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A.C.O.S. 4 Skill: Determining Sequence of Events Reading- Whole Group: Monday- Q of Day, Read Aloud "Molly Pitcher", Build Concepts, Skill/Strategy Lesson, Introduce Voc., Small Group: Di- 42-43 Individual: Workbook Page: 93-94

Remember to Differentiated Instruction

Tuesday- Whole Group Q of Day, Voc. Strategy Lesson, Set Purpose for reading Small Groups: Di- 44-45 & Guiding Comprehension

Wednesday: Whole group: Q of Day Review Skill Small Group: Di 44-47 & Guiding Comprehension

Other: Progress Monitor :) Don't forget to keep your fluency and accuracy scores.

Thursday: Whole Group: Q of Day Review Skill Explain Reader Response Small Group: LR- with teacher

Other: Selection Test

Friday: Whole Group: Wrap of Q of Week from Monday Small Group: Di- 50-Di 51

Social Studies : COS: 5- Describe the early colonization of North America and reasons for settlement in the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies. Monday- Pages 134-135. Read about Jamestown in 1607. Complete activities on page 135. Especially number 2 which says write a first person narrative about what Jamestown was like for one of the settlers. Tuesday- Read Chp. 4 Lesson 3. This is about the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving. I am going to read this lesson with the kids so they have good background on the subject. Then answer the questions at the end. I will have them complete it for homework if they are not finished. Take for a daily grade. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday- I found this awesome website that has a wealth of information, resources,and videos for you to use. I am going to attach that link and let you and your students explore the site and find things that will work for you. [] **SCIENCE-COS # 9** Describe the relationship of populations within a habitat to various communities and ecosystems. Describe the relationship between food chains and food webs. Describe symbiotic relationships. *Superhero project due October 28, 2010. .**Friday**- Have students investigate food webs and food chains. Create a venn diagram //comparing and contrasting// food chains and food webs. *If time permits, complete item specs for ecosystems. Math Monday - Review over previous covered material regarding what a fraction is, comparing and contrasting fractions. Review ordering fractions. Daily practice sheet. Begin to work on Inv. Book 4 Session 2.2 if time allows.
 * Monday**-**Comprehension toolkit lesson** using textbook page B42. Discuss symbiosis, parasitism, commensalism, mutualism. Discuss pg. B22-B29 and define/discuss Food Chains and Food Webs. If time permits play a game identifying the order of animals that belong in a food chain or food web. Add //**producers, consumers, symbiosis, parasitism, commensalism, abiotic factors, biotic factors, food webs, and food chains**// to Vocabulary list. *Already listed **//biome, ecosystem, community, and population.//**
 * Tuesday**-Complete lesson 2-What are Biomes? and Compare Climates on Textbook pages B10-B11.
 * Wednesday**-Assessment-Vocabulary from Ecosystem/Biome vocabulary list
 * Thursday-Spheres projects due-**present projects

Tuesday - Session 2.2 Book 4 - Comparing Fractions Goal: Ordering fractions and justifying their order through reasoning about fraction equivalents and relationships. Students will use 4 x 6 rectangles to find out what fraction is larger.

Wednesday- Session 2.3 - Ordering Fractions Goal: Identifying fraction equivalents through reasoning about representations and known equivalents and relationships Comparing fractions to landmark 0, 1/2, and 1, Ordering fractions and justifying their order through reasoning about fraction equivalents and relationships

Thursday - Finish up any activities left from Session 2.2 and Session 2.3 Friday - Test

**Writing**ACOS 8.) Express meaning through writing varied sentence structure, detailed paragraphs, and multi-paragraph compositions in an organized manner. Monday- Complete paragraphs for the favorite shirt. Tuesday- let students switch with a different partner from last time to redraw the favorite shirts from the paragraphs. Wednesday- Introduce the descriptive format and oragnizer ( 3 details, 5 paragraphs, etc. I will put a copy of the hand organizer in your box if you want to use this.) Thursday- Introduce the prompt- Describe the perfect holiday. Pick out keyword in prompt and discuss details of a perfect holiday. Friday-Complete organizers of descriptive prompt.

SPELLING final er, ar, or

MONDAY- WRITE WORDS IN PLANNER (H.W. WRITE WORDS 3X EACH AND WRITE A SPELLING WORD WITH EACH VOCABULARY WORD) Tuesday- page 38 in Spelling Practice Book Wednesday- page 40 in Spelling Practice Book Friday- TEST

GRAMMAR- SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

MONDAY- PAGE 104 IN GRAMMAR BOOK A SECTION TUESDAY- PAGE 105 IN GRAMMAR BOOK B AND C SECTIONS 1-16 WEDNESDAY- PAGE 107 IN GRAMMAR BOOK REVIEW THURSDAY- PAGE 106 IN GRAMMAR BOOK FRIDAY- PAGE 40 IN GRAMMAR AND PRACTICE BOOK