Big Question: What is the value of looking at patterns in nature?
Project: Letter to a Veteran serving overseas
Vocabulary:
Apprentice: a person who words with an expert to learn a job. Atmosphere: the gas that surrounds the Earth; the air in a certain place. Chemical: a substance formed by other substances acting on each other. Club: a group of people with a common interest. Essay: a short piece of writing that expresses the author's opinion on a topic. Manufacturing: making goods by hand or with machines. Pressure: the force of one thing pushing against another. Scales: the hard pieces that cover animals such as fish.
Skill: Graphic Sources / Important Ideas
Genre: Biography
Project: Letter to a Veteran serving overseas
Vocabulary:
Apprentice: a person who words with an expert to learn a job. Atmosphere: the gas that surrounds the Earth; the air in a certain place. Chemical: a substance formed by other substances acting on each other. Club: a group of people with a common interest. Essay: a short piece of writing that expresses the author's opinion on a topic. Manufacturing: making goods by hand or with machines. Pressure: the force of one thing pushing against another. Scales: the hard pieces that cover animals such as fish.
Skill: Graphic Sources / Important Ideas
Genre: Biography
Monday:
Goal: Today we will learn the definition of our new vocabulary words, and use our skill in context with our sleuth books.
Small Group: Sleuth Book
1. Write the vocabulary words in your journal, or type them in a document titled "The Man Who Named the Clouds"
2. Practice your new vocabulary by using Quizlet. (Learn the words first using the flashcards button. Then play scatter or space race.)
3. Just Right Book
Tuesday:
Goal: Today we practice using our vocabulary words by identifying all of the word elements that gives it meaning.
Small Group: Sleuth Book
1. Complete your vocabulary graphic organizer
2. Re-read the pages from the story that we read earlier. Pick out something you noticed that you didn't notice the first time. Tell me about it on this padlet.
3. Moby Max Informational Text
4. Just right book
Wednesday:
Goal: Toady we will practice our vocabulary words by using them in our own context.
Small Group: Extended Text
1. Respond to the questions on the "The Man Who Named the Clouds" discussion
2. Read the Extended Text on P. 340-341
3. Moby Max Stories
4. Just Right Book
Extra Credit: Write a letter to a service man or woman serving overseas. They will get these around Christmas time. Make sure to tell them about yourself (likes and dislikes) then thank them for their service.
Thursday:
Goal: Toady we will practice last week's skill (Fact and Opinion).
Small Group: Fact and Opinion
1. Complete the fact and opinion practice page (p.127)
2. Take a DAZE quiz. You will be timed, do your best.
3. Moby Max Literature
4. Just Right Book
Extra Credit: Write a letter to a service man or woman serving overseas. They will get these around Christmas time. Make sure to tell them about yourself (likes and dislikes) then thank them for their service.
Friday:
Goal: Today we will show mastery of our vocabulary words and the reading skill.
Small Group: Corrections
1. Reading Test
2. Moby Max Stories
Extra Credit: Write a letter to a service man or woman serving overseas. They will get these around Christmas time. Make sure to tell them about yourself (likes and dislikes) then thank them for their service.
Goal: Today we will learn the definition of our new vocabulary words, and use our skill in context with our sleuth books.
Small Group: Sleuth Book
1. Write the vocabulary words in your journal, or type them in a document titled "The Man Who Named the Clouds"
2. Practice your new vocabulary by using Quizlet. (Learn the words first using the flashcards button. Then play scatter or space race.)
3. Just Right Book
Tuesday:
Goal: Today we practice using our vocabulary words by identifying all of the word elements that gives it meaning.
Small Group: Sleuth Book
1. Complete your vocabulary graphic organizer
2. Re-read the pages from the story that we read earlier. Pick out something you noticed that you didn't notice the first time. Tell me about it on this padlet.
3. Moby Max Informational Text
4. Just right book
Wednesday:
Goal: Toady we will practice our vocabulary words by using them in our own context.
Small Group: Extended Text
1. Respond to the questions on the "The Man Who Named the Clouds" discussion
2. Read the Extended Text on P. 340-341
3. Moby Max Stories
4. Just Right Book
Extra Credit: Write a letter to a service man or woman serving overseas. They will get these around Christmas time. Make sure to tell them about yourself (likes and dislikes) then thank them for their service.
Thursday:
Goal: Toady we will practice last week's skill (Fact and Opinion).
Small Group: Fact and Opinion
1. Complete the fact and opinion practice page (p.127)
2. Take a DAZE quiz. You will be timed, do your best.
3. Moby Max Literature
4. Just Right Book
Extra Credit: Write a letter to a service man or woman serving overseas. They will get these around Christmas time. Make sure to tell them about yourself (likes and dislikes) then thank them for their service.
Friday:
Goal: Today we will show mastery of our vocabulary words and the reading skill.
Small Group: Corrections
1. Reading Test
2. Moby Max Stories
Extra Credit: Write a letter to a service man or woman serving overseas. They will get these around Christmas time. Make sure to tell them about yourself (likes and dislikes) then thank them for their service.