Big Question: What can we discover from new places and people?
Review Skills: Author's Purpose, Sequence of Events, and Main Idea and Details, Character, Setting, and Plot
Project: Poster Advertisement
Review Vocabulary:
Grand-great; wonderful Memorial-serving to remember a person or event Peculiar-strange; odd Positive-in a good way Prideful- in a way that shows a person thinks he or she is better than others Recalls-remembers Selecting-choosing; picking Yearned-to feel a longing or desire for something Wharf-platform built on the shore, beside which ships can load and unload Docks-a platform build on the shore or out from the shore, ships unload and load beside a dock Scan-to glance at look over hastily (quickly) Migrating- to o from one region to another with the change in the seasons Scent-a smell Badger- a hairy gray animal that feeds at night and digs holes in the ground to live Bank-ground bordering a river or lake; shore Bristled-to make fur stand up straight Jointed-having one or more places where two things or parts are joined Patched- to fix; mended with a scrap of material Ruffled-gathered into a ruffle to trim clothing Rushes -a grass like plant with a hollow stem that grows in wet soil Bargain- an agreement to trade or exchange; deal Favor-act of kindness Lassoed- roped; caught with a long rope with a loop on the end Offended- hurt the feelings of someone; made angry Prairie- large area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees Riverbed-channel in which a river flows or used to flow Shrieked -made a loud, sharp, shrill, sound Glacier-a great mass of ice moving very slowly down a mountain or along a valley Impressive-able to have a strong effect on the mind or feelings Naturalist-a person who studies living things Preserve-to keep from harm or change;protect Slopes-land that goes up and down at an angle Species-a set of related living things that share certain characteristics and that interbreed Wilderness-a wild region with few or no people
Monday:
Goal: Today we will review the definitions of our vocabulary words from the entire unit so that we can use them in our everyday writing and possibly in our project.
(Small Group: Spiral Review)
1. Practice our vocabulary by creating your own fall story (spooky, funny, or just fun) on Google Classroom. Make sure it has a beginning, middle, and end.
2. Choice Reading on Storia
3. Project: National Park Advertisement
Tuesday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading the book "Winn Dixie" together while commenting using Yo Teach! Critical Thinking focus.
(Small Group: Fluency)
1. Fall Story (Part 2 and 3 of the Narrative Essentials)
2. Read Theory ($20 for every 100 pts.)
3. Project: National Park Advertisement
Wednesday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading the book "Winn Dixie" together while commenting using Yo Teach! Critical Thinking Focus.
(Small Group: Fluency)
1. Complete the Story Elements page on Winn Dixie. (Vocabulary words together)
2. Just Right Book
Project: National Park Advertisement
Thursday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading the story "Winn Dixie" together while commenting using Yo Teach! How can we create our own questions (open and closed).
(Small Group: Spiral Review)
1. SRI Monthly Assessment
2. Take DAZE quiz
3. Just Right Book
Project: National Park Advertisement
Friday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading Winn Dixie. -- Flashlight Friday
1. Present your advertisements
2. Discover a wonder on Wonderopolis
3. Read Theory
Goal: Today we will review the definitions of our vocabulary words from the entire unit so that we can use them in our everyday writing and possibly in our project.
(Small Group: Spiral Review)
1. Practice our vocabulary by creating your own fall story (spooky, funny, or just fun) on Google Classroom. Make sure it has a beginning, middle, and end.
2. Choice Reading on Storia
3. Project: National Park Advertisement
Tuesday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading the book "Winn Dixie" together while commenting using Yo Teach! Critical Thinking focus.
(Small Group: Fluency)
1. Fall Story (Part 2 and 3 of the Narrative Essentials)
2. Read Theory ($20 for every 100 pts.)
3. Project: National Park Advertisement
Wednesday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading the book "Winn Dixie" together while commenting using Yo Teach! Critical Thinking Focus.
(Small Group: Fluency)
1. Complete the Story Elements page on Winn Dixie. (Vocabulary words together)
2. Just Right Book
Project: National Park Advertisement
Thursday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading the story "Winn Dixie" together while commenting using Yo Teach! How can we create our own questions (open and closed).
(Small Group: Spiral Review)
1. SRI Monthly Assessment
2. Take DAZE quiz
3. Just Right Book
Project: National Park Advertisement
Friday:
Goal: Today we will continue reading Winn Dixie. -- Flashlight Friday
1. Present your advertisements
2. Discover a wonder on Wonderopolis
3. Read Theory