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

12/17 

RI.5.7

RI.5.2

RI.5.3

Students will use vocabulary related to explorers.

What kind of people choose a life of explorers?

1.  Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

3.  Explain the relationships between two or more individual.

1.  What personal characteristics did the people who chose a life of exploration share?

2.  Which of the explorers you studied do you most admire? Why?

3.  Which do you least admire? Why?

Tues

12/18 

Abraham Lincoln Class trip

Wed

12/19

RI.5.8

RI.5.9

RI.5.10

Students will understand some of the reasons why people explore new lands.

Which Europeans explored Texas?

1.  Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text

2.  Integrate information from several text.

3.  Read and comprehend informational text

1.  Which Europeans explored Trinidad? Newfoundland? the Cape of Good Hope? Texas?

2.  Who were the explorers really?

3. What impact did they have on our lives?

Thurs

12/20

RF.5.4

RF.5.4a

.W.5.2

Students will recognize the similarities between early and modern-day explorers.

What do you think are the most important characteristics of explorers?

1. What time period was your explorer from?

2. Where did they travel?

3).Why did they travel? What was the

Fri

12/21 

SS Weekly Quiz

LESSONS & CAROLS

CLASS PARTY

CHRISTMAS RECESS BEGINS

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.  armada

2. cash crop

3. House of Burgesses

4. indentured servants

5. Mayflower Compact

6. Northwest Passage

7. profit

8. sachem

9. stock

10. charter

Use of Technology:

   X Smartboard

   X Student Response System