Lesson Plans for the Week of 11/16-11/20

MONDAY:
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- For each Subject, guess your grade, and explain why you think you got the grade that you guessed.
PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #47 “Negotiate”

5th grade activities: This week I want to focus on basic editing skills. I want to take a piece of 2 students’ writing from last week and have a whole group discussion editing each looking for mistakes with capitalization, punctuation, and possible spelling mistakes. If enough time permits, students will get together in partners and practice.

6th Grade activities: Students will continue writing essays. Students will begin writing a new essay this week on a different topic. Today will be a rough draft concentrating on writing correct supporting details. I will be walking around offering support for students (mini-conferences) having trouble.

Grammar focus: Subjects and Predicates

TUESDAY:
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- Pretend that you are Mr. Hetrick, what would you tell the person who was coming to report card pick up. Remember to pretend that you are Mr. Hetrick- write exactly would he (you) would say about behavior, grades, and anything else about class.

PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #48 “Dingy”

5th grade activities: Students will correct grammar/vocabulary assessments from Friday, November 13th.

6th Grade activities: Students will correct grammar/vocabulary assessments from Friday, November 13th. If students are finished early they will continue their essays from Monday.

Grammar focus: Subjects and Predicates

WEDNESDAY: NO SCHOOL- REPORT CARD PICK UP

THURSDAY:
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- Tell me a story. For this story I want you to write a fiction story starting with the sentence, “One time a friend and I were walking home from school. As we were walking we passed a hole in the ground with a ladder sticking out. There was a strange glow coming from the hole so I…….”
PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #49 “Confident”

5th grade activities: Today I want to repeat the same activity as Monday with different student work for the whole class discussion. Today there should be more time for partner editing practice.

6th Grade activities: Upon completion of student essays, students will find partners to do peer editing conferences. Once a peer edit has been completed, a rewrite should be made and submitted to me for a teacher edit thereafter rewriting for a final copy.

Grammar focus: Subjects and Predicates

Friday:
IDEA BOOK “JOURNAL”- Describe something you will do this quarter that you want to do differently from the 1st quarter. What can you improve on, what is something new you didn’t do but want to do this quarter, describe any other NEW goal you may have for the 2nd quarter of the school year.
PERSONAL DICTIONARY- Word #50 “Environment”

5th grade activities: One more partner editing practice assignment. A vocabulary/grammar assessment shall be administered. If time permits, I want to try something new that is called “Story Dictation”.

6th Grade activities: Essay final drafts should be completed today. A vocabulary/grammar assessment shall be administered. If time permits, I want to try something new that is a dictated story assignment. I will have 7 predetermined words and students will writing a story beginning with the first word. After allowing time to write I will yell out the second word in which students will have to include that word in their current sentence and continue their story. I will call this experimental writing assignment “Story Dictation” for future reference.

Grammar focus: Subjects and Predicates