Reading Lesson Plans
January 2, 2013- January
Wednesday – January 2, 2013
Reading – Study Island…..Themes, punctuation, spelling
Go over test on the “Christmas Carol,” and the reading “The Story of Scrooge.”
Go over indirect and direct objects. Practice simple diagramming of sentences.
Thursday- January 3, 2013
Lexia Reading
Alec Math
Friday – January 4, 2013
Reading –review themes of reading, author’s purpose, and main idea
Work on reading passages identifying these parts of a story.
English – Verb Tenses
Monday – January 7, 2012
Library – 8:00-8:20
Spelling –
Reading- Cause and Effect…Add chart to English notes and academic vocabulary for cause and effect. Vocabulary…denotation and connotations…page 824-825.
Introduce the story , “Icarus and Daedalus,” add vocabulary to notebook. Genre…Myths….go over Characteristics of Myths…and Greek Mythology.
English –
Tuesday – January 8, 2013
Library…..Gear Up
Reading – Review the characteristics of myths and what Greek Mythology is…go over vocabulary words…use the Vocab-o-Gram chart for terms and people…Students will read the story silently and pick one part they want to illustrate. The illustration will be due on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013.
English – Main Verb and Helping Verb
Wednesday – January 9, 2013
IMAC – Lexia reading
Reading –Review vocabulary words. Review what makes a myth. Read the story orally. Thinking about the selection questions….1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7,10
English – Go over main and helping verbs
Thursday – January 10, 2013
IMAC …..Lexia reading and Alex Math
Friday – January 11, 2013
Reading – Summary of the story…go over questions….students will present their illustrations…quiz on the story…
English – Prefect Tenses: Present and Past
Monday- January 14, 2013
Library …….Gear UP?
Reading – Review characteristics of a myth. Write a short myth that explains a natural phenomenon…due Friday, January 18, 2013
Myth…”Demeter and Persephone” retold by Anne Terry White….go over vocabulary words… background seasonal changes…read the story silently answering reading check questions…
English – Irregular Verbs page 95, 96
Tuesday – January 15, 2013
Reading – Go over vocabulary words….review the background…read orally going over reading check questions…
English- More Irregular Verbs…page 97-100
Wednesday – January 16, 2013
IMAC – Lexia Reading and Study Island
Reading – finish “Demeter and Persephone,” Thinking about Selection questions…1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9….
Thursday – January 17, 2013
IMAC – Lexia Reading and Alex Math
Friday- January 18, 2013
Reading – go over Thinking About Selection questions…students give a summary of the story…turn in myths they wrote…quiz on “Demeter and Persephone.”
English – Review of verbs, nouns, subject and predicates
Monday – January 21, 2013
No School
Tuesday – January 22, 2013
Reading – Building Language Skills page 842, 843… using colons…Cause and Effect…Writing Workshop – Business Letter… Reading Informational Material…Textbooks page 844 – 847…Skim and Scan..
English- Go over quiz from Friday…
Wednesday – January 23, 2013
IMAC – Lexia Reading and Study Island
Reading – Review elements of a short story…go over notes in notebook..review plot of story and the organizer…Introduce the story “Rikki–tikki-tavi”…..add vocabulary to notebook…meet the author Rudyard Kipling…background on mongooses…do connection to literature together on page 198…
Thursday – January 24, 2013
IMAC – Lexia reading …Alex Math
Friday – January 25, 2013
Reading – Review vocabulary and purpose for reading. Read silently “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” silently…answer reading check questions…
English – Pronouns…add notes to notebook…page 103 -104
Monday – January 27, 2013
Library – Gear Up ?
Reading –Finish Friday’s assignment
English- Pronouns and Antecedents page 105-106…Using Pronouns Correctly …page 107-108
Tuesday – January 28, 2013
Reading – Read orally and go over reading check questions.
English – Pronouns: Possessive and Indefinite page 109-110
Wednesday – January 29, 2013
IMAC – Lexia reading
Reading – finish reading “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” Thinking About Selection questions…2,3,4, 8, 9…
Thursday – January 30, 2013
IMAC – Lexia reading and Alex Math
Friday – January 31, 2013
Reading – go over Thinking about Selection questions…review vocabulary…quiz on story
English – Pronouns: Reflexive and Intensive