1. Science Journal Friday, November 13, 2015 8:10 – 8:40
Use complete sentences and reread your answer to be sure it is understandable.
8:10 – 8:40

2. Writing Lesson Being a Writer
8:40 – 9:25

3. Today’s Plan Explore character, setting, and plot Draft fiction
Express interest in and appreciation for each other’s writing
Ask for and receive feedback about your own writing
Give feedback in an effective way

4. Fiction
What have we learned about the genre of fiction writing so far?
In fiction something happens to someone, somewhere in time.
We use the words character, setting, and plot to describes those events.

5. Independent Writing
9:00 – 9:25

6. Writing Time Independent Writing: 20-30 minutes
Work on a fiction story you started earlier
Create a new fiction story
Remember to focus on character, setting, and plot in your writing today.

7. Sharing and Reflecting
Today you will share one of your fiction drafts with your partner.
Pair conference with your partner. This means you not only listen to your partner’s writing, but you also provide feedback to your partner that will improve his/her writing.
Before we begin, think of questions that you would like to ask your partner about your draft.
Ready, set, GO!

8. Restroom Break
9:25 – 9:30

9. Vocabulary Lesson – 2 Days
9:30 – 9:45

10. Day 4
Today we will:
Review and practice using the words envious, emerge, and reliable from Day 3
Build speaking and listening skills
Act respectfully toward partners

11. What’s the word we’re learning that means appear?
emerge

12. What’s the word we’re learning that means jealous of someone because that person has something you would like to have?
envious

13. What’s the word we’re learning that means “trusted or depended on”?
reliable

14. If your neighbor got a new puppy, would you be envious? Why?
Vocabulary Review!
If your neighbor got a new puppy, would you be envious? Why?
Turn to your partner.
envious emerge reliable
Prompt:
If my neighbor got a new puppy, I [would/would not] be envious because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers share their thinking with the class.

15. Would you feel uneasy if you saw a snake emerge from the bushes? Why?
Vocabulary Review!
Would you feel uneasy if you saw a snake emerge from the bushes? Why?
Turn to your partner.
envious emerge reliable
Prompt:
I [would/would not] feel uneasy if I saw a snake emerge from the bushes because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers share their thinking with the class.

16. envious emerge reliable
Vocabulary Review!
If your friend forgot to return a pencil that she borrowed from you, would you call her reliable? Why?
Turn to your partner.
envious emerge reliable
Prompt:
If my friend forgot to return my pencil, I [would/would not] call her reliable because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers share their thinking with the class.

17. Activity: Create a Sentence
Review: Partners will do an activity called “Create a Sentence.” I will read aloud the beginning of a sentence that uses one of yesterday’s words. Then you and your partner will use your imaginations and what you know about the word to finish the sentence.

18. Activity: Create Your Own Sentence
envious – jealous of someone because that person has something you would like to have
How might you use the word envious in a sentence? Turn to your partner
Discussion Prompt:
Does it make sense to say…? Why?
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers share their sentences with the class.

19. Activity: Create Your Own Sentence
emerge – appear
How might you use the word emerge in a sentence? Turn to your partner
Discussion Prompt:
Does it make sense to say…? Why?
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers share their sentences with the class.

20. reliable – trusted or depended on
Activity: Create Your Own Sentence
reliable – trusted or depended on
How might you use the word reliable in a sentence? Turn to your partner
Discussion Prompt:
Does it make sense to say…? Why?
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers share their sentences with the class.

21. Day 5 Today we will: Review words learned earlier
Build speaking and listening skills
Act respectfully toward partners

22. What’s the word we’re learning that means give or tell information?

23. What’s the word we’re learning that means sit or stand in a relaxed or lazy way?
loll

24. What’s the word we’re learning that means clean something thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material?
scour

25. What’s the word we’re learning that means make someone or something calmer or less upset?
soothe

26. Game – What’s the Missing Word?
I will read a sentence that has a word missing. Partners must decide which of the vocabulary words is the missing word and explain why you think so.
contemplate inform loll scour soothe

27. contemplate inform loll scour soothe
Petra had to _________ the floor after her dog tracked in mud from outside. What’s the missing word? Why do you think so? Turn to your partner. Prompt: I think __________ is the missing word because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

28. contemplate inform loll scour soothe
Petra had to scour the floor after her dog tracked in mud from outside.

