Wednesday April 5
Bellwork: Do not login to Achieve. Instead, get your notebook and folder. Then sit at the big table.
Objective: Use context clues to define unfamiliar words. Examine the pros and cons of an issue.
Lesson: Jigsaw the vocabulary handout. Watch a video about a drone the size of a hummingbird. Brainstorm pros and cons of these drones: individual, partner, then whole class.
Monday and Tuesday April 3-4
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Today, you will create a graph of your growth for this quarter. I will model how to do it, using our class averages. Then, you will create your own and write a reflection. After that, I will conference with each of you to hear your reflections and to help you set a goal for April.
Meanwhile, you will complete at least one Achieve lesson of your choice and score an 88% or higher. Once you’ve accomplished this first goal, you may choose to complete another Achieve lesson or get on mobymax.com/AR5448.
Thursday March 28, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Yesterday, we used context clues to examine the vocabulary for the farmer’s market article. Today, we will watch and discuss a short video about farmer’s markets. Then, you will finish the article.
Wednesday March 29, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Participate in a discussion during which you will support your statements with evidence from the text.
Lesson: Discussion over yesterday’s article about ASIMO. Finish yesterday’s activity, or you can either get on mobymax.com/ar5448 or do another Achieve lesson.
Tuesday March 28, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Guided pace of reading and use of strategies. We will watch the videos whole class, and you will take notes about each video.
Monday March 27, 2017
Bellwork: Get your notebook. comic strip
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: After we finish the comic strip, get on Mobymax.com/ar5448 and complete the assigned lessons.
Friday March 10
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Complete at least one lesson today that is assigned to you through your mailbox. Pay close attention to questions that ask you to make an inference. In the remaining time, you may catch up on missing thought questions, or you may complete another lesson.
Thursday March 9, 2017
Bellwork: Log in to Achieve. Get your notebook and folder. Then move to the table with something to write with.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Guided instruction of “What’s Best for the Elephants?” using different symbols to code text evidence. Students write a short response to the question.
Complete at least one lesson today. Pay close attention to questions that ask you to make an inference. In the remaining time, you may catch up on missing thought questions, or you may complete another lesson.
Wednesday March 8, 2017
Bellwork: Log in to Achieve. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Go to your mailbox in Achieve. I assigned each student three lessons to complete this week, in addition to one we will all complete tomorrow. Complete at least one lesson today. Pay close attention to questions that ask you to make an inference. In the remaining time, you may catch up on missing thought questions, or you may complete another lesson.
Monday and Tuesday March 6-7, 2017
Bellwork: Log in to Achieve. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Demonstrate reading comprehension by responding to questions about the text.
Lesson: Complete at least one lesson each day with an 88% or higher.
Friday March 3, 2017
Bellwork: Log in to Achieve. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Complete at least one lesson today. Pay close attention to questions that ask you to make an inference. In the remaining time, you may catch up on missing thought questions, or you may complete another lesson.
Thursday March 2, 2017
Bellwork: Sit at a table. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Whole group guidance of analyzing the prompt. Students will work independently to read and respond to the prompt for “What’s Best for the Elephants.” This is not on the computer. If time, students will log onto Achieve.
Wednesday March 1, 2017
No Class--Bulldog Bash
Tuesday February 28, 2017
Bellwork: Log in to Achieve. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Complete at least one lesson today. Pay close attention to questions that ask you to make an inference. In the remaining time, you may catch up on missing thought questions, or you may complete another lesson.
Monday February 27, 2017
Bellwork: Sit at a table. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Guided instruction of reading “Going Back Home” as a whole class and of prompt analysis. Then, students will draw connections between background knowledge and text details to answer the prompt. If time, students will get on Mobymax.com/ar5448.
Thursday and Friday February 23-24, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Complete at least one lesson each day. In the remaining time, you may catch up on missing thought questions, or you may complete another lesson.
Tuesday and Wednesday February 21-22, 2017
Bellwork: Sit at a table. Get your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Whole class instruction on inferences using the lesson from Achieve3000.
Wednesday and Thursday February 15-16, 2017
Bellwork: Login to mobymax.com/ar5448 Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences by analyzing explicit and implicit details.
Lesson: Get on mobymax.com/ar5448 to complete the lessons regarding explicit and implicit details.
Wednesday and Thursday February 15-16, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Independently work on Achieve 3000 today.
Wednesday and Thursday February 15-16, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Connect background knowledge to make inferences.
