Lesson Plans for 10/25-10/29

MONDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #35 "Retire"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Monday Morning Memory"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Today is a "Writing Lab" day.  We will be working on our current writings for the week (expository "treasure map") while also rotating through the various stations in the lab.  (1.  Word-processor/typing tutor station, 2.  a blogging/research station, 3.  a teacher conference station, 4.  a skill enrichment station, and 5.  an independent writing draft station).
     6th Grade-  Today is a "Writing Lab" day.  We will be working on our current writings for the week (persuasive "uniform policy") while also rotating through the various stations in the lab.  (1.  Word-processor/typing tutor station, 2.  a blogging/research station, 3.  a teacher conference station, 4.  a skill enrichment station, and 5.  an independent writing draft station).

Achieve3000- None

Conventions Focus- Plural Nouns

TUESDAY
Field Trip with Ms. Betts music class

WEDNESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #36 "Professional"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Freewrite"

Activities:

     5th Grade-   Today we will be working on their expository writing piece. They are still in the beginning phases of this writing piece as we got a little behind last week and the past couple of days in the writing lab.      6th Grade-   Today the 6th graders will be continuing the persuasive piece. Specifically, they will be focusing in on improving and expanding their introduction paragraphs.  I will be facilitating mini-conferences for the purpose of helping and advising.

Achieve3000- Room 201 and Room 203

Conventions Focus- Plural Nouns

THURSDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #37 "Talent"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Halloween"

Activities:

     5th Grade-  Today we will have a short assessment, and then complete some Halloween Writing Games and Activities (TBA).

     6th Grade-  Today we will have a short assessment, and then complete some Halloween Writing Games and Activities (TBA).

Achieve3000- Room 204

Conventions Focus- Plural Nouns

FRIDAY

No School for Students

Other “Performance Descriptors” for the covered for the week:

Benchmark 1.A.3a

1. Use a combination of word analysis and vocabulary strategies (e.g., word patterns, structural analyses) within context to identify unknown words.(Stage E)

Benchmark 3.A.3a

1. Develop multi-paragraph compositions that include an introduction, first and second level support, and a conclusion. (Stage E)

1. Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types (i.e., declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative). (Stage E)

3. Use a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound). (Stage E)
6. Demonstrate appropriate use of various parts of speech. (Stage E)
4. Use basic transition words to connect ideas. (Stage E)

5. Proofread for correct English conventions. (Stage E)

Benchmark 3.B.3b

2. Establish and maintain a focus. (Stage E)

3. Develop a topic sentence that is supported with details. (Stage E)

1. Use prewriting strategies to choose a topic and generate ideas (e.g., webbing, brainstorming, listing, note taking, outlining, drafting, and graphic organizers). (Stage E)

4. Organize a coherent structure appropriate to purpose (i.e., narration, exposition, persuasion), audience, and context using paragraphs and transition words. (Stage E)

8. Revise and edit (e.g., conference with self, peer, volunteer, teacher). (Stage E)

5. Use appropriate transition words to connect ideas. (Stage E)

6. Elaborate ideas through facts, details, description, reasons, and narration. (Stage E)

Benchmark 3.C.3a

2. Use the characteristics of a well-developed narrative, expository, and persuasive piece. (Stage E)

3. Write creatively for a specified purpose and audience (e.g., short story, poetry, directions, song, and friendly letter). (Stage E)

Benchmark 4.A.3c

5. Compose a multi-paragraph piece which presents one position of an issue that offers sufficient support. (Stage E) 1. Evaluate the situation and assume appropriate listening mode. (Stage E)

2. Record appropriate notes from presentation. (Stage E)

8. Paraphrase or repeat and execute multi-stepped directions. (Stage E)

Lesson Plans for 10/18-10/22

MONDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #30 "Hobby"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Monday Morning Memory"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Students will be taking a tour of the "Writing Lab" today.  I will be showing them what all of the stations will consist of and modeling/practicing these rotations.  The stations today that I will inform students about will be: a word-processor/typing tutor station, a blogging/research station, a teacher conference station, a skill enrichment station, and an independent writing draft station.  If enough time allows I will be introducing the classroom blog to respond to.
     6th Grade-  Students will be taking a tour of the "Writing Lab" today.  I will be showing them what all of the stations will consist of and modeling/practicing these rotations.  The stations today that I will inform students about will be: a word-processor/typing tutor station, a blogging/research station, a teacher conference station, a skill enrichment station, and an independent writing draft station.  If enough time allows I will be introducing the classroom blog to respond to.

