Lesson Plans

Week of November16-20

Date: Monday, November 16, 2015
Subject: Reading
TEK: 2.6A I can identify moral lessons as themes in well known fables.
Vocabulary: gather, starve (From the Lion and the Grasshopper)
Word Wall: anything, five, inside, hill, wrote
Spelling Principle: Vowel +r syllable ar
Lesson:
45 minutes: The Shepard Boy and the Wolf
Create chart with story map in class.
Review Plot.
Introduce Theme (from readworks.org)
Monday
  • I will introduce and define theme as the underlying message or lesson that the author is trying to tell the reader. I will explain that the plot and main idea of stories help us to identify the theme. I will also explain that today we will be reading fables that are stories with a very clear theme (the lesson or moral of a story). I will present the blank, charted, theme graphic organizer (example provided in unit) before reading “The Boy Who Cried Wolf ( After reading the fable, I will identify the theme, “No one believes a liar,” for students. I will explain that the plot details and the main idea of a story should support the theme of the story. I will model charting the plot details that support this theme (chart on story map). For example: First, I know that the boy cried wolf twice when there was no wolf and the townspeople did not like the boy’s trick. Then a wolf really came and the boy cried wolf again. Next, the townspeople did not believe the boy and did not come. Finally, the wolf ate one of the sheep. All the main events in the plot tell a story that supports the theme that no one believes a liar. I can also identify the main idea, which should support the theme. By looking at the main events of the plot, I can identify the main idea as: “A shepherd boy lies about a wolf coming and no one believes him when the wolf really does come.” The plot and the main idea both support the theme.
  • Think Check
Ask: How did I identify the plot and main idea that supported the theme? Students should respond that you read the story and identified the problem and solution in the story. You also identified the main idea that supported the theme by looking at the important events related to the theme.
Buddy Study: Choose, Write, Build
Introduce Stations:
Independent Reading/Buddy Reading: Write down the plot of the story including, beginning, middle, and end in a story map.
GT: Work on writing own version of a story with a new setting, characters, plot, and solution. TPSP research.
Word Work: Buddy Study Activity for the Day. Creating sentence/song/dance, or picture of your spelling word.
Writing: Write down five past tense verbs and five present tense verbs. Create a song or story with a partner using your verbs. Work on your Thanksgiving Turkey piece.
Computer: Go to PebbleGo. Research Thanksgiving. Write the following in a booklet:
  1. What is Thanksgiving?
  2. How did Thanksgiving start?
  3. When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?
  4. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving?
  5. How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
  6. What are some Thanksgiving foods we can eat?
Teacher Time: Review plot and theme with students on Monday-Wednesday of this week in rotation. Try for two stations a day.
Red (G/H) LLI lessons Fiction/Theme
Orcutt
Yellow: Stripes and Silver-M
Blue: Living on a Ranch P
Green: Hubert and Frankie J
Orange: Maggie’s New Sidekick N
Postma
Green: Freda the Signmaker-K
Yellow: Country Friends City Friends-L
Blue: Marty’s Summer Job-P
Orange: A Quiet Place-O
Subject: Writing
TEK: 2.17A I can develop first draft by putting ideas in order and spelling high frequency words.
TEK: 2.18(A) I can write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end.
TEK: 2.18 I can express my ideas and feelings about real people, events, and ideas.
TEK: 2.5C I can understand and use common words that are opposite (antonyms) or similar (synonyms) in meaning.
Lesson:
  • Synonym and Antonym Brainpop video. Students begin bubble map in their notebook for happy and sad for both synonyms and antonyms.
Mini-Lesson Focus on Ending. How did the story end and How did I feel?
  • Tell students that they need to continue making their writing easier to read as well as write more.
  • Tell them that writers write a lot.
  • Ask them to picture the story they want to tell and then turn and share with a partner.
  • Then have them touch each page of the booklet for their ending.
  • Show an organizer that you have written about a simple event.
  • Encourage students to use this process in their writing today.
By encouraging students to tell their story across organizers and to plan out their writing you are teaching the trait of organization.
Subject: Social Studies
TEK 2.1A I can explain the significance of the national holiday of Thanksgiving.
Vocabulary: holiday, Thanksgiving
Lesson:
  • Fill out KWL Chart as Class about Thanksgiving.
  • Show Brainpop Jr. Video on Thanksgiving. Come back to chart to chart answers and ask more questions.

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Subject: Reading
TEK: 2.6A I can identify moral lessons as themes in well known fables.
Vocabulary: gather, starve (From the Lion and the Grasshopper)
Word Wall: anything, five, inside, hill, wrote
Spelling Principle: Vowel +r syllable ar
Lesson:
  • Guided Practice Tuesday

