OUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS SCHOOL WEEKLY LESSON PLAN
Teacher’s Name__Ms. Saville____________________ Subject ______ELA_________________________________ Grade ______4_______________
Week of ____2/17 to 2/14_________________________ Unit ___4________ Week_____5___
Unit Title__Animals Are Characters Too: Characters Who Gallop, Bark, and Squeak______________Essential Question_How are animals portrayed in literature?
Resources: A Book of Nonsense by Norman Lear and Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky
| CCSS Code e.g. RL.K.5 | OUTCOMES (Lesson Focus) What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson? | ASSESSMENT How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome? Please state the question that will be asked during your formative assessment. | STRATEGIES In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome? Please list in the order that you will implement. | 3 HOTS QUESTIONS e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation. |
Mon
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| PRESIDENT’S DAY |
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Tues
| RL4.4 L4.5 L4.1 | Students examine poetic techniques used in selections from Scranimals. Students practice creating prepositional phrases. RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY DUE TO GYM | Students identify the rhyme scheme, meter, syllabification, and how the animals are personified in the selection. Students do activity in Common Core p.90 on prepositional phrases. | Students practice reading aloud selections from the book and view one selection for analysis. Students cite evidence of how the animal is portrayed and identify its poetic elements Students review using prepositional phrases on http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/ions.html
| Can you create your own original animal combining vegetable and an animal? How can you find another way to combine words to create an image? |
Wed
| ELA Quiz (rescheduled from last week) Spelling Quiz | Formative assessment Spelling of high frequency words and Penmanship assessment
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Thurs
| COMPUTER |
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Fri
| ELA Quiz Students analyze Emily Dickenson’s poem “A Bird Came Down the Walk.” | Formative assessment |
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| Bloom’s Taxonomy (HOTS Questions) -Knowledge -Comprehension -Application -Analysis -Synthesis -Evaluation | School Grade Weighting Scale: Tests (40%): Quizzes (20%): Classwork/ Participation (15%): Homework (5%): Projects/ Portfolios (20%):
| Vocabulary words for week: 1. rhyme scheme 6.preposition 2. meter 7.prepositional phrase 3. syllabification 8. 4. personification 9. 5. point of view 10. | Use of Technology: ____ Smartboard ____ Student Response System |