Big Question: What does a person sacrifice to explore the unknown?
Project: Animal Reports
Vocabulary:
Anticipation-excitement; act of anticipating; looking forward to; expectation Continent-land mass; one of the seven great masses of land on Earth Convergence-joining; act or process of meeting at a point Depart-to leave; go away Forbidding- threatening; causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant Heaves-hoists; rises; rises and falls alternatively Icebergs-masses of ice that float in the ocean; large masses of ice detached from glaciers and floating in the sea
Skill: Main Idea & Details
Genre: Journal
Monday:
Goal: Today we will learn the definition of our new vocabulary words so that we can use them in our everyday writing and possibly in our project.
(Small Group: Sleuth Book)
1. Type the vocabulary words and their definition in a two column chart on Google docs. Title it "Antarctic Journal" vocabulary.
2. Day 1 Activities on the Antarctic Hyperdoc. Please Name your document with your first and last name.
3. Practice your new vocabulary by using Quizlet.
Tuesday:
Goal: Today we will start reading the story "Antarctic Journal" and discover what sacrifices it takes to explore the unknown.
(Small Group: Fluency Focus)
1. Day 2 Activities on the Antarctic Hyperdoc.
2. Vocabulary Homework
3. Just right book
Wednesday:
Goal: Today we will practice our vocabulary words by using them in our own context.
(Small Group: Fluency Focus)
1. “Antarctic” discussion assignment on Kidblog.
2. Day 3 Activities on the Antarctic Hyperdoc.
Project: Work on Animal Report.
Thursday:
Goal: Today we will practice the spiral skill "Fact and Opinion".
(Small Group: Comprehension Comparing the Poles)
1. Read Connected Text P. 282-285
2. Complete the Antarctic Hyperdoc
3. Take DAZE quiz
Project: Start researching credible websites to use for your animal report. Remember you are trying to find information about their habitat, appearance, protection, enemies, and more.
Friday:
Goal: We will show mastery of our vocabulary words and applying the skill of the week (Main Idea and Details) through the college and career readiness test.
1. Share your Hyperdoc when it is finished. Some will be presented.
2. We just got done learning all about what sacrifices it takes to explore the unknown? Blog about it on our Kidblog page.
3. Read Theory
Goal: Today we will learn the definition of our new vocabulary words so that we can use them in our everyday writing and possibly in our project.
(Small Group: Sleuth Book)
1. Type the vocabulary words and their definition in a two column chart on Google docs. Title it "Antarctic Journal" vocabulary.
2. Day 1 Activities on the Antarctic Hyperdoc. Please Name your document with your first and last name.
3. Practice your new vocabulary by using Quizlet.
Tuesday:
Goal: Today we will start reading the story "Antarctic Journal" and discover what sacrifices it takes to explore the unknown.
(Small Group: Fluency Focus)
1. Day 2 Activities on the Antarctic Hyperdoc.
2. Vocabulary Homework
3. Just right book
Wednesday:
Goal: Today we will practice our vocabulary words by using them in our own context.
(Small Group: Fluency Focus)
1. “Antarctic” discussion assignment on Kidblog.
2. Day 3 Activities on the Antarctic Hyperdoc.
Project: Work on Animal Report.
Thursday:
Goal: Today we will practice the spiral skill "Fact and Opinion".
(Small Group: Comprehension Comparing the Poles)
1. Read Connected Text P. 282-285
2. Complete the Antarctic Hyperdoc
3. Take DAZE quiz
Project: Start researching credible websites to use for your animal report. Remember you are trying to find information about their habitat, appearance, protection, enemies, and more.
Friday:
Goal: We will show mastery of our vocabulary words and applying the skill of the week (Main Idea and Details) through the college and career readiness test.
1. Share your Hyperdoc when it is finished. Some will be presented.
2. We just got done learning all about what sacrifices it takes to explore the unknown? Blog about it on our Kidblog page.
3. Read Theory