4th Reading and Writing Planning
March 19-23 and March 26-30, 2018
DCA PLC Thursday 12:30-3:30
- At 56% STAAR Standard-61% passing
- 21% Masters
- 12% Meets
- 28% Approaches
- 39% Below
Most Missed:
- ELA-Gr4_Fig19D: make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
- ELA-Gr4_19F:
Reading- (No more STAAR type passages until 4/23)
3/19 and 3/26: INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Expository 4.11
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
4.11 (A) (R) identify the details or facts that support the main idea
4.11 (B) (R) draw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence
4.11 (C) (R) identify explicit cause and effect relationships among ideas in text
4.11 (D) (R) use the text features (title, table of contents, illustrations bold print, captions, key words, italics) to locate information and make and verify predictions about the text.
Coming Soon:
3/19 and 3/26-Expository 4.11 (no STAAR passages)
4/2 -Informational Persuasive 4.12 (no STAAR passages)
4/9 and 4/16 Phase 1 Reading Blitz (no STAAR passages)
4/23 and 4/30 Phase 2 Reading Blitz
5/7 Phase 3 Reading Blitz
5/14 STAAR Reading and Math (Research after STAAR for those who have not started)
Writing - (STAAR April 10)
- Process- 4.15 A, B Planning and drafting (Spanish and English same)
- Genre- EXPOSITORY TEXT- Students write expository and procedural or work related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to:
- 4.18 (A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence
- (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii)contain a concluding statement
- Trait-Voice
**Please make sure Mentor text titles and trait lessons are included in your lesson plans.
Mentor Texts for Voice:
Wemberly Worried
How to Lose All Your Friends
I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat
Hey World, Here I Am!
Harris and Me (Chapter)
The Gift of Sacred Dog
Earth Dance
Desert Voices
December
Dear Children of the Earth
Roller Coaster
Tell Me Again About the Day I Was Born
Creativity
Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type
The Carousel
Bull Run (Chapter)
The Block
Between Earth and Sky
Alexander and the Terrible...
Benjamin Brody's BackyardBag
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
The Teacher from the Black Lagoon
What Mary Jo Shared
Tough Cookie
Tar Beach
Shaq and the Bean Stalk
Sleeping Ugly
Thank you, Mr. Falker
A Symphony of Whales
Anansi and the Talking Melon
Paper Bag Princess
My Many Colored Days
Pink and Say
Social Studies
Chapter 9 :
5(A) Identify the impact of various issues and events on life in Texas such as urbanization, increased use of oil and gas, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II.
5(C) Identify the accomplishments of notable individuals
11(C) Give examples of the benefits of the free enterprise system.
12(F) Explain the impact of American ideas and progress and equality of opportunity on the economic development and growth of Texas.
13(B) Identify oil and gas, agricultural, and technological products of Texas, that are purchased to meet needs in the United States and around the world.
17(A) Identify important individuals who have participated voluntarily in civic affairs at state and local levels.
17(B) Explain how individuals can participate voluntarily in civic affairs at state and local levels through activities.
18(A) Identify leaders in state, local, and national governments.
- Growth and development provide new opportunities to people and businesses in a state.
- Technological advances change the way people communicate, live, and work. Texas cities and industries grew during the early 1900s.
- Between 1900 and 1920, Texans dealt with conflicts in Europe.
- Between 1920 and 1929, a business boom changed the lives of many Texans.
- Between 1930 and 1945, the Great Depression, a terrible drought, and World War II caused hard times for Texas.
- After World War II, Texan focused on equal rights and growing industries.
Essential Questions (Chapter 9)
- How did the oil and gas industries provide economic opportunities in Texas?
- How did life in the United States change during and after World War I?
- How did the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl affect Texans?
- How did World War II affect Texas and the U.S.?
- How has Texas and the United States changed since World War II?
Coming Soon:
Unit 5: Chapter 9
Unit 6 Chapters 10-11