Lesson: Preview “Hiker Blazes the Trail” individually. Preview vocabulary as a whole group. Individually read the article/dig deeper and highlight main ideas. As a whole group, walk through the activity questions and discuss thought processes for the questions, especially the one regarding background knowledge.
February 21, 2017
Bellwork: DO NOT LOGIN TO THE COMPUTER. Get your notebook/folder and sit at the table.
In your notebook, list five things that can be found in your bedroom.
Monday and Tuesday February 13-14, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Mobymax.com/ar5448. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Cite textual evidence.
Lesson: Complete lessons that prepare you to cite textual evidence. Mrs. Esry will hold individual conferences to examine progress on Achieve activities, Achieve thought questions, and on Mobymax activities. Students who need to complete make-up work will do that.
Thursday and Friday February 7, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Examine texts to activate and increase background knowledge.
Lesson: Complete at least one lesson per day with an 88% or higher. Then, you can choose to do another lesson, work on mobymax.com/ar5448, or practice prefixes on Quizlet.
Wednesday February 7, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Examine texts to activate and increase background knowledge.
Lesson: Finish reading “Rule 40 Fair or Not.” Complete the activity and the thought question. If time, we will debate the thought question to help kids develop their counterargument.
Tuesday February 7, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Examine texts to activate and increase background knowledge.
Lesson: Finish going over the prefix quiz. Preview and activate background knowledge for “Rule 40 Fair or Not.”
Monday February 6, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder. If you haven’t finished the thought question for “A Force of Nature,” you have fifteen minutes to do so. If you have finished it, you may work on Moby Max for fifteen minutes.
Objective: Use pre-reading and during reading strategies to increase comprehension.
Lesson: Finish “A Force of Nature” and get on Mobymax.com/ar5448 or do another lesson of your choice. Go over the prefixes quiz.
Thursday February 2, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. Connect background knowledge to the text to infer meaning.
Lesson: “A Force of Nature” lesson--, vocabulary, t-chart of mental images before reading and of images from text; watch multimedia together.
Tuesday January 30, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will use pre-reading and during reading strategies to comprehend a text.
Lesson: “Bring in the Clowns” Stretch article, activity and thought question. Get on mobymax.com/ar5448. I will conference with each of you to look at your Mobymax progress and to help you update your progress chart.
Monday January 30, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will use pre-reading and during reading strategies to comprehend a text.
Lesson: Finish “Bring in the Clowns” activity and thought question. Get on mobymax.com/ar5448. I will conference with each of you to look at your Mobymax progress and to help you update your progress chart.
Friday January 27, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will use pre-reading and during reading strategies to comprehend a text.
Lesson: Finish “Bring in the Clowns.” Finish anything from “A Test to Remember” that remains unfinished.
Thursday January 26, 2017
Bellwork: Go to Quizlet Prefixes and practice. There will be a quiz on today. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will determine the meaning of prefixes and their effect on the meaning of a word. Apply your understanding of problem-solution format to comprehend the text.
Lesson: Prefixes quiz. Preview “Bring in the Clowns” and have students answer the problem-solution questions as they preview the text and then as they read the text. Complete the activity and begin answering the thought question.
Wednesday January 25, 2017
Bellwork: Add to the prefix trees. Go to Quizlet Prefixes and practice. There will be a quiz on Thursday. Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will demonstrate comprehension of text by answering multiple choice questions and writing a paragraph responding to a prompt.
Lesson: Finish yesterday’s thought question. Preview “A Test to Remember” article and thought question. Students read and highlight details for the thought question and complete the activity.
Tuesday January 24, 2017
Bellwork: Go to Quizlet Prefixes and practice. There will be a quiz on Thursday. Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will improve their understanding of a news article by learning to understand problem/solution text structure.
Lesson: Finish “A Test to Remember” article and thought question. Set up an outline for the thought question response. Students read and highlight details for the thought question and complete the activity.
Monday January 23, 2017
Bellwork: Go to Quizlet Prefixes and practice. There will be a quiz on Thursday. Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will improve their understanding of a news article by looking for the main ideas and writing about them.
Lesson: Direct instruction of the rubric. Guided practice with setting up the response to the thought question. Independently complete the thought question. When you finish, you may get on MobyMax.com/ar5448.
Friday January 20, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve. Get out your notebook and folder.
Objective: Students will improve their understanding of a news article by learning to understand problem/solution text structure.
