3rd Reading/Writing Planning
Dec. 16, 2019 - Plan for 1/8-10 and 1/13-17, 2020
Module 6 Weeks 1-2
- Theme: Animal Behaviors
- Essential Question: What behaviors help animals survive?
- Vocabulary
- Essential Skills-
- Text and Graphic Features (3.9Dii, 3.10C)
- Retell/Summarize (3.6G, 3.7D))
- Author’s Purpose (3.10A)
- Foundational Skills:
- Decoding: Words with ar, or, ore
- Spelling: Vowel + /r/ Sounds
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- Theme: Animal Behaviors
- Essential Question: What behaviors help animals survive?
- Vocabulary
- Essential Skills-
- Author's Craft (3.10F)
- Ask and Answer Questions (3.6B)
- Central Idea (3.6G, 3.9Di)
- Figurative Language (3.10D)
- Foundational Skills:
- Decoding: Words with er, ir, ur, or
- Spelling: Vowel + /r/ Sounds in nurse
Writing Planning - Module 6 Weeks 1-2
- Writing Workshop-Text- In November
- Genre: Informational Text
- Focal statement: Animals amaze us with their special abilities.
- Writing Objectives:
- Introducing the Focal Text
- The Read
- Vocabulary
- Prewriting I: Preparing to Write
1/13-17
- Writing Workshop-Text- In November
- Genre: Informational Text
- Focal statement: Animals amaze us with their special abilities.
- Writing Objectives:
- Writing Objectives:
- Prewriting II: Conducting Research
- Drafting I: Beginning the Draft
- Drafting II: Elements of a Expository Writing
- Drafting III: Completing the Draft
- Revising I: Integrating Grammar
Writing
Prewrite-
- Brainstorm with circle map
- Bubble map for describing, using vivid language, characteristics, qualities
- Tree map if they need to sort, categorize, give details
- Flow map-sequence ideas and add details for each paragraph (BME)
- Add introduction and conclusion to flow map.
- Take information from the tree or flow to create paragraphs for the story.
Revise and Edit according to the textbook
Circle map-Brainstorm/Plan
Flow map-Sequence/organize/add details
Tree-organize/add details
Social Studies
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Unit 4: Lessons 1-3 (3 weeks)
Concepts/Main Idea* (*correlates to the Essential Questions)
- The U.S. government was founded on democratic principles and beliefs.
- The form of the U.S. government is a constitutional republic.
- The three branches of government were established to limit each branch’s power and to protect the rights of citizens.
- · Local, state, and national government make and enforce laws and provide different kinds of services to meet the needs of citizens.
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?
TEKS for Unit 4: ( 3 weeks)
(1) History. The student understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities. The student is expected to:
®1(A) describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present.
(2) History. The student understands common characteristics of communities, past and present. The student is expected to:
®2(A) identify reasons people have formed communities, including a need for security, religious freedom, law, and material well-being.
(9) Government. The student understands the basic structure and functions of various levels of government. The student is expected to:
9 (A) describe the basic structure of government in the local community, state, and nation.
®9(B) identify local, state, and national government officials and explain how they are chosen.
9(C) identify services commonly provided by local, state, and national governments.
(10) Government. The student understands important ideas in historical documents at various levels of government. The student is expected to:
10(A) identify the purposes of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.
10(B) describe and explain the importance of the concept of “consent of the governed” as it relates to the functions of local, state, and national government