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

MEMORIAL         DAY 

Tues

SL4.4

RI4.7

Students create a graphic organizer for essay on Native American mound builders and write rough draft.  

Students complete graphic organizer

and rough draft. 

Students use research information and opinion piece based on video to compose an essay on:

*historical development of mound builders cultures from Adena to Hopell to Mississippians

*contrasting to Egyptian pyramid builders

*citing evidence to support opinion on whether sites should be destroyed for sake of industry

.  

What changes gradually occurred in the mound builders culture?

How did this culture differ from that of the Egyptians?

Should funding be raised for the preservation of the old ancient sites?  Why or why not?

Wed

ART   CLASS 

Thurs

RI 4.7

SL 4.4

W4.3

Students connect Unit’s research to the Unit’s essential question.  

Students  answer a set of questions relating  their factual information on their chosen constellation and notes on the African non-fiction tale to the essential question.

Students review Unit 5 work:

*comma usage (Shoots and Leaves)

*suffixes /prefixes  (astro-, -ology)

*use of poetic license (Butterfly Eyes)

* mound builders research

*fictional folk tale A Pride of African Tales.

Compare and contrast the fictional and nonfictional accounts about the earth and sky.

Fri

ELA  WEEKLY QUIZ 

Penmanship Quiz

Formal assessment 

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. mound builders               6.prefix

2. cultures                      7.constellatio

3.industry                         8.comma

4.artistic license               9.astronomy

5.suffix                            10.astrology

Use of Technology:

   ____ Smartboard

   ____ Student Response System