Achieve3000- None

Conventions Focus- Nouns

TUESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #31 "Local"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Favorite Song"

Activities:

     5th Grade-  Today we will be working on an expository writing piece.  This piece will first consist of drawing a "treasure map" and labeling a start and finish point.  Once this map is complete, steps  informing how to navigate from start to finish will be worked on.

     6th Grade- Today the 6th graders will be continuing the persuasive piece that they started over the weekend.  I collected them yesterday and briefly checked them over last night.  They will now today work with a peer to complete some initial stage editing.

Achieve3000- Room 202

Conventions Focus- Nouns

WEDNESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #32 "Generous"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Current Event"

Activities:

     5th Grade-   Today students will continue their "treasure maps".  Maps must be neat, somewhat accurate, and colorful.  Also, by the end of this class period I expect a very detailed list of steps demonstrating how to get from start to finish.  These steps must be complete sentences using key words such as "North, South, East, and West, turn left, turn right, head south, etc..."

     6th Grade- Today I want to demonstrate a little bit about how to research using google.  I will be navigating google and the research process on the LCD projector as a whole group demonstration.  I also want to show a brief tutorial on using "Microsoft Word" for typing and formatting purposes. 

Achieve3000- Room 201 and Room 203

Conventions Focus- Nouns

THURSDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #33 "Wealthy"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Writing Game"

Activities:

     5th Grade-  Today is a "Writing Lab" day.  We will be working on our current writings for the week (expository "treasure map") while also rotating through the various stations in the lab.  (1.  Word-processor/typing tutor station, 2.  a blogging/research station, 3.  a teacher conference station, 4.  a skill enrichment station, and 5.  an independent writing draft station).

     6th Grade-  Today is a "Writing Lab" day.  We will be working on our current writings for the week (persuasive "uniform policy") while also rotating through the various stations in the lab.  (1.  Word-processor/typing tutor station, 2.  a blogging/research station, 3.  a teacher conference station, 4.  a skill enrichment station, and 5.  an independent writing draft station).

Achieve3000- Room 204

Conventions Focus- Nouns

FRIDAY
Personal Dictionary- Word #34 "Collide"(Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context. (Benchmark 1.A.3b)

Writing Journal Entry- "Freewrite"

Activities:

     5th Grade- Today we will be taking an assessment that will be three-fold.  I will be assessing vocabulary, the convention focus (nouns), and a short writing assessment.  The writing portion of the assessment may be about basic paragraph writing skills or anything else that we have talked about for the week. 

     6th Grade- Today we will be taking an assessment that will be three-fold.  I will be assessing vocabulary, the convention focus (nouns), and a short writing assessment.  The writing portion of the assessment may be about basic paragraph writing skills or anything else that we have talked about for the week. 

 Achieve3000- None

Conventions Focus- Nouns

Other “Performance Descriptors” for the covered for the week:

Benchmark 1.A.3a

1. Use a combination of word analysis and vocabulary strategies (e.g., word patterns, structural analyses) within context to identify unknown words.(Stage E)

Benchmark 3.A.3a

1. Develop multi-paragraph compositions that include an introduction, first and second level support, and a conclusion. (Stage E)

1. Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types (i.e., declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative). (Stage E)

3. Use a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound). (Stage E)
6. Demonstrate appropriate use of various parts of speech. (Stage E)
4. Use basic transition words to connect ideas. (Stage E)