29. contemplate inform loll scour soothe
Evan wanted to be more sociable, so he ________ ways to be friendly to his classmates. What’s the missing word? Why do you think so? Turn to your partner. Prompt: I think __________ is the missing word because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

30. contemplated inform loll scour soothe
Evan wanted to be more sociable, so he contemplated ways to be friendly to his classmates.

31. contemplate inform loll scour soothe
When her little sister fell and skinned her knee, Lorrianna ___________ her by giving her a hug and bandaging her knee. What’s the missing word? Why do you think so? Turn to your partner. Prompt: I think __________ is the missing word because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

32. contemplated inform loll scour soothe
When her little sister fell and skinned her knee, Lorrianna soothed her by giving her a hug and bandaging her knee.

33. contemplate inform loll scour soothe
When Alvin _________ in his chair at the wedding, his mom asked him to sit up straight. What’s the missing word? Why do you think so? Turn to your partner. Prompt: I think __________ is the missing word because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

34. contemplated inform loll scour soothe
When Alvin lolled in his chair at the wedding, his mom asked him to sit up straight.

35. contemplate inform loll scour soothe
The mayor __________ the people that water was getting scarce and that they would have to conserve it for a while. What’s the missing word? Why do you think so? Turn to your partner. Prompt: I think __________ is the missing word because…
After partners have talked, have a few volunteers use the prompt to share their thinking with the class.

36. contemplated inform loll scour soothe
The mayor informed the people that water was getting scarce and that they would have to conserve it for a while.
Vocabulary Assessment notes on page 241

37. Reading Lesson
9:50 – 10:55

38. Unit 4 – Week 4 - Day 1

39. Making Meaning – Analyzing Text Structure
Partner up and gather as a class
Please bring your STUDENT RESPONSE BOOK and pencil.

40. Important Elements of Fiction
Remember we have been exploring elements of fiction through the novel Tuck Everlasting.
Important Elements of Fiction
character: person in a story
setting: where and when a story takes place
plot: what happens to the characters in the story (the events that make up the story)
conflict or problem
Review Chapters by asking question #1; review “Winnie’s Character” chart and then ask question #2
What part of the story do you think has been especially interesting?
What else have you learned about how Winnie is changing?

41. Let’s finish Chapter 21 and begin Chapters 22 and 23 – Don’t forget to listen closely!
Reread the last two paragraphs of Chapter 21 aloud, beginning with “Winnie went back to her room…” through “And she had answered, ‘Yes.’” p111
Vocabulary to note: exertion – exercise; effort p111
perspiration – sweat p111

42. After listening to the end of Chapter 21 through part of page 111…
What are you thinking about the part of the story you just heard?
Partner Turn and Talk
Allow students to discuss with their partners what they are hearing. Continue reading: page 111 “And she had answered, ‘Yes.’” through “At midnight she would make a difference in the world.” p115
Let’s listen to some more!

43. Let’s listen to some more!
After listening to part of page 111 through the end of Chapter 22 p115…
Partner Turn and Talk
What are you thinking about the part of the story you just heard?
Allow students to discuss with their partners what they are hearing. Continue reading: “At midnight she would make a difference in the world.” p115 through “Would they ever trust her again?” p119
Vocabulary to note: remorseless – cruel p116
lapse from gentility – forgetting one’s manners p116
prostrate – lying down; exhausted p117
gratitude – thankfulness p117
Let’s listen to some more!

44. After listening to part of page 115 through the very top of page 119…
Partner Turn and Talk
What are you thinking about the part of the story you just heard?
Allow students to discuss with their partners what they are hearing. Continue reading: “Would they ever trust her again?” p119 through “And, thinking this, Winnie fell asleep.” p119
Let’s listen to some more!

