1. Do Now
Academic Language

2. Welcome Today is Monday, September 14, 2015 You will need your:
Writing utensil
Planner and
Language Arts journal
2nd period

3. Please write this learning target in your planner:
I will be familiar with what I will be learning in Language Arts.
Practice Activities
I will receive my copy of the
SpringBoard book.
I will examine my book.
I will set up my Language Arts journal.
I will predict what I will learn this year.
Success Criteria
I have a personalized book.
I know what we will learn in Language Arts this year.

4. Learning Target Examination
Turn to your table partner and discuss what the learning target is and put it in your own words.
I will be familiar with what I will be learning in Language Arts.

5. I will receive my copy of the Springboard book.
Tacoma Public
First Name Last Name
new

6. I will examine my book.
We are going to share in table partners. If you do not have one, please join another single person.
Let’s examine pages i – iv.
Turn to page v.
With your table partner, please take turns reading 1.1 to 1.10.

7. I will examine my book. Turn to page ix
Listen as I read the first three paragraphs.
Please mark any words you don’t recognize or understand.
Please read the rest of the page to yourselves and mark any words you don’t recognize.
What words don’t you understand?
Listen as I read page x and xi
Listen as I skim pages xiii to xvi
Flip through the pages of the book and share interesting things with your table partner.

8. I will examine my book. Turn to Resources on page 337
Learning strategies on page 338
Glossary on page 344
Graphic organizers on page 353
Index of skills on page 361

9. Fist to Five and Exit Ticket
Learning Target
I am familiar with what I
will be learning in
Language Arts.
Homework
None
Exit Task
On a half sheet of paper write down five things we will be learning this year.