3rd Reading and Writing Planning
Feb. 5-9, Feb. 12-16 and Feb. 19-23 (3 weeks due to TELPAS)
TELPAS
2/19/18 Personal Narrative
2/20/18 Academic Science
2/23/18 Academic Math
2/26/18 Academic Social Studies.
2/27/18 Free choice
Family Reading Night-Feb. 22
- Reading teachers will come up with an activity for parents to do with their children. This should be something they can do at home.
- We will send home tips for reading with your child and a bookmark.
- Please have your idea ready and submitted to me by February 16.
DBQ Training
- Training will be done by the District SS Integrationist.
- This will be done during the last 45 minutes of CPC on January 29.
Reading
2/5 and 2/12: Fiction 3.8 A, B, C and 3.10
Students understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
3.8 (A) sequence and summarize the plot’s main events and explain their influence on future events.
3.8 (B) describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo.
3.8 (C) identify whether the narrator or speaker of a story is first or third person.
3.10 (A) identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses. □ sensory language- picture things or events as they read □ similes- compares two things using the words like or as □ metaphor- compares two things without the use of the words like or as
2/19: Theme and Genre 3.5 and 3.10 (Week of SS DCA)
Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
3.5 (A) paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, or stories.
3.5 (B) compare and contrast the settings in myths and traditional folktales.
3.10 (A) identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses. □ sensory language- picture things or events as they read □ similes- compares two things using the words like or as □ metaphor- compares two things without the use of the words like or as
Coming Soon:
2/5 and 2/12 Fiction 3.8 A, B, C and 3.10
2/19 and 2/26 Theme and Genre 3.5 and 3.10
3/5 (Last week of grading period)
Writing
Write From the Beginning-Expository Procedural
Genre- Expository -Procedural (5 weeks) 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5
TEKS-Writing/Informational Texts Expository —
3.20 . Students write expository texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.
Students are expected to: (B) create a brief composition that (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations (iii) contain a concluding statement
Mentor Texts for Sentence Fluency:
The Napping House
The Important Book
Henry's Freedom Box
Dog Team
Home
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Wombat Diving
Flower Garden
Casey at the Bat
Harlem
I Swim an Ocean in my Sleep
Market Day
The Sign of the Seahorse
The Big Box
Wild Child
Water Dance
Slugs
A River Dream
The Table Where Rich People Sit
The Pooh Story Bookl
Old Black Fly
Polka Bats
Night Noises
Nappy Hair
My ManBlue
My Little Sister Ate One Hare
Social Studies (DCA-Feb. 21)
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New Grading Period: Chapter 4
Essential Questions 1. Why do we have government? 2. What are the foundational beliefs of the U.S. government? 3. Why were the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution written? 4. Why does the U.S. have three branches of government?
5. Why does the United States have three levels of government?
Essential Questions: Chapter 5
1. How can I participate?
2. What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens?
3. What actions were taken by historical figures to secure the rights and freedoms of our country’s citizens?
4. What are the contributions that individuals and organizations have made for causes in our country?
Coming Soon:
Chapter 5 Lesson 3-Feb. 5-9
Chapter 6 Lesson 1-Feb. 12-16
Chapter 6 Lesson 2-Feb. 19-23 (DCA)
Chapter 6 Lesson 3-Feb. 26-Mar. 2
Chapter 6 Lesson 4-March 5-9 (End of grading period)