Spelling: - WTW: Do the activity for sort 28. Also, glue FOR HW: NONE - WW: Exercises 2 and 3, Crossword

Writing: Talk about Shape poems! Draw some shapes and then children should create their own.

Math: 9.11 -Timed Test -Extending the partial products method to 2 digit numbers times 2 digit multiples of 10 -Same thing with products -Exit slip -Play angle race? -Math boxes 9.11 - FOR HOMEWORK: None

Science: - LIBRARY

Friday (4/27)

Practice making judgments: What is more important than gold? How will this change Midas life now? Write: how will he spend his time from now on? (hint: not counting gold anymore) Traveon- See Monday NO

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