4th Reading and Writing Planning
Sept. 25-29 and Oct. 2-6, 2017
Istation and DRA Rubric for major grades
Major Grade-Test
Achieve 3000
Achieve 3000 Discussion
- Comments about the training.
- Things that we noticed in the data.
- How did the Level Set go?
Suggested Articles:
The Band Plays On
Hurricane Heroes
OnStar Was There
Closed for Repairs
Reading
Sept. 25 Fiction
4.6 A- sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events.(B) describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo.
3.10 A- identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses.
Oct. 2-Poetry
4.4 A- explain how the structural elements of poetry (rhyme, meter, stanza, line breaks) relate to form. (lyrical and free verse)
4.4 - understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support understanding.
Writing
Trait: Ideas
Process- 4.15 A, B Planning and drafting (Spanish and English same)
Genre- 4.17 A Write about important personal experiences. (Spanish and English same)
- Punctuation-4.21 C(i) Recognize and use commas in compound sentences
Spanish -4.21 C(i) Recognize and use commas in compound sentences;colons, semi-colons, ellipses, hyphens, and em dash.
- Conventions 4.20 (ii) Nouns-singular/plural, common/proper
Writing Resources:
- Quill.org (free)
- Achieve Writing
- Learnzillion.com
Social Studies-Sept. 25, Oct. 2, Oct. 9
**Many resources in Pearson online. Sign in with T then ID# for login and password. (Look in etext and resources for Spanish)
TEKS: Chapter 3: Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9
1(A) Explain the possible origins of American Indian groups in Texas and North America. 1(B) Identify American Indian groups in Texas and North America before European exploration.
1(C) Describe the regions in which American Indians lived and identify American Indian groups remaining in Texas.
8(A) Identify and explain clusters and patterns of settlement in Texas at different periods of time.
9(B) Identify reasons why people have adapted to and modified their environment in Texas, past and present, such as the use of natural resources to meet basic needs, facilitate transportation, and enhance recreational activities.
10(A) Explain the economic activities various early American Indian groups in Texas used to meet their needs and wants.
14(A) Compare how various American Indian groups governed themselves.
Essential Questions:
1. What are the possible origins of the first people to arrive in North America and Texas? 2. How do people adapt to where they live?
3. What was life like in Texas for American Indians?
4. What was life like for American Indians in North America?
5. Why do some people leave their homelands?
Concepts:
American Indians lived in North America before Europeans colonized the continent.
People migrate and move to new lands for different reasons.
When people move to a place, they may change that place or be changed in many ways.
Many aspects of our present-day culture come from people who moved here long ago.