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

RL 4.1

 W4.4

Students explain the term artistic license used in modifying facts about the earth and sky in stories. 

Students create a T chart with columns titled

Fact  / Fiction to track artistic license used by author.

Students listen to read aloud of “The Boy Who Wanted the Moon.”  

Student cite evidence of how the moon is described in the story distinguishing fact from fiction.

What was the author’s purpose in changing some facts and keeping others?  How does this affect the story?  Why?

Tues

RL 4.1

RL 4.6 W4.2

Students compare fiction and nonfiction texts that show purposeful nature of Native American artifacts.  

Students write a paragraph describing what they learned

about the culture of the Native American mound builders. 

Students compare their nonfiction research with

fictional account in And Still the Turtle Watched.

Students use appropriate facts and descriptive details to write their paragraph.

What do both sources reveal about how the Native American culture is treated?  What evidence is there of their contribution? How does their religious beliefs differ from ours?

Wed

RL 4.5

L4.5

Students describe use of figurative language used in poetry in Butterfly Eyes...

Students give one example of each technique below

citing evidence in two selected poems: 

personification, onomatopoeia, metaphor, alliteration.

Students listen and locate examples of

poetic techniques in “Letter to the Sun”

and “Letter to the Rain.”

How do descriptive adjectives and verbs add to the imagery?

What other examples of figurative

language?

Thurs

COMPUTER 

(cancelled)

Fri

SL4.4

RL4.9

ELA Weekly Quiz

Students compare treatment of similar themes and patterns of events in myths. 

Students give oral presentations of myths

related to their chosen constellations

using a diagram they created.

Students give a brief account of the myh related to their constellation and display diagram of constellation  

What similar patterns or themes do you notice in the mythological stories?How is this similar to our beliefs of good and evil?

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. artistic license             6.alliteration

2.  diagram                     7. metaphor

3. poetic techniques        8. mythology

4.   personification           9. theme              .

5. onomatopoeia             10. fact/fiction

Use of Technology:

   ____ Smartboard

   ____ Student Response System