5. Proofread for correct English conventions. (Stage E)

Benchmark 3.B.3b

2. Establish and maintain a focus. (Stage E)

3. Develop a topic sentence that is supported with details. (Stage E)

1. Use prewriting strategies to choose a topic and generate ideas (e.g., webbing, brainstorming, listing, note taking, outlining, drafting, and graphic organizers). (Stage E)

4. Organize a coherent structure appropriate to purpose (i.e., narration, exposition, persuasion), audience, and context using paragraphs and transition words. (Stage E)

8. Revise and edit (e.g., conference with self, peer, volunteer, teacher). (Stage E)

5. Use appropriate transition words to connect ideas. (Stage E)

6. Elaborate ideas through facts, details, description, reasons, and narration. (Stage E)

Benchmark 3.C.3a

2. Use the characteristics of a well-developed narrative, expository, and persuasive piece. (Stage E)

3. Write creatively for a specified purpose and audience (e.g., short story, poetry, directions, song, and friendly letter). (Stage E)

Benchmark 4.A.3c

5. Compose a multi-paragraph piece which presents one position of an issue that offers sufficient support. (Stage E) 1. Evaluate the situation and assume appropriate listening mode. (Stage E)

2. Record appropriate notes from presentation. (Stage E)

8. Paraphrase or repeat and execute multi-stepped directions. (Stage E)

Lesson Plans for 10/12-10/15

MONDAY- NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #28 "Gnaw"

Writing Journal Entry- "Christmas"

Activities:
     5th Grade- 
     6th Grade- 

Achieve3000- Room 202

Conventions Focus- Verbs

WEDNESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #29 "Afford"

Writing Journal Entry- "The Miners from Chile"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  
     6th Grade- 

Achieve3000- Room 201 and Room 203

Conventions Focus- Verbs

THURSDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #30 ""

Writing Journal Entry- ""

Activities:
     5th Grade- 
     6th Grade- 

Achieve3000- Room 204

Conventions Focus- Verbs

FRIDAY
Personal Dictionary- Word #31 ""

Writing Journal Entry- "

Activities:
     5th Grade-
     6th Grade- 

Conventions Focus- Verbs

Lesson Plans for 9/20-9/24

MONDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #24 ""

Writing Journal Entry- "Monday Morning Memory"

Activities:
     5th Grade- 
     6th Grade- 

Conventions Focus- Verbs

TUESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #25 ""

Writing Journal Entry- ""

Activities:
     5th Grade- 
     6th Grade- 

Conventions Focus- Verbs

WEDNESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #26 ""

Writing Journal Entry- ""

Activities:
     5th Grade-  
     6th Grade- 

Conventions Focus- Verbs

THURSDAY

FIELD TRIP TO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

FRIDAY- NO SCHOOL

Lesson Plans for 9/13-9/17

MONDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #19 "Survive"

Writing Journal Entry- "Monday Morning Memory"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Students will be working on a prewrite for this weeks "Paragraph Practice".  This weeks topic will be "Chores at Home".  Once complete students will be writing rough drafts.  As students write their first drafts I will be facilitating mini-writing conferences.  Students will also be completing a verbs practice.
     6th Grade-  Students will be working with their "Tortoise vs. Hare" Part 2 stories from last week.  Today they will be getting predesignated partners.  Each students will be given a checklist/interview sheet to peer edit.  The checklist will be to review punctuation and capitalization errors.  The interview will be questions to answer about the other person's story- things such as characters, plot, moral of the story.  Students will also be completing a verbs practice.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

TUESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #20 "Shellfish"

Writing Journal Entry- ""

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Today's teaching point of mini-lesson will be transitions and transition words for detail/body sentences.  I will be having students edit/revise their rough drafts from yesterday making improvements and adding transistions.  I will be conducting mini-writing conferences helping and making suggestions regarding todays teaching point.  Students completed will be working on a verbs practice.
     6th Grade-  Students will continute the work from yesterday on the "Tortoise vs. Hare: Part 2" story.  They will take the ckecklists/interviews from yesterdays assignment and use them to edit and revise their rough drafts.  By the end of class I would expect more than 50% of the class to hand in a second completed draft.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

WEDNESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #21 "Lunge"

Writing Journal Entry- ""

Activities:
     5th Grade-   Any wrok not finihsed with the previous "Paragraph Practice" sheets will be completed.  We will then begin a new "Paragraph Practice".  We will only complete the prewriting stage of this exercise today.  Students completed will be working on a verbs practice.
     6th Grade-  Students will continue working on their second drafts of the "Tortoise vs. Hare: Part 2" stories.  Any student that hasn't completely finished a second draft will do so today.  Other students will be conferencing with me in efforts to complete a final draft ready to publish/type.  Students completed will be working on a verbs practice.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

THURSDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #22 "Lair"

Writing Journal Entry- "Freewrite"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  I will begin today's lesson with a mini-lesson in which we will be discussing detail sentences and sharing some aloud.  We will have a whole class discussion about shared sentences and how to improve them for correctness and creativity.  Students will then begin writing a rough draft based upon the new "Perfect Paragraph" assignment page.  Students completed will be working on a verbs practice.
     6th Grade-  I would like to try and get students on a computer to do 2 things today.  The first is to log into First Class and learn about the "File Storage" section.  The second is to give a mini-lesson on how to use Microsoft Word to type final drafts of assignments.  I may have to restructure this entire week of work depending on availability of the lab or laptops.  Students completed will be working on a verbs practice.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

FRIDAY
Personal Dictionary- Word #23 "Rowdy"

Writing Journal Entry- "Writing Game (Story Dictation)"

Activities:
     5th Grade- The bulk of today's class will be committed to our writing game, however with the rest of our class time we will be doing a "Personal Dictionary/Grammar Test".  Students completed will be working on a verbs practice.
     6th Grade-  The bulk of today's class will be committed to our writing game, however with the rest of our class time we will be doing a "Personal Dictionary/Grammar Test".  Students completed will be working on a verbs practice.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

Lesson Plans for 9/6-9/10

MONDAY- LABOR DAY- NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #15 "Construct"

Writing Journal Entry- "Tuesday Morning Memory"

Activities:
     5th Grade- Students will get their weekly assessments back from last Friday and make corrections to the questions they got wrong.  Once turned in students will then begin a prewrite for this week's "Paragraph Practice" assignment.  After the prewrite has been completed students will work on a verbs practice sheet.
     6th Grade-  Students will get their weekly assessments back from last Friday and make corrections to the questions they got wrong. Students will also work on a verbs practice sheet.  To finish class I want the 6th graders to copy their "Tortoise vs Hare" journal assignments from last week onto paper they can turn into me.  As they are copying I want them to edit and add as they deem appropriate.  I want to have these stories ready to work on for the future.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

WEDNESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #16 "Corridor"

Writing Journal Entry- "Story"

Activities:
     5th Grade- I will first conduct a review mini lesson on topic and conclusion sentences.  Once done with this mini-lesson I want students to write a rough draft on their "Paragraph Practice" sheets.  I will be walking around facilitating mini-writing conferences to talk improvement points with students.  After a rough draft is complete students will be working on a verb practice sheet.
     6th Grade-  Today will be a bit off as there is an assembly during one of the 6th grade classes which means more than 50% of that class will not be in attendance.  With the other half of that class and the other 6th grade room I want to introduce "First Class" to them.  I will be giving First Class usernames and passwords then modeling a brief lesson on how to correctly log in and send an email.  Students will be asked to to the same thing.  I want them to send me emails before they leave.