will read “The Grasshopper and the Ants” (p. 12) fromAesop’s Fableswith the theme, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what should be done today.” We will identify the plot and main idea that supports this theme. We will complete Story Map Together.
Look Say Cover Write Check
Stations:
Independent Reading/Buddy Reading: Write down the plot of the story including, beginning, middle, and end in a story map.
Word Work: Buddy Study Activity for the Day. Creating sentence/song/dance, or picture of your spelling word.
Writing: Write down five past tense verbs and five present tense verbs. Create a song or story with a partner using your verbs.
Computer: Go to PebbleGo. Research Thanksgiving. Write the following in a booklet:
  1. What is Thanksgiving?
  2. How did Thanksgiving start?
  3. When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?
  4. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving?
  5. How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
  6. What are some Thanksgiving foods we can eat?
  7. What are three things you are thankful for and why?
Teacher Time: Review plot and theme with students on Monday-Wednesday of this week in rotation. Try for two stations a day.
Red (G/H) LLI lessons Fiction/Theme
Orcutt
Yellow: Stripes and Silver-M
Blue: Living on a Ranch P
Green: Hubert and Frankie J
Orange: Maggie’s New Sidekick N
Postma
Green: Freda the Signmaker-K
Yellow: Country Friends City Friends-L
Blue: Marty’s Summer Job-P
Orange: A Quiet Place-O
Subject: Writing
TEK: 2.17(A) I can develop first draft by putting ideas in order and spelling high frequency words.
TEK: 2.18(A) I can write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end.
TEK: 2.21(C) I can tell the difference between declarative and interrogative sentences.
Mini-Lesson Focus on Ending. How did the story end and How did I feel?
  • Tell students that they need to continue making their writing easier to read as well as write more.
  • Tell them that writers write a lot.
  • Ask them to picture the story they want to tell and then turn and share with a partner.
  • Then have them touch each page of the booklet for their ending.
  • Show an organizer that you have written about a simple event.
  • Encourage students to use this process in their writing today.
By encouraging students to tell their story across organizers and to plan out their writing you are teaching the trait of organization.
Subject: Social Studies
TEK 2.1A I can identify the importance of the national holiday of Thanksgiving.
Vocabulary: holiday, Thanksgiving
Introduce research about Thanksgiving. Students are given handout where they will research about Thanksgiving (also introduced in computer station) Students will use Pebble Go and Online Encyclopedia
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Subject: Reading
TEK: 2.6A I can identify moral lessons as themes in well known fables.
Vocabulary: gather, starve (From the Lion and the Grasshopper)
Word Wall: anything, five, inside, hill, wrote
Spelling Principle: Vowel +r syllable ar
Lesson:
  • Independent Practice Wednesday

will read “The Lion and the Mouse” (p. 41) fromAesop’s Fablesand identify the plot and main idea of the story that support the theme. Fill out story map for a minor reading grade.
Buddy Study Buddy Check
Independent Reading/Buddy Reading: Write down the plot of the story including, beginning, middle, and end in a story map.
Word Work: Buddy Study Activity for the Day. Creating sentence/song/dance, or picture of your spelling word.
Writing: Write down five past tense verbs and five present tense verbs. Create a song or story with a partner using your verbs.
Computer: Go to PebbleGo. Research Thanksgiving. Write the following in a booklet:
  1. What is Thanksgiving?
  2. How did Thanksgiving start?
  3. When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?
  4. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving?
  5. How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
  6. What are some Thanksgiving foods we can eat?
Teacher Time: Review plot and theme with students on Monday-Wednesday of this week in rotation. Try for two stations a day.
Red (G/H) LLI lessons Fiction/Theme
Orcutt
Yellow: Stripes and Silver-M
Blue: Living on a Ranch P
Green: Hubert and Frankie J
Orange: Maggie’s New Sidekick N
Postma
Green: Freda the Signmaker-K
Yellow: Country Friends City Friends-L
Blue: Marty’s Summer Job-P
Subject: Writing
TEK: 2.17A I can develop first draft by putting ideas in order and spelling high frequency words.
TEK: 2.18(A) I can write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end.
TEK: 2.5C I can understand and use common words that are opposite (antonyms) or similar (synonyms) in meaning.
Mini-Lesson:
  • Review the definition of synonyms and antonyms.
  • Have students use the Chromebooks to log on to Kidspiration. Students will make a bubble map of two words and create five synonyms and five antonyms for each.
  • Words to choose from: good, bad, happy, sad. Will be for a minor language grade.

Subject: Social Studies
TEK 2.1A I can identify the importance of the national holiday of Thanksgiving.
Vocabulary: holiday, Thanksgiving
Introduce research about Thanksgiving. Students are given handout where they will research about Thanksgiving (also introduced in computer station) Students will use Pebble Go and Online Encyclopedia
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015
Subject: Reading
TEK: Fig. 19
TEK: 2.9A I can identify the setting of a story.
TEK 2.14B I can locate facts in a story.
TEK 2.14A I can identify the main idea (bid idea) from a story.
TEK 2.14C I can describe the order of events or ideas in a text.
TEK 2.13A I can identify the author’s purpose in writing the text.
TEK 2.3A I can make a prediction about what I read in a story.
READING CCA Major reading grade.
Subject: Writing
TEK: 2.17A I can develop first draft by putting ideas in order and spelling high frequency words.
TEK: 2.18(A) I can write brief stories that include a beginning, middle, and end.
Lesson:
30minutes:
Mini-Lesson:
  • Tell students that writers revise their writing and that they will be revising the writing they’ve been working on in their booklet.
  • Show them the revising pens and share with them the techniques for revision: rereading, envisioning your subject, and asking “How could I make this better?”
  • Demonstrate how you might go back to revise your story on chart paper.
  • Talk about how you “add on” and solicit their suggestions.
  • Summarize the revision strategies you have taught them on a chart called “Writers Revise” -- *We reread and make plans, *We reread, make a movie in our minds, and add words, *We add details to our drawings.
  • Ask children to reread their published stories and think about what they could add to improve their stories.
Let students know about students who revised their papers.
Subject: Social Studies
TEK 2.1A I can identify the importance of the national holiday of Thanksgiving.
Vocabulary: holiday, Thanksgiving
Students finish packet on Thanksgiving. Students are invited to share what they learned about Thanksgiving to their classmates.
Date: Friday, November 20, 2015
Subject: Reading and ELA
FIELD DAY
Subject: Social Studies