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Reading-

Whole Group: Question of Week: Read Aloud: "The Sign of the Beaver" 68m Concept Vocabulary Pg. 68I Skill Page 68 Begin Background G.O.15 Pg. 70a Introduce Voc. 70b G.O. 27- Student Station Vocabulary: Place Def on back of card.
 * Monday:**

Small Group: Assign Skill Sheet Page 23-24

Blue Group: Introduce Harvesting Medicine on the Hill Assign Creative Thinking: Pg. DI-23

Green Group: Introduce Stuk's Village See Page DI-22

Yellow Group: Introduce: Toby's Vacation See Pg. DI-23 Write to Read


 * Tuesday:** Whole Group:

Question of Day Vocabulary Strategy Pg. 70-71 Pre-Reading Strategy Set Purpose

Small Group: Blue Group: Island of the Blue Dolphins Write to Read Previous Day

Green Group: Listen to Island of the Blue Dolphins Page DI-24

Yellow Group: Selection with teacher Re-read selection with pair Strategy response in journal

Whole Group: Question of DAy Quick Review of Skill/Reteach Section of TE Explain Reader Response
 * Wednesday:**

Small Group: Blue Group: Finish Selection Write Now Activity Begin Selection Test if ready

Green Group: Teacher DI-26 Graphic Organizer Listen to Reminder of Selection

Yellow Group: Read reminder of Selection with teacher Fluency Practice Graphic Organizer Whole Group Q of Day
 * Thursday:**

Blue Group: Teacher Led Test LR
 * Small Group:**

Green Group: LR-teacher Take test Fluency Read

Yellow Group: LR- teacher Take test

Question of Week Wrap Up Seven Survival Questions Page 86-89 Preview/Use Text Features
 * Friday:**

Small Group: Blue Group: LR continued

Green Group: Re-teach Skill See Page DI 56 or DI 53

Yellow Group: Re-teach Skill See Page DI 56 or DI 53

Writing-COS- 8.) Express meaning through writing varied sentence structure, detailed paragraphs, and multi-paragraph compositions in an organized manner.

prompt: One night you are awakened by a strange sound outside your window. You get out of bed and look out your window. You see the most amazing thing you have ever seen. Write a story about what you see and what happens after that. Monday- Continue with narrative peice. Check to make sure students are developing strong characters and plots. Tuesday- share students' beginnings of stories. Wednesday- begin middle of story. Check to make sure the characters are coming up with ways to face/solve the problem or conflict. Thursday- share students' middles of stories. Friday- Begin working on end of stories. Check for resolutions and lessons learned.

FRIDAY- **TEST** PRACTICE BOOK PG.11
 LONG VOWEL DIAGRAPHS MONDAY- WRITE WORDS IN PLANNER  (HOMEWORK WRITE A SENTENCE WITH EACH SPELLING WORD AS WELL AS A SENTENCE WITH EACH VOCABULARY WORD.)  TUESDAY-SPELLING PRACTICE BOOK PG. 10 BECOMES H.W. IF NOT FINISHED IN CLASS  WEDNESDAY- SPELLING PRACTICE BOOK PG 12 BECOMES H.W. IF NOT FINISHED IN CLASS  FRIDAY- TEST
 * SPELLING ****-**

Social Studies:

COS:1- Locate physical features that impacted the exploration and settlement of the Americas. Include- locating states, capitals, and important geographic features east of the Mississippi River.

Monday - Teacher read aloud p.35f: Complete vocabulary preview page 4 and 5 of TE. Use comprehension tool kit Lesson 7 in Extend and Investigate book. This chart is for vocabulary.

Tuesday- Chapter 2 Lesson 1 pages 38-43- skim through together reading the main ideas and vocabulary. Complete a KWL chart on the ancient Pueblo people (example in teacher book page 43). Complete workbook page 13.

Wednesday- Extend lesson 1 on page 44 and 45. Read together and make a chart of things that you might see, smell, and taste if you visited the makert. Then have students write a desciptive essay of those things (example on teacher book page 44)

Thursday- Chapter 2 Lesson 2- Use the summary sheet provided. Read in partners and complete handout on reviewing map skills. Take up as a homework grade or classwork grade

Friday- Read extend lesson on pages 50-53. Read together and let students work in groups to compare the Chinook people and Cold wind (example on page teacher book page 53).
 * SCIENCE** COS (Energy and Body Systems) # 4 Describe forms of energy, including chemical, heat, light, and mechanical. # 8-Identify major body systems and their functions, includig the circulatory system, respiratory system, excretory system, and reproductive system.
 * Monday**- Begin Investigation 1-shadow tracking. Observe and compare shadows during the day. Use a compass to orient the shadow tracker, and relate position of sun with size of shadow.
 * Tuesday**- Continue investigation 1 and complete pgs. 20-21 from Body Trek activity book and discuss nutrition and energy. Discuss how solar energy is passed to plants we eat and then to us.
 * Wednesday**- Assess student understanding using the RESPONSE SHEET-SUN TRACKING p. TH-3, define solar energy vocabulary in glossary.
 * Thursday**- Investigation 2: Heating the Earth Become familiar with the thermometer as a tool to measure temperature in degrees Celsius, measure and compare temps in sun and shade, monitor change in wet and dry earth materials, relate temp changes to material's property.
 * Friday**-Cont. and record for Investigation 2.
 * Don't forget the solar energy powerpoint resource that we have to set up science journals to complete investigations as well as record data.

Session 1.4 – Multiplying with More Than Two Numbers Students use combinations they know to generate as many ways possible of multiplying two, three, or more whole numbers to make the products of 18 and 180. Ten-Minute Math – Images 10-12 (5-10 min) Activity 1 – Finding Multiplication Combinations for 18 and 180 (60 min) Daily Practice and Homework Session 1.5 – Assessment: Number Puzzles and Finding Factors Students practice identifying numbers with common characteristics and continue working on ways to multiply two, three, or more numbers to make a given product. The Math Workshop includes an observed assessment. 10 Minute Math – Images 13-15 (5-10 min) Activity 1 – Introduce Math Workshop (10 Min) Math Workshop – Number Puzzles and Finding Factors (40 Min) Discussion – Solving a Number Puzzle (10 min) Daily Practice and Homework Session 1.6 – Number Puzzles and Finding Factors, continued Students continue with the Math Workshop and observed assessment from Session 1.5. The discussion focuses on finding all the factors for a given number. 10 Minute Math – Images 16-18 (5-10 min) Math Workshop – Number Puzzles and Finding Factors, continued (45 min) Discussion – Finding All the Factors (15 min) Daily Practice and Homework Session 1.7 – Prime Factorization Students discuss prime factorization of numbers and find factors of larger numbers. 10 Minute Math – Images 19-21 (5-10 min) Discussion – The Longest Multiplication Combination (20 Min) Activity – Factors of Larger Numbers (40 min) Daily Practice and Homework We will be giving an assessment based on Investigation 1. I am working on that assessment now. I will give it to you to review before testing.