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

L4.5

Students interpret the literal

and figurative meaning of idioms.l

Students create illustrations contrasting

the literal and figurative meaning of an idiom.

Students listen to read-aloud of

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs.

Students record list of idioms in Journal.

Students compare literal and figurative

meaning of these idioms.   

How can you use humor and imagination to convey meaning in your illustrations?

Compare your interpretation l of the meanings to that of your partner’s.

Tues

L4.5

RI4.4

Students explain the meaning of Ben Franklin’s idioms in

Poor Richard’s Almanac . 

Students explain the meaning of one

of Franklin’s idioms.

Students examine selected citations

from Poor Richard’s Almanac on

www.lifeabirch.org/quotes/poorrich.php

How can you modernize some of Ben Franklin’s sayings?

Can they still be applied to situations today? How?

Wed

ART CLASS 

(cancelled)

Students complete their

illustrations based their own

plant/animal creatures

inspired by Scranimals

by Jack Prelutsky. 

Thurs

ELA UNIT 3 TEST 

Fri

W4.9

SL4.4

Students describe the

chronological events from

early American history. 

Students create a timeline

listing events from the period. 

Students listen to read aloud of

 The New York Colony  

Students create a word bank for

vocabulary from the period.

What are different ways of creating a timeline?  

Use any of the words just learned  in a sentence referring to a present day scenario.

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. idiom                           6.Patriots

2. literal meaning           7.Loyalists

3.figurative meaning     8.militia

4. chronological  order         9.alliance

5. constitution                  10.  boycot

Use of Technology:

   ____ Smartboard

   ____ Student Response System