Thursday, August 15, :55 – 8:30 What happens after the first crescent? Waxing (growing) Gibbous Waxing (growing) Gibbous Who found out what phase the moon is in today? What do you know about the word “Phantom”? Write about it on the first page of your READER’s RESPONSE notebook.

READING TIME! 8:30 – 9:15

Find the Theme!

Theme: The central idea of a work. Let’s begin reading a book and decide the Theme: The central idea of a work.

Class Novel Read Chapter 1 & 2 End at 9:15 Guidelines for Reading Workshop -Specific Guidelines to work together -Readers Response Journal & Writing Procedures

Restroom Break 9:15 – 9:25

READING REFERENCE - Page 1 Review page 1 – Reading Strategies Today’s Focus 9:25 – 10:00

Determining Importance – Main ideas, Important facts Let’s “Tune-Up” some Reading Strategies

READING REFERENCE - Page 7 Create an Anchor Chart (Don’t forget to update your Table of Contents)

The Important thing about…

Let’s use your life as a time line to make a Life Map. Determine what are the most important events to include!

Determining Importance Let’s Apply the Reading Strategy… Determining Importance!

INDEPENDENT READING Independent Novel & Response Journal when finished. 10:00 – 10:30

Grammar Time! Affixes & Writing 10:30 – 11:00

REVIEW READING REFERENCE 21 - Page 21 Affix Study

If needed, REVIEW READING REFERENCE 21 - Page 21 Affix Study

Sentence Practice – Paired Partners

Now Your Turn! Write a compound sentence with words containing affixes we have learned on the back of page 28. Write a compound sentence with words containing affixes we have learned on the back of page 28. Writing Sentences with Affixes! 21 Visit READING REFERENCE - Page 21

Unit 1 – Week 1 – Day 3 Unit 1 – Week 1 – Day 3 Gather and Review “Turn to Your Partner” Gather and Review “Turn to Your Partner” Read About and Discuss Jon Scieszka Read About and Discuss Jon Scieszka Introduce and Model the “Two True, One False” Activity Introduce and Model the “Two True, One False” Activity Being a Writer 10:50 – 11:20

Let’s come to the carpet. Please come to the carpet responsibly and remember to sit next to your partner. Yesterday we learned how to turn and talk to our partners. Be prepared to do this again today.

Remember reading these two stories? What kind of person do you think Jon Scieszka might be and why? Turn to your partner and discuss this.

Jon Scieszka Let’s read part of an interview with Jon Scieszka and see what things we can learn about him. This interview comes from a book of interviews of famous children’s book authors. Remember to look and listen for interesting things.

Jon Scieszka What kind of boy were you? – A nice boy, and I always did good! Actually, I was a stealth kid, the kind of guy who sits in the back of the class and cracks jokes. I would get my friends in trouble by making them laugh while I sat by quietly trying to look innocent.

Jon Scieszka Did you like books as a kid? – I loved Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, P.D. Eastman’s Go, Dog, Go!, and The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson. I’d make my mom read them over and over until they were burned into my brain.

Jon Scieszka Did you enjoy writing? – I was so jazzed by the rhyming in Dr. Seuss’s books that I tried to write my own funky little verses. From then on, I always wanted to be a writer. I can remember in fourth and fifth grade looking on the library shelves for the place where books by me would be, in alphabetical order. I always looked in the adult section! There was just one problem: I wasn’t sure how to spell Scieszka (pronounced CHESS-kah)! – My teachers couldn’t even pronounce my last name. During roll, the teacher would say: “Tom Schmidt. Jon…” Then there’d be this big pause. For years, I signed my school papers “Jon S.” Even now, late at night, I still can’t quite get all the letters.

Jon Scieszka How did your end up writing for children? – I first tried writing grown-up fiction while painting people’s apartments to make a living. I then got a job teaching elementary school. That’s when I rediscovered kids’ books, and kids.

Jon Scieszka Where did you get your ideas for books? – I used to say, “from a little old lady in Schenectady, who send me one each week.” But the real answer is, from thinking-and from other books. As a kid, I always wondered whether there was a list somewhere of all the books that a person should read. May of my own books – The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man, the Time Warp Trio series – are really about other books and stories. I like the idea that one book can point readers to others they might like to read.

Jon Scieszka What is your advice for children who want to write? – Write! I know that sounds stupid, but that’s really it. It’s good practice to imitate your favorite writers. All writers do that at first. Eventually, if you keep writing, you find your own voice.

Jon Scieszka What did you find out about Jon Scieszka? – Turn to your partner and talk about it. – Share.

Two True, One False Throughout this year you will get to know many authors. You will also get to know one another as authors, and this will help build an atmosphere of trust in the writing community. Watch me model a new activity that I want you to do.

Three Statements About Me I bicycled on Route 66. I grew up in Alaska. I went parasailing in the Bahamas. Turn and talk to your partner about which of these statements you think are true and which one you think is false.

Would you like to ask me some questions? I will answer a few questions from you. Remember that we are on a schedule and unfortunately time will not allow me to answer everyone’s questions. However, there are still many days in this school year for your questions to get answered.

Two True, One False Your turn. Go back to your seats. On the next blank page in your writing notebooks, write 3 statements about yourself. Remember 2 should be true, and 1 should be false. DO NOT share these with anyone at this time.

Share Time A few of you will get to come up today and have people try to guess which of your 3 statements are true and which one is false. Once again, we will not have time for everyone today, but we will continue this activity tomorrow. All of you will have a chance to read your statements to the class in the coming days.

Our Writing Community How might an activity like “Two True, One False” help us build our writing community? What do we want to do (the same way or differently) tomorrow when we continue the “Two True, One False” activity? Remember that we are building a CARING community in which they know and trust one another. Try to find ways throughout your day to get to know your classmates.

11:20 – 11:30 Geography of Me Presentations

11:30 – 12:00 SCIENCE TIME

Review of the 5 Kingdoms of Living Things! one cell Mushrooms

FungiMulti-celled

Fungi - mushroom Multi- celled

Fungi - mushroom Multi- celled

Fungi - yeast Multi- celled

Fungi - yeast Multi- celled

Fungi - mold Multi- celled

Fungi - mold Multi- celled

Protists Most Protists - ONE CELL

Protists - algae Most Protists - ONE CELL

Protists - algae Most Protists - ONE CELL

Monerans - bacteria ONE CELL

Monerans - bacteria ONE CELL

Monerans - bacteria ONE CELL

Independent Practice –Complete Study Guide

Out of Classroom! 12:00 – 12:45 Activity 12:45 – 1:15 Lunch 1:15 – 1:45 Recess

Math Time! 1:45 – 2:50

Model the Math Activity Teacher Edition page 29B

Math Workbook p29

Math Workbook p30 Independent Practice p31-32

Did you find the errors?

EXTRA (REVIEW)– IF TIME

Important Information/ Homework Reminder Read for at least 20 minutes! Memorize conjunctions Study vocabulary words/Moon Phase? Math Workbook Pages 31-32

3:00 – 3:15Wrap Up! Pair-Up back to back and share one thing you learned in class today with your partner Pack-Up