Comprehension / Connect:
Tell story of time when I hoped for a visit from my Grandma.
Attend: Inside-Outside Circle—Tell your partner about a time you hoped for something. Share if you got what you were hoping for or if you didn’t. How did you feel?
Imagine: Concept of Definition Map for “hope” on chart as a class. / Activate Background Knowledge: Look at the book cover and discuss, predict plot and setting.
Teach selective underlining with BL5!-5C (Have students number the paragraphs 1-11.) Stress that we are looking for main ideas about prairies, prairie animals and plants.
Show Powerpoint of pictures. / DLG p. 21 Concept of Definition Map—prairie (in cooperative learning groups)
Begin prairie number notes. / --Read Chapter 1 aloud to students as they follow along in their copies. Model marking points to discuss.
--Complete Points to Ponder sheet for Chapter 1 (BL10).
--Begin Character Notes BL 14-17.
Center Time:
--Buddy read ch. 1
--Making Bread Sequence in pocket chart / --Intro cooperative learning roles.
--Model and practice discussion. (Use sticky notes.)
Vocabulary / Intro Vocabulary with 3-Column Notes
- hearthstones
- dough
- marble
- slab
- sighed
- homely
- horrid
- wretched
- prairie
- feisty
- mild-mannered
Sarah Plain and Tall Unit Plan Week 1
S& P Week 1 continued
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWriter’s Workshop/Grammar / Minilesson: Friendly Letter Format / Minilesson: Rewrite prairie paragraph using number notes.
As a class and then in groups. / Minilesson: Friendly Letter Brainstorm (Model)
Students complete a friendly letter brainstorm using a graphic organizer. / Minilesson: Writing a Friendly Letter with Voice (Model)
--Student Assignment: Pretend you are Caleb or Anna. Write a letter explaining what you and your home are like and ask her things you would like to know about her.
Noun Review and Pronoun Intro
DLG 24
Make a list in writing sample section.
D.O.L. Week 1 BL 39 #1-3 / p. 214-215
Subject Pronouns
D.O.L. Week 1 BL 39 #4-7 / p. 216-217
Pronouns and Verbs
D.O.L. Week 1 BL 39 #8-10 / p. 218-219
Object Pronouns
D.O.L. Week 1 BL 39 Catch-up/Review
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Sarah Plain and Tall Unit Plan Week 2
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayComprehension / Review Chapter 1 with 1 sentence summary. / --Read Chapter 2
--Points to Ponder BL 13
--Add to Character Notes
--Brainstorm questions the children must have asked Sarah based on her letter. DLG 33
Center: Buddy read or listen to Chapter 2 in the listening center. / --Review Chapter 2 with a 1 sentence summary.
--Make predictions about what Sarah’s arrival will be like.
--Read chapter 3.
--Points to Ponder BL23
--Show pics of prairies, Indian paintbrush, gophers, woodchuck, marsh hawk, windmill, blue flax, moon shell. / --Give students a smooth, round stone. Homework—Have them brainstorm a gift for Sarah and make it. Bring to class on Tuesday.
--DLG39 Descriptions using: color/specific details/adjectives/specific plants and animals. Make chart. / Center: Buddy read or listen to chapter 3 in the listening center. Practice reading p. 19 and 20 with expression. Share with the class.
--Make bread with help from volunteer moms.
Vocabulary / Vocabulary Strategy: 4-Column Notes
Words:
- pesky
- shingles
- bonnet
- suspenders
- nip
- marble
- windbreak
- clattered
Mind Reader using Big Words Wall / Clap/Snap / Sentences in CL groups / Quiz
S& P Week 2 continued
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWriter’s Workshop/Grammar / Minilesson: Personification—Examples on p. 5 & 6. See DLG 31. Put example and your own example from your writing in the writing sample section of your portfolio. / Minilesson: Write an advertisement. See DLG 35. Use BL 21. (Need examples of classified ads/want ads.) Write an ad for a new family member or a pet. / Minilesson: Intro alliteration. See DLG p. 33.
--Share my poems: “Awful Andy” and “My Mutt, Maddux”.
--Share animal poems in RHBPfC p. 65-68.
--Write a poem about your pet or a pet you’d like to have. Use alliteration. / Minilesson: Review alliteration.
Conference with students on pet poems.
Publish a class pet poem book.
Review Subject/Object Pronouns—Do a pronoun hunt in Sarah, Plain and Tall for these types of pronouns. Complete within CL groups.
D.O.L. Week 2 BL 40 #1-3 / Review fragments and runons.
D.O.L. Week 2 BL 40 #4-7 / Ways to Combine 2 Independent Thoughts without making a run-on.
D.O.L. Week 2 BL 40 #8-10 / Continue run-on study.
D.O.L. Week 2 BL 40 Catch-up/Review
Spelling /
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Sarah Plain and Tall Unit Plan Week 3
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayComprehension / --Review Chapter 3 with 1 sentence summary.
--Discuss.
--Skim for prairie details and begin index. See DLG p. 40 and use BL 24. / --Make predictions about chapter 4 using 2-column notes.
--Read Chapter 4.
--Points to Ponder—BL 25
--Add to Character Notes
--Venn diagram of :
- My husband and I
- My 2 daughters
- Seals/sheep
--Pre-reading—See DLG p. 48.
--Read Chapter 5.
--Add to Character Notes
--Venn diagram of Maine and prairie within CL groups / --Visualization 1 & 2. See DLG 41 and 42.
