Lesson Plans for the Week of May 23, 2011

Assignments for the week of May 23, 2011

(Bell ringers are listed next to the day of the week)

Literacy:

Monday: Read aloud/Free read

Skills Iowa May Assessment

Tuesday: Free Read

Spelling Post test

Wednesday: Free Read for 15 minutes

Spelling practice

Put in Planner

Spelling activity-Write 15 sentences (8-10 words per sentence)

Thursday: No Class: Camp Foster

Friday: Free Read

Begin S.S. presentations

Social Studies:

Monday: Share goals for the day

Last Research/begin power point

Tuesday: Share Power point Progress

Power Point work day (hand out note cards for presentations)

Wednesday: Finish Power points

Fill out notecards and begin practicing presentations

Thursday: No Class: Camp Foster

Friday: Last minute practice/touch ups

Presentations

Evaluation of presentations

Lesson Plans for the Week of May 16, 2011

Assignments for the week of May 16, 2011

(Bell ringers are listed next to the day of the week)

Literacy:

Monday: Free read

Knight’s Pride Presentations

Tuesday: Free Read

Knight’s Pride presentations

Wednesday: Read Aloud

Spelling practice

Put in Planner

Spelling activity

Thursday: Read aloud

Spelling word sort/proofreading

Introduce Conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating. correlative

assign coordinating Practice p. 91

Friday: Read Aloud

Review worksheets

Social Studies:

Monday: Introduce the west

Vocabulary: Mission, overland trails, wagon train, transcontinental railroad

Introduce main idea worksheet

Assign ch. 1

Tuesday: Read aloud

Read ch. 2 and 3

Complete maind idea worksheet

Wednesday: Read aloud

Introduce West/Southwest Powerpoints

Develop 4 questions to examine

Thursday: Group/individual plan

Research questions

Friday:PBIS CELEBRATION: Queen II ride

Lesson Plans for the Week of May 9, 2011

Assignments for the week of May 9, 2011

(Bell ringers are listed next to the day of the week)

Literacy:

Monday: Read Aloud

Finish Collage

Spelling sentences

Tuesday: Read Aloud

Spelling Post test

Spelling Practice

Put in Planner

Wednesday: No Class EPAK

Thursday: Read Aloud

Spelling activities

Spelling Word Sort/Proofreading

Friday: Read Aloud

Review worksheets

Social Studies:

Monday: Discuss Timeline of South West

Introduce Travels of the Southwest

Vocabulary: Butte, Canyon, Mesa (R), Peak, Plateau (R), Rapids

Tuesday: Map/ States and Capitals Map

Read and Discuss Chapters 1 & 2

Wednesday: No class EPAK

Thursday: Map of Southwest P. 41

Read and Discuss Ch. 3

Friday:States and Capitals Review

Introduce Writing Activity: Children’s Book P. 40