Mr. Michael Elrod Lesson Plans-Week 32

Unit Title/Subject:
Special Education Language Arts / Dates:
April 29-May3 / Grade:
1-5
Learning Targets:
3rd Grade Resource Reading:
·  RI.3.10:By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
·  RL.3.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high-end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. (using both informational text and fictional text)
4th-5th Grade Collaboration Reading: See Mrs. Pare’s plans
1st -2nd Grade Resource Reading: See Mrs. McMurtry’s, Mrs. Trent’s and Mrs. Myatt’s plans
Day 1 Instructional Activities:
3rd Grade Resource Reading:
·  Review for KPREP
·  Review literature skills on answering questions, characters, setting, point of view, different kinds of stories, literal and nonliteral language, and compare & contrast literature
·  Review comparing 2 stories by the same author. When you compare stories you want to see how they are similar and different. You can compare settings, plots, and/or themes.
·  Read 2 stories by Alfred J. Church, “The Home of the Winds”, and “Ulysses and the Sirens”, and answer multiple choice questions comparing the stories (Common Core Ready Book)
Homework – Read 2 stories by Alfred J. Church from “the Cyclops” and from “The Dangerous Way”, and answer multiple choice questions & short answer
4th-5th Grade Collaboration Reading: See Mrs. Pare’s plans
1st -2nd Grade Resource Reading: See Mrs. McMurtry’s, Mrs. Trent’s and Mrs. Myatt’s plans / Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
Formative:
·  Compare passages – multiple choice & short answer
Day 2 Instructional Activities:
3rd Grade Resource Reading:
·  Review for KPREP
·  Check over homework
·  Continue reviewing comparing & contrasting stories: plot, setting & theme
·  Homework - Read folktale “Anansi Tries to Steal All The Wisdom in the World” and “Anansi and the Lion” and answer multiple choice & short answer questions
4th-5th Grade Collaboration Reading: See Mrs. Pare’s plans
1st -2nd Grade Resource Reading: See Mrs. McMurtry’s, Mrs. Trent’s and Mrs. Myatt’s plans / Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
Formative:
·  Compare passages – multiple choice & short answer
Day 3 Instructional Activities:
3rd Grade Resource Reading:
·  Review for KPREP
·  Check over homework
·  Read & compare The Tale of Mr. Tod and The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, focus on comparing the settings of the 2 stories. (Common Core Clinics)
·  Students complete Pearson Stanford Practice Test Booklet
4th-5th Grade Collaboration Reading: See Mrs. Pare’s plans
1st -2nd Grade Resource Reading: See Mrs. McMurtry’s, Mrs. Trent’s and Mrs. Myatt’s plans / Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
Formative:
·  Compare passages – multiple choice & short answer
·  Pearson Stanford Practice test
Day 4 Instructional Activities:
3rd Grade Resource Reading:
·  Review for KPREP
·  Review using context clues to find the meaning of unfamiliar words
·  Complete Lesson 9 Common Core Ready on Unfamiliar Words in
class – Guided & Modeled Instruction
·  Read “Horses Helping Others” and Breakfast at the Zoo, answer multiple choice & short answer questions
4th-5th Grade Collaboration Reading: See Mrs. Pare’s plans
1st -2nd Grade Resource Reading: See Mrs. McMurtry’s, Mrs. Trent’s and Mrs. Myatt’s plans / Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
Summative:
·  Common Core Ready Lesson – multiple choice & short answer
Day 5 Instructional Activities:
3rd Grade Resource Reading:
·  RTI Friday
·  Check homework
·  Continue practicing vocabulary, discuss words in context, & mult-meaning words
·  Read Yosemite Morning & answer multiple choice & short answer questions (Common Core Ready)
4th-5th Grade Collaboration Reading: See Mrs. Pare’s plans
1st -2nd Grade Resource Reading: See Mrs. McMurtry’s, Mrs. Trent’s and Mrs. Myatt’s plans / Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
Summative:
·  Yosemite passage – multiple choice & short answer questions