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February 1 - 28, 2011

Black History Month: The Watson's Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

 

 

Follow the directions below in order to complete the tasks for today's class

 

 

 

 

 


 

The Agenda for the Week of Feb 14-18

 


Standards 

Essential Questions 

 

ELA5R1.1 d. Relates a literary
work to information about its setting (historically or 
culturally).

 

ELA5R1.1 j. Identifies similarities and
differences between the characters
or events and theme in a literary work
and the actual experiences in an
author’s life.

 

1. How can I use what I read in fiction and relate it to real life?

 

2. How does an author's own life effect the stories they tell?

 

3. How does my own life effect the way I read a story?

 

 

 

Monday, February 21

 

No School

 


 

Tuesday, February 22

 

Teacher Group:

  • Listen to Chapters 7-8 of The Watson's Go to Birmingham

 

Independent:

 

Materials Students Need

  • Projector & Laptop
  • iPods 
  • Laptops
  • AR Books & Folders
  • Pencil or Pen
  • Paper 

 

Homework

Current Event due tomorrow!

 


 

Wednesday, February 23

 

Whole Group:

  • Work on Character Sketches
  • Work on Sensory/Figurative Language Identification within the story

 

Independent:

 

 

Materials Students Need

  • Projector & Laptop
  • iPods
  • Laptops
  • AR Books & Folders
  • Pencil or Pen
  • Paper 

 

Homework

Read for 15 mins

 


 

Thursday, February 24

 

Teacher Group:

  • None

 

Independent:

 

Materials Students Need

  • Pencil or Pen
  • Paper 

 

Homework

  • Read for 15 mins

 

Friday, February 25

 

Whole Group:

  • Go over character sketches & figurative language/sensory

 

Independent:

  • Packet 2 is due

 

Materials Students Need

  • Projector & Laptop
  • Laptops
  • Construction Paper
  • PhotoStory
  • Power Point
  • Pencil or Pen
  • Paper 

 

Homework

  • Read for 15 mins

 

The Watsons Go to Birmingham Packets

 


Differentiation

Choice Boards and Portfolios are used often in order to provide students with opportunities to show their reading abilities through various ways and in work that showcases their strengths Students will be placed in flexible groups in order to receive small group instruction. Groups will be created from ability and behavior, and changed as needed. Within each group teachers will scaffold, remediate, implement peer tutoring, and adjust instruction as needed



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