Jodi WokochaLanguage Arts – 5th grade Week of February27, 2012

Objectives / Materials / Procedures / Evaluation / Homework
Monday
2-27 / 2.09 Listen actively and critically by asking questions. / Maniac Magee
SMART activity
Timeline
Jumpstart book / Students will read through the poem of the week.
Students will preview Word Wisdom vocabulary with SMART activity.
Students will read chapters17-20 in Maniac Magee. Students will use context clues to figure out vocabulary word (confetti)
Students will completework on their Timeline.
Students will complete stations.
EOG Passage:A Day in Bed / Class discussion, student responses, and stations. / Get newsletter signed. Read 25 minutes. Fill out reading log and get it signed. “2009 Sea Breeze Ferry Line”
Tuesday
2-28 / 2.05 Evaluate inferences, conclusions, and generalizations and provide evidence by referencing the text(s). / Maniac Magee
Timeline
Jumpstart book / Students will read through the poem of the week.
Word Wisdom (pages 56-57)
Students will read chapters21-24 in Maniac Magee. Students will use context clues to figure out vocabulary word (dumbfounded.)
Students will complete work on their Timeline.
Students will complete stations.
EOG Passage:Where Did They Go? / Class discussion, student responses, and stations. / Read 25 minutes. Fill out reading log and get it signed. “Great Grandpa Ray Looks Back”
Wednesday
2-29 / 2.04 Identify elements of fiction and nonfiction and support by referencing the text to determine the plot development. / Maniac Magee
Timeline
Jumpstart Book / Students will read through the poem of the week.
Word Wisdom (page 58) on paddles
Students will read chapters25-28 in Maniac Magee. Students will use context clues to figure out vocabulary word (repertoire.)
Students will complete work on their Timeline.
Students will complete stations.
EOG Passage:Your Amazing Senses / Class discussion, student responses, and stations. / Read 25 minutes. Fill out reading log and get it signed. “The Myth of the Arachne”
Thursday
3-1
Library Day / 1.01 Expand and refine vocabulary through knowledge of context clues / Maniac Magee
Timeline / Students will analyze the poem of the week.
Word Wisdom (page 60)
Students will read chapter 29-32 in Maniac Magee. Students will use context clues to figure out vocabulary word (mourner.)
Students will complete work on their Timeline.
Students will complete stations. / Class discussion, student responses, and stations. / Read 25 minutes. Fill out reading log and get it signed. “Three African Myths”
Friday
3-2 / 2.06 Analyze choice of reading materials congruent with purposes (e.g., reading for information) / Maniac Magee test
Jumpstart / Students will answer EOG questions from poem of the week.
Word Wisdom (page 61 - grade)
Students will be given 5-10 minutes to review their vocabulary and concepts from Maniac Magee.
Students will complete the test.
EOG Passage: Grow Garden / Student responses on test and passage. / Have a wonderful weekend!

**Students will be completing Mountain Language daily and will be going over the answers on the SMART Board. A participation grade will be given.