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1a. The students will use syllabication types
(e.g. open, closed, r-controlled, vowel team, vowel consonant) for decoding words.
1b. The student will identify roots and affixes
(e.g. no, trans, over, anti, ition, ity, ment, ic) in words.
1d. The student will identify and produce grade
level appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms.
2b. The student will analyze texts in order to
identify, understand, understand, infer, or synthesize information.
2d. The student will interpret increasingly complex
literary text, literary nonfiction, and informational text to compare and contrast information.
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Monday
Whole
Group
Text Structure:
They must be able to distinguish between the two kinds of writing so that
the students will comprehend the differences. The teacher will use a powerpoint as a teaching tool to recap on students learning
of the various kinds of text structures.
Small
Group:
The students will read and discuss details from
the story by identifying the beginning, middle, and end. The students will write a summary distinguishing how the three parts
of the passage separate and are brought back together to equal a whole passage. Students must be able to apply knowledge via
retelling and writing the story in order. Students must share with the class. The teacher will choose one of the best summaries
and one of the worst summaries to go on a transparency as a teaching tool for text structure.
Tuesday
Whole
Group
The teacher will have the students work in pairs
or small groups to decide how the selected material should be broken into the graphic organizer. The students should use a
dictionary to check their work. Students should also choose five of the words and give synonyms for each word on a graphic
organizer. Use context clues to discover meanings of underlined words in a sentence. The teacher will introduce the encyclopedia
and how it is broken into volumes along with how to use the table of contents.
Small
Group
Use the students’ right/wrong summaries
on transparencies as a beginning teaching tool of how to organize/summarize details from the text and what mistakes to avoid.
The students will read and discuss details from the story identifying beginning, middle, and end. The students will write
a summary distinguishing how the three parts of the passage separate and are brought back together in proper order to equal
a whole passage. The students must be able to apply knowledge via retelling and writing the story in order. The students must
share with class.
Wednesday
Whole
Group
Read the story to discuss the theme or big idea
of the story. The teacher will inform the students that the theme of a story includes the underlying meaning of a story-a
big idea that stands on its own outside the story. Students must write a summary of the story depicting the theme or the big
idea. Students must also think of new ideas that can be added to the theme and include in their writing.
Small
Group
Review:
Use synonym test items to distinguish synonyms and antonyms from the words: benefits, illusion, document, occupy, sever. Students
will apply expansive knowledge of words and create multiple paragraphs using synonyms and antonyms for each word.
Thursday
Whole
Group
The teacher will model using text features or
parts of a book to gain information from and comprehend text, the teacher will model using the glossary or icons to understand
the text. The teacher will think out loud about how he/she knows what information these text features and parts of a book
provide and hw the text features helps him/her as a reader understand the overall text. After reading several examples of
a specific genre or text, the teacher will advise the students to write rough drafts, revise, and publish a small text of
their own demonstrating each part of a book. Students may use periodicals, journals, and newspapers to identify text features
of the documents.
Small
Group
Complete any figurative language activities from
various sources teachers may have.
Friday
ASSESSMENT
The students will use prior knowledge to answer
test items.
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Pencil
Paper
Dictionary
Computer
Powerpoint
Newspaper
Journal
Periodicals |
The students will be assessed informally through
observations during class discussion and formally by worksheets and assessments. |
