8:15 – 8:30 MLK jr info to read for writing prompt: How to lead a peaceful protest (through MLK point of view) Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Who found out tonight’s moon phase? Waning Gibbous

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Bull Run Novel Introduction

Bull Run Book & Spiral Pair Up Partners for Spiral – You will share a spiral and work together! Receive Bull Run book for each student Receive spiral to complete as partners Divide the character pages to complete between you and your partner (8 each) – sign your name at the top of each page you are responsible for Be prepared to summarize the characters you and your partner have divided up

Let’s look at our book! Open to the title page Notice the author’s name and the word “Woodcuts” – as we skim and scan through the book see if you can figure out what is a woodcut Paul Fleischman is an American writer of children's books. For his contribution as a children's writer he was one of five finalists for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in He and his father Sid Fleischman have both won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." David Frampton has been an illustrator for nearly 30 years and has been especially attracted to doing illustrations for children's books. His method of illustration is always color woodcut – simple, in his self imposed limit of four colors, but complex in the planning and execution of the narrative images.

Notice the two maps at the beginning

Now go to the back of the book! What kind of genre is this book? Historical Fiction

Now, let’s discuss your B.R. spiral! Example: First Character page

Paired Partners Read Pages 1 & 2 Now let’s see if we’re on the right track!

What can you complete after reading just this first section on Colonel Oliver Brattle? Remember each character has several sections within the book. First Character page

Restroom Break 9:15 – 9:25

Nonfiction Text Structure! Problem & Solution 9:25 – 10:15 Cut – Fold – Complete – Glue

MOVE TO LEARN do-it/fitness-videos-4-6/basketball/

Paired Partners read pages 3-6 and begin to complete B.R. Spiral pages 2-3 Let’s continue reading and learning! INDEPENDENT READING 10: :55

Being a Writer 10:55 – 11:30

Essay of the Month For the past couple of weeks you have been learning about expository nonfiction text through the eyes of an author. Over the next few weeks you will be researching and writing your own expository nonfiction text, your essay of the month.

Compare and Contrast You are writing a compare and contrast essay about two animals living in the same environment. What are your two animals?

Pre-research Before you go to the computer to do research, you need to have a plan. What questions are you hoping to answer during your research today?

Questions Today in your writing time you are to come up with three questions that you would like answered for each of your topics. – Examples: Black bears and Raccoons – Habitat » Where do black bears and raccoons live? » Do they hibernate? » Do the live in colonies or alone? » How long do the mothers stay with their babies?

Writing Time For the next 20 minutes I want you to come up with questions for each of your topics. Tomorrow we will begin researching, but remember we need to know what we are researching before we sit down at the computer or go to the library to look for a book.

Partner Share For the next 6 minutes I want you to talk with your partner about your questions that you came up with. Discuss you topic, and then the questions. Partners, make sure that their questions relate to their topics. If you have ideas for other questions, then tell them. They may have not even thought of your idea.

Research at Activity Today we are beginning our research. Pick 1 topic to research today. Review the questions that you came up with. Those are the questions that you are going to research, or try to find the answers for, today.

Trustworthy Websites Just like you can’t trust everything you hear, you equally can’t trust everything on the internet! Websites that end in.edu,.gov, and.org or more trustworthy than.com sites. You will not always be able to find these. However, if you are reading two conflicting pieces, then trust the one with the.org,.gov, or.edu before the.com site.

Reflect So far this week we have completed pre- writing and pre-research activities. – Can you see how this will help you write a better essay.

Math Time! 11:30 –12:00 Complete 1 - 4

Chapter 8 Math Workbook

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

Chapter 8 Math Workbook

2:15 – 3:10 SCIENCE TIME

Vocabulary

ther-and-climate/weather-and-climate.htmWeather

evaporation

precipitation

anemometer

condensation

rain gauge

wind vane

barometer

thermometer

hygrometer ms/jams/science/weather-and- climate/weather-instruments.htm

cumulus clouds Cotton Candy Cumulus – Everybody Looks at Us

cirrus clouds Spider webs up in the sky - Cirrus clouds are floating by

stratus clouds and-climate/clouds-and-precipitation.htm and-climate/clouds-and-precipitation.htm Looking gray, rain your way – Stratus clouds ruin the day

CLOUD RHYME Popcorn shapes – up in the sky. Altocumulus clouds - floating by. Scattered, wispy shapes – up in the sky. Cirrus clouds - drifting by. Long, flat shapes – up in the sky. Stratus clouds – moving by. Large, puffy shapes – up in the sky. Cumulus clouds – floating by. Low, dark shapes – up in the sky. Nimbostratus clouds – with rain go by. High, dark shapes - up in the sky. Cumulonimbus clouds – thunder by. Jean Warren

Vocabulary Activity – Imagine That! Vocabulary Activity – Imagine That! Close your eyes and imagine: Your rocket just blasted off and you started moving through the atmosphere. Think-Pair-Share: What kind of clouds might you have passed through? If you only passed through one or two, name the others?

What’s the cloud that is fluffy with a flat bottom? cumulus

What’s the cloud that is spread out, thick and low? stratus

What’s the cloud that is like a curl, feathery and high? cirrus

Science Workbook Chapter 10 pages

Homework Math – Science Workbook pages Read at least 30 minutes every day

3:10 – 3:15Wrap Up! Pack-Up Office will announce: Car Riders – Leave around 3:15 Bus Riders – Teacher walks out about 3:22 (listen to intercom-dismisses by grade)