Vocabulary / Vocabulary Strategy: 4-Column Notes with actual objects.
Words:
- roamer
- conch
- paddock
- velvet
- rustle
- coarse
- dune
- mica
- canvas
S& P Week 3 continued
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWriter’s Workshop/Grammar / Minilesson: How-to Writing
Model with how to make my salsa (Let students eat some at end of minilesson.)
Minilesson: How-to Writing Rubric / Students explain how to do something that they know how to do well to a partner. Afterwards, students use the sequencing graphic organizer to brainstorm writing about the process. Students then write a how-to paragraph and self-evaluate using rubric.
Minilesson: Descriptive Writing (Use English book.)
--Write descriptively about a collection you have or would like to have. Bring your collection to class tomorrow. / Minilesson: Descriptive Poetry
Seal Poems
--Need RHBPfC.
----Read aloud several. See DLG p. 44.
--Write and illustrate a seal poem.
(Need seal books and movie clip.) / Minilesson: Continue descriptive poetry. Share examples of your own descriptive poems.
Subject Pronouns
BL 35-36 Need chart paper.
D.O.L. Week 3 BL 41 #1-3 / D.O.L. Week 3 BL 41 # 4-7 / Subject Pronouns See DLG 45
D.O.L. Week 3 BL 41 # 8-10 / D.O.L. Week 3 BL 41 Catch-up/Review
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Sarah Plain and Tall Unit Plan Week 4
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayComprehension / --Review Chapter 5 with 1 sentence summary.
--Wildflower booklets
See DLG p. 57. / --Make predictions.
--Read aloud chapter 6.
--Points to Ponder—BL 26 continued.
--Add to character notes.
P.E. Class: Walk as much of 3 miles as you can.
Center: Buddy read or listen to chapter 6 in the listening center.
Leisure Activities See DLG 48 Compare. / --Pre-reading: Make predictions. See DLG p. 56.
--Read aloud chapter 7.
--Points to Ponder BL31
--Add to character notes.
--Visualization Activity See DLG p. 49
Homework: Interviews See DLG 59 and use BL 32. / CL Groups—Choose a favorite scene from the book to act out. Use a story board graphic organizer to plan. See DLG p. 54.
--Journal—Note about vocabulary word. DLG 56. / Center: Buddy read or listen to chapter 7 in the listening center.
Vocabulary / Vocabulary Strategy:
4-Column Notes
Words:
- plow
- reins
- sums
- collapsed
- startled
- tread water
- gleams
- dandelions
- primly
- squawk
- dawn
S& P Week 4 continued
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWriter’s Workshop/Grammar / Minilesson: Research Reports DLG 52-55 use BL 29a and 29b. / Minilesson: Research Reports / Minilesson: Opinion-Proof Notes/Persuasive Paragraph—DLG p. 57
Write about what you think Sarah’s decision will be. / Minilesson: Snow Poetry
Use Winter poetry book.
Use RHBPfC. See DLG 51.
Objective Pronouns
DLG 54 Add to BL 22.
Make a list in writing sample section.
D.O.L. Week 4 BL 42 #1-3 / Pronouns—DLG p. 58
(Prepare paragraph in advance.)
D.O.L. Week 4 BL 42 #4-7 / Pronoun/Verb Agreement
D.O.L. Week 4 BL 42 #8-10 / Replacing Nouns with Pronouns of the Proper Case
D.O.L. Week 4
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Sarah Plain and Tall Unit Plan Week 5
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayComprehension / --Review Chapter 7 with a 1 sentence summary. / --Pre-reading: See DLG p. 61.
--Read Chapter 8.
--Points to Ponder BL 33
--Add to Character Notes
--Visualization from book for class collection. See DLG 67 or Skit Writing DLG 74 / -Review Chapter 8 with a 1 sentence summary.
--Prereading—See DLG 66 (Read 1st 3 paragraphs and stop.)
--Read chapter 9 aloud.
--Add to Character Notes
--Points to Ponder—BL 34
--Character Discussion-See DLG 67.
--Discuss themes:
- New beginnings
- Family
- Abandonment
--Story Map See DLG 70-71 and Use BL 35.
--Predict what will happen next. / Watch the movie.
Discuss similarities and differences between the book and the movie.
Vocabulary / Vocabulary Strategy: Pictures/Experience
Words:
- overalls
- sly
- portion
- weary
- squall
- pungent
- stall
- milled
- eerie
- stern
- squinted
- dusk
S& P Wee k 5 continued
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / FridayWriter’s Workshop/Grammar / Minilesson: Research reports / Minilesson: Poetry
--“The Wind” See DLG p. 63. Use RHBPfC p. 26. / Minilesson: Add a Scene:
Write your own scene that was not put in the book, such as when Jacob picked Sarah up at the train station or when Sarah went to town by herself. / Minilesson: Letter to Author DLG p. 1 / Homestead Day on Tuesday of next week…
See DLG p. 71-73
I and Me See DLG p. 64
D.O.L. Week 1 (Next Theme) #1-3 / Pronoun Review See DLG p. 54-58. Use BL 22
D.O.L. Week 1 (Next Theme) #4-7 / Possessive Nouns
See DLG p. 68 and add to BL 22.
D.O.L. Week 1 (Next Theme) #8-10 / Possessive Pronouns
D.O.L. Week 1 (Next Theme) Catch-up/Review
Spelling /
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