DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan

Teacher: Mrs. Candy * Teaching Structures:

Week of: December 7- 12, 2015 (O) one lead, one support (A) alternative teaching

Subject: ELA (S) station teaching (T) team teaching

Class Hour: ALL (P) parallel teaching

Day/Date / Big Idea/
Goals / Lesson Activities / Assessment
Standard/Modified Essential Question (State at beginning and exit ticket) / *Teaching Structure
Monday, December 7, 2015 / Grammar
Reading
Comprehension / 1.  Bell work- sentence structure, figure of speech
2.  OBJECTIVE- comprehension skills
3.  Whole- “Sculpture” WS
4.  **STATIONS**
5.  Exit- I don’t have a job, but I could help… / Essential Question: (review of Friday discussion) Explain the difference between a dependent and an independent clause. / **STATIONS**
1.  Vocabulary- TWL use the cloze procedure to complete sentences using vocabulary words.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 / Writing
Reading
Grammar / 1.  Bell work- plural form, sentence structure
2.  OBJECTIVE- Use a rubric to grade student essays
3.  Whole- in pairs, TLW grade each essays using a rubric
4.  **STATIONS**
5.  Exit- I can improve my essay by… / Essential Question: Discuss with your partner what you admired about their text and one critique to help them with their next essay. / 2.  Comprehension- TLW highlight, read, and comprehend questions related to the text. TLW answer each question in a complete sentence by flipping the question into a statement.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 / Universal Screener testing / testing / 3.  Writing- “Pass It Back” TLW be given a prompt. TLW write for 3 minutes. TLW pass back their paper, read what was given to them, and continue writing for 3 more minutes. This process continues until they receive their original paper.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 / Writing
Reading
Grammar / 1.  Bell work- context clues, verb tenses
2.  OBJECTIVE- read a text from TNCore and grade essays using the rubric in pairs
3.  **STATIONS**
4.  Exit- summarize text read. / Essential Question- Trace the main idea and detail from the text.
Friday, December 11, 2015 / Computers- MICA
(guidance 1st period) / 1.  Bell work- sentence structure
2.  MICA
Academic Adaptations
(as needed for gifted students and students with disabilities) / Key Vocabulary / Materials/
Support Needed / Performance Data and Notes
Monday / Demolish, organized, explain, deliver, worthless, immovable, develop, reconsider, gather, discuss / Folder, WS, overhead, Highlighter
Tuesday / Folder, station work, rubric, overhead
Wednesday / computer
Thursday / Folder, overhead, station work
Friday / Completed work, computers