Benchmark Plans 2008

5th Grade

Before Spring Break

Week of 2/25 / Reading (practical) / Writing(descriptive) / Math (decimals, place value, and operations)
Monday 2/25 / **Teach students to be detectives when approaching reading passages.
** Model reading passage and answering multiple choice questions / **Discuss steps to take when completing a writing prompt
** Discuss time cues
** Create chart
**Independent Writing / **Color card or clicker multiple choice practice from ACTAAP or TLI.
Tuesday 2/26 / ** Model Open Response using student suggestions. / ** Discuss Writer’s Checklist / **Mini-lesson from current Module
Wednesday 2/27 / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Model steps in writing prompt. Highlight key words in prompt. / ** Review vocabulary that might be seen on exam. Assess using math logs
Thursday 2/28 / ** Independent Practice of reading passage. Share open responses / ** Mini-lesson on skill from current Module / **Mini-lesson from current Module
Friday 2/29 / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Mini-lesson from current Module
Week of 3/3 / Reading (content) / Writing(expository) / Math (graphing)
Monday 3/3 / **Remind students to be detectives when approaching reading passages.
** Model reading passage and answering multiple choice questions / **Discuss steps to take when completing a writing prompt
** Discuss time cues / **Color card or clicker multiple choice practice from ACTAAP or TLI.
**Model open response
Tuesday 3/4 / ** Model Open Response using students suggestions / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** New concept from current Module
Wednesday 3/5 / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Independent timed Writing Prompt using steps. Help students highlight direction words in prompt before write. / ** Review vocabulary that might be seen on exam.
Thursday 3/6 / ** Independent Practice of reading passage. Share open responses / ** Evaluate papers based on AR Writing Rubric.
**Give suggestions for improvement / **Mini-lesson from current Module
Friday 3/7 / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Mini-lesson from current Module
Week of 3/10 / Reading (narrative) / Writing(narrative) / Math(geometry, fractions)
Monday 3/10 / **Remind students to be detectives when approaching reading passages.
** Model reading passage and answering multiple choice questions / **Discuss steps to take when completing a writing prompt
** Discuss time cues
**Independent Writing / **Color card or clicker multiple choice practice from ACTAAP or TLI.
**Model open response
Tuesday 3/11 / ** Model Open Response using students suggestions / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** New concept from current Module
Wednesday 3/12 / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Independent timed Writing Prompt using steps. Help students highlight direction words in prompt before write. / ** Review vocabulary that might be seen on exam.
Thursday 3/13 / ** Independent Practice of reading passage. Share open responses / ** Evaluate papers based on AR Writing Rubric.
**Give suggestions for improvement / **Mini-lesson from current Module
Friday 3/14 / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Mini-lesson from current Module / ** Mini-lesson from current Module

After Spring Break

Week of 3/24 / Reading (practical) / Writing / Math(fractions)
Monday 3/24 / **Teach students to be detectives when approaching reading passages.
** Model reading passage and answering multiple choice questions / **Discuss steps to take when completing a writing prompt
** Discuss time cues
** Discuss Writer’s Checklist / **Color card multiple choice practice.
** Mini-lesson from current Module
Tuesday 3/25 / ** Model Open Response / **Model writing prompt / ** Model 2 Open Responses with student help
Wednesday 3/26 / ** Independent Practice of reading passage / ** Independent timed Writing Prompt / ** Independent Practice of multiple choice and open response
Thursday 3/27 / ** Discuss passages and what a “4” paper looks like from student samples / ** Evaluate papers based on AR Writing Rubric.
**Give suggestions for improvement / ** Review vocabulary that might be seen on exam.
** Mini-lesson from current Module
Friday 3/28 / NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL
Week of 3/31 / Reading (narrative) / Writing(descriptive or practical) / Math(measurement)
Monday 3/31 / **Teach students to be detectives when approaching reading passages.
** Model reading passage and answering multiple choice questions / ** Independent timed Writing Prompt with time cues / ** Model 2 Open Responses with student responses
** Mini-lesson from current Module
Tuesday 4/1 / ** Model Open Response / **Discuss “4” papers and why they are “4” / **Color card multiple choice practice.
** Mini-lesson from current Module
Wednesday 4/2 / ** Independent Practice of reading passage / **Model writing prompt with student responses. / **** Independent Practice of multiple choice and open response
**Pull small groups for interventions on open response
Thursday 4/3 / ** Discuss passages and what a “4” paper looks like from student samples / ** Give a variety of writing prompts and students must explain what the prompts are asking focusing on “key words” in the prompt / ** Independent Practice of multiple choice and open response
Friday 4/4 / NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL
Week of 4/7 / Reading (content) / Writing / Math(probability)
Monday 4/7 / ** Practice reading passage and answering multiple choice questions
** Model being a detective / ** Independent timed Writing Prompt with time cues / ** Model 2 Open Responses
** Mini-lesson from current Module
Tuesday 4/8 / ** Model Open Response / **Evaluate peer papers and look at samples of prompt.
**Give suggestions to improve
**Justify grades of papers. (tell why) / **Color card multiple choice practice.
** Create list of Math direction words.
Wednesday 4/9 / ** Independent Practice of open response / **Review AR writing rubric.
**Complete chart with partner analyzing 1 domain. (share) / ** Independent Practice of multiple choice and open response
**Pull small groups for interventions on open response
Thursday 4/10 / ** Model entire reading passage including multiple choice and open response / ** Writing multiple choice / **Math vocabulary review with partner using Math logs.
**Pull small intervention groups on math concepts for entire year.
Friday 4/11 / **Independent practice of timed reading passage
**Discuss correct response at the end of the timed passage. / **Writing multiple choice review
**Practice independently / ** Independent Practice of multiple choice and open response

**During genre study, students will practice usage and mechanics through “drops in the bucket” and “Mountain Language”.

**Short reading passages will also be practiced in Guided Reading groups.