Lesson: Discuss problem-solution text structure and introduce with “Making Way for Eels.” Students answer questions to guide them in their analysis. Work as a whole class for the “...Eels” piece and then individually for the article about the book club in Somalia.
Thursday January 19, 2017
Go to room 101 which is across from the library (by the office)
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Students will use test-taking strategies while taking a quiz, so they can demonstrate their comprehension. Students will think about their performance and identify types of questions to work on.
Lesson: 1. Complete steps 1-4 of an activity of your choice. 2. Complete more Achieve lessons, get on Mobymax.com/ar5448 or practice prefixes on quizlet.
Tuesday and Wednesday January 17-18, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Students will use test-taking strategies while taking a quiz, so they can demonstrate their comprehension. Students will think about their performance and identify types of questions to work on.
Lesson: We will work through the stretch activity together, so I can guide you in how to use the question stems in the future, and so I can model and guide you in test-taking strategies. With the time leftover, students will self-select lessons from a list on Mobymax.com/ar5448 and complete the prefix lesson.
(We had a lot of technical trouble in room 101 today, so we are continuing this lesson for tomorrow.
Friday January 13, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve.
Objective: Students will use test-taking strategies while taking a quiz, so they can demonstrate their comprehension. Students will think about their performance and identify types of questions to work on.
Lesson: Review the question stems you missed yesterday. Now, independently complete steps 1-4 for the article ________________. When you finish, you may practice your prefixes on quizlet or get on Mobymax.com.
Thursday January 12, 2017
Bellwork: Login to Achieve and re-read the article. Complete the activity and the thought question.
Objective: Students will use test-taking strategies while taking a quiz, so they can demonstrate their comprehension. Students will think about their performance and identify types of questions to work on.
Lesson: 1. Students will independently complete the lesson activity, using the test taking strategies posted on the wall. 2. If they miss a question, they will mark its stem on the question strategy sheet. 3. As students finish the activity, they will conference with me on how to complete the graphic organizer for the poll question. 4. They will write a response to the thought question.
Wednesday January 11, 2017
Bellwork: Students login to Achieve and access their poll response. It may be a draft in their email.
Objective: Students will draft and revise their writing. Students will use (synthesize) information from multiple sources to write about a topic.
Lesson: Discuss responses to the poll question. Teacher provides support by giving the steps that are needed in the response: topic sentence, explanation of background information, text evidence, what you think, and concluding statement. Teacher provides support in writing a counterargument: Some people argue____. They think (reasons for opposing view). The refute…, and remind reader of the best points of your view.
Tuesday January 10, 2017
Bellwork: Review the article by reading back through all highlighting and notes.
Objective: Students will analyze and evaluate arguments regarding snow days.
Lesson: Read the article and highlight evidence for the poll question in blue. Create a t-chart of evidence for and against on the board in small groups. Switch charts and check the other group’s evidence to make sure it actually supports the claim. Guided reading of the stretch article to add evidence. They will write a response to the poll question.
Monday January 9, 2017
Bellwork: Get a chromebook and login. Come to this slide on my website and click on this link: Quizlet Prefixes. Do the flashcards and matching. When you are finished, add to the prefix trees.
Objectives: 1. Students will match prefixes with their definitions, generate words with those prefixes and create a student friendly definition of the word to place on the poster. 2. Students will access their prior knowledge about snow days. Then they will analyze and evaluate arguments regarding snow days.
Lesson: Complete the pre-reading poll, including a written explanation. Use pre-reading strategies to preview the article and the thought question. As you read, digitally annotate (highlight) details that help answer the thought question.
Friday January 6, 2017
Snow Day--No School
Thursday January 5, 2017
Bellwork: Get a chromebook and login to www.mobymax.com/ar5448. Then go to Quizlet Prefixes
Objective: 1. Students will match prefixes with their definition and will generate words with that prefix and create a student friendly definition of the word to place on the poster.
2. Students will evaluate their areas of greatest need to self-select lessons from a list provided by the teacher on Mobymax.
3. Students will conference with Ms. Esry to evaluate last semester’s progress and to set goals for 3rd quarter.
Lesson: Complete Mobymax assignments that target skills.
Wednesday January 4, 2017
Bellwork: Get a chromebook and login to www.mobymax.com/ar5448.
Objective: Students will evaluate their areas of greatest need to self-select lessons from a list provided by the teacher. Students will conference with Ms. Esry to evaluate last semester’s progress and to set goals for 3rd quarter.
Lesson: Complete Mobymax assignments that target skills.