2nd Reading and Writing Planning
April 16-20 and April 23-27, 2018
Reading
4/16 and 4/23: Poetry 2.7 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
Quality Questions:
- What images in your mind were created by reading this poem?
- What can you tell about this poem?
- You can tell from this poem that ...
- Which type of poetry is the following poem?
**Focus on providing evidence for questions based on nonfiction texts.
How did it go using the Achieve articles?
Looking Ahead:
Poetry (4/16, 4/23-25)
DCA Review (4/26-27 and 4/30)
Expository Research (5/7, 5/14, 5/21)
** DCA #2 May 2
Writing
- Process-2.17 A, B plan and develop draft (Spanish same)
- Trait: Ideas and Organization
- 2.18 Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. Students are expected to:
- (B) write short poems that convey sensory details
- ORAL AND WRITTEN CONVENTIONS/CONVENTIONS 2.21 Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
- 2.21 (A) Understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking ● (i) verbs ● (ii) nouns, singular and plural ● (iii) adjectives o descriptive: old, wonderful ● (iv)adverbs o time: before, next
- 2.21 (B) use complete sentences with correct subject verb agreement
- 2.21 (C) Distinguish between declarative and interrogative sentences
- ORAL AND WRITTEN CONVENTIONS/HANDWRITING, CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION 2.22
- 2.22(A) write legibly leaving appropriate margins for readability.
- 2.22 (B) use capitalization for ● proper nouns ● months and days of the week ● the salutation and closing of a letter
- 2.22(C) recognize and use punctuation marks, including: ● ending punctuation in sentences ● apostrophes and contractions ● apostrophes and possessives
- 2.21 (B) use complete sentences with correct subject verb agreement
Social Studies
Concepts/Main Idea*
Over time, some things change, and some things remain the same.
Over time, communities grow and change.
We can identify and use historical resources to understand the past.
Developments in technology affect the way people live.
The actions of individuals can affect history.
Essential Questions
1. How does life change throughout history?
2. How do communities change over time?
3. How do primary and secondary sources help us to understand the past?
4. What are the similarities and differences in the cultures of the first Americans?
5. How did the arrival of European settlers contribute to the founding of America?
6. How do science and technology change the way people live?
7. How can individuals affect history?
Unit 5 Lessons 4-5
1(B) Identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and national landmarks such as monuments and government buildings.
2(A) Describe the order of events by using designations of time periods such as historical and present times.
2(B) Apply vocabulary related to chronology, including past, present, and future.
2 (C) Create and interpret timelines for events in the past and present.
3(A) Identify several sources of information about a given period or event such as reference materials, biographies, newspapers, and electronic sources.
3(B) Describe various evidence of the same time period using primary sources such as photographs, journals, and interviews.
4(C) Explain how people and events have influenced local community history.
7(C) Explain how people depend on the physical environment and natural resources to meet basic needs.
7(D) Identify the characteristics of different communities, including urban, suburban, and rural, and how they affect activities and settlement patterns.
15(A) Identify selected stories, poems, statues, paintings, and other examples of the local cultural heritage.
Coming Soon:
4/23 Unit 5 Lesson 4
4/30 Unit 5 Lesson 5
5/7 Unit 5 Lesson 6
5/14 Unit 6 Lesson 7