Conventions Focus- Verb

THURSDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #17 "Subscribe"

Writing Journal Entry- "Story Dictation"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Today we will be doing a writing game called "Story Dictation". This game consists of students writing a narrative.  I will every 1, 2, or 3 minutes be loudly giving out words.  These words, or details, will be required to be added into the next sentence in their story.  There will be 7 words ranging from nouns, verbs, adjectives, and phrases.  These words will be "a puppy, McDonalds, breakfast, 'Off the Chain', Ms. Ellis, booger, and Justin Bieber".  Once finished a verbs practice will be completed.
     6th Grade-  Today we will be doing a writing game called "Story Dictation". This game consists of students writing a narrative. I will every 1, 2, or 3 minutes be loudly giving out words. These words, or details, will be required to be added into the next sentence in their story. There will be 7 words ranging from nouns, verbs, adjectives, and phrases. These words will be "a puppy, McDonalds, breakfast, 'Off the Chain', Ms. Ellis, booger, and Justin Bieber".  Once finished a verbs practice will be completed.

Conventions Focus- Verb

FRIDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #18 "Incident"

Writing Journal Entry- "Freewrite"

Activities:
     5th Grade- An "Area 3- 5 Week Writing Assessment" will be given.  Once completed students will be required to finish all work from the week that is already not completed.  A summation verbs assignment will also be given from the week's verbs practice.
     6th Grade-  An "Area 3- 5 Week Writing Assessment" will be given. Once completed students will be required to finish all work from the week that is already not completed. A summation verbs assignment will also be given from the week's verbs practice.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

Lesson Plans for 8/30-9/3

MONDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #11 "Reputation"

Writing Journal Entry- "Monday Morning Memory"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Students will be receiving their "Personal Dictionary/Grammar Test #1" back.  They will then look them over and make corrections to only the questions they got wrong and turn them in for a "Redo" grade.  Upon completion we will begin a prewrite for this weeks "Paragraph Practice" assignment (What are your favorite desserts?).
     6th Grade-  Students will be receiving their "Personal Dictionary/Grammar Test #1" back. They will then look them over and make corrections to only the questions they got wrong and turn them in for a "Redo" grade. Upon completion we will be discussing how to(strategies) pick out verbs from a sentence.  We also also discuss the fact that there can be more than 1 verb in a sentence.

Conventions Focus- Verbs

TUESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #12 "Expand"

Writing Journal Entry- "Disappointment"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Today we will continue out "Paragraph Practice" assignement.  We will begin with a mini-lesson about building good topic and conclusion sentences.  We will then take our ideas we brainstromed yesterday and build our detail sentences (3).  With enough time after we will discuss verbs and complete an assignment.
     6th Grade-  Today we are going to focus on narrative writing.  We are going to concentrate on our journal assingment for much of the period.  I want to begin introducing the concept of detailed writing about one event rather than "outline" stories.  After we dissect some of these stories we will then discuss verbs again (our homework and a new assignment).

Conventions Focus- Verbs

WEDNESDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #13 "Procedure"

Writing Journal Entry- "Tortoise Vs. Hare"

Activities:
     5th Grade-   This lesson will begin with a discussion about fables.  We will then watch "The Tortoise and The Hare" from Disney.  This is an 8 minute video.  Afterwards students will complete a writing activity about the characters and the moral of the story.  Upon completion we will continue our "Daily Paragraph" assigment.  I will be facilitating writing conferences as the time goes by.
     6th Grade-  This lesson will begin with a discussion about fables. We will then watch "The Tortoise and The Hare" from Disney. This is an 8 minute video. Afterwards students will complete a writing activity in which they create a "Part 2" to the story.  Upon completion we will be going over a grammar (verbs) activity.

Conventions Focus- Verb

THURSDAY

Personal Dictionary- Word #14 "Assignment"

Writing Journal Entry- "Freewrite"

Activities:
     5th Grade-  Students will take a Personal Dictionary/Grammar assessment.
     6th Grade-  Students will take a Personal Dictionary/Grammar assessment.

Conventions Focus- Verb

FRIDAY- NO SCHOOL (Kids)

Personal Dictionary-

Writing Journal Entry- ""

Activities:
5th Grade-
6th Grade- 

Conventions Focus-