45. After listening most of page 119…
Partner Turn and Talk
What are you thinking about the part of the story you just heard?
Allow students to discuss with their partners what they are hearing. Continue reading: “And, thinking this, Winnie fell asleep.” p119 through “She had not missed her moment – it was five minutes to midnight.”
Let’s listen to some more!

46. After listening to the end of Chapter 23…
Partner Turn and Talk
What are you thinking about the part of the story you just heard?
Allow students to discuss with their partners what they are hearing.

47. Turn to your partner Turn to your partner
Let’s review “Winnie’s Character” chart.
Think, Pair, Share Time
How is Winnie changing? What makes you think so?
Turn to your partner
Discussion Prompts
I agree with ___________ because…
I disagree with ____________ because…
In addition to what _________ said, I think…
Don’t forget to use the discussion prompts.
Discuss Character Change – add the students’ ideas to the chart
Students might say:
“She wants to make a difference in the world.”
“In addition to what (student) said, Winnie is willing to get into a lot of trouble to do what she thinks is right.”
“She has lots of doubts and worries but she’s not letting them stop her from taking action.”
“I think one of the things that’s causing her to change is that she feels needed by the Tucks. That gives her courage and determination. The book says ‘they needed her’ three times.”
What do you think has caused her to change?
Turn to your partner

48. Student Response Booklet
Paired Partners
Student Response Booklet
Review your questions again from pages in your student response book.
Put a check mark next to any questions that you think are being answered in the story.
Discuss the story with your partner using your questions.
When most pairs have finished talking, facilitate a class discussion using questions to further discuss the story on the next slide.

49. Classroom Discussion
Discussion Prompts
I agree with ___________ because…
I disagree with ____________ because…
In addition to what _________ said, I think…
What is a question that got you and your partner talking about the story?
Is that question answered directly, or did you figure out the answer from clues? What clues?
What questions were not answered? How do you know?
Encourage the students to look for character change and to practice asking questions to make sense of fiction they read independently.
Do others agree that the question is answered in that way/not answered in that way? Explain your thinking

50. IDR – Independent Daily Reading
Stop and Ask Questions
As you read your independent novel today, use self-stick notes to mark places in your reading where questions come to mind.
We used this thinking tool previously to ask questions about expository texts.
Students read for a 25 – 30 minute period. After students have settled into their reading, confer with individual students.
LET’S READ!

51. IDR – Independent Daily Reading
Think about character changes
Please share what you have read, as well as your questions with your partner. Be sure to include:
The title
The author’s name
What your novel is about
Important Elements of Fiction
character: person in a story
setting: where and when a story takes place
plot: what happens to the characters in the story (the events that make up the story)
conflict or problem
Have students share with their partners. Then, as a class, briefly discuss the final question.
How does the character in your novel change?

52. Out of Classroom!
Lunch 10:55 – 11:20

53. Restroom Break
11:20 – 11:30

54. SCIENCE TIME
11:30 – 12:20

55. SCIENCE TEST

56. Out of Classroom!
Recess 12:20 – 12:45
Activity 12:45 – 1:30

57. Math Time!
1:30 – 3:15

58. Math Bell Work!
1:30 – 1:37

59. Math Lesson!
1:37 – 2:00

60. Workbook pages

61. Workbook pages
Even Numbers

62. Math Station Rotations!
2:00 – 3:15

63. Math Groups Today!
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Manuel Stormy Zachary Austin Eli Hudson Anna Olivia David Seth Jamarrien Ashlyn Naomi Margaret Nathan Adam Rebekah Bret Terrance Terrico Caleb Jasmine Jeanelle Brennan Sean

64. Independent Practice
Even Numbers

66. 3:15 – 3:20 Wrap Up!
Pair-Up back to back and share one thing you learned in class today with your partner
Pack-Up
Office will announce:
Car Riders – Leave around 3:20
Bus Riders – (listen to intercom for dismissal)