Lesson Plans………….Karin Patterson/3/SES…………….…..11/9/09 – 11/13/09

READING LESSONS………………………….The Patchwork Quilt

----------Monday-----------------------
SPELLING (8:00-8:20)
* Tape spelling/vocab. words in agenda. Record definitions in notebooks. Check for misspelled words.
GUIDED READING (8:20-9:15)

* Activate prior knowledge, (see Flipchart) TE p.320A
* Listen to story on CD or embedded Promethean Flipchart, textbook p.320-345.

* Introduce or Review Skill.  Use flipchart page.......MAKE INFERENCES *3LA2B3, DOK=3

* Review skill with regular WB p.89-90

* Introduce spelling pattern - Unit 13.  Use website to organize words: *3LA1c, DOK=2 http://www.spellingconnectionsonline.com/. 

* Begin November Quilt by reading Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault.  Students will create first quilt square with tepee with response:  Describe the person in your life who helps and encourages you to be the best person you can be. (see Easy Literature Based Quilts page 22-24)

----------Tuesday-----------------------------
SPELLING (8:10-8:30).........Spelling Unit 13, Day Two.  Practice spelling words with physical activity chants.  *3LA1d.2), DOK=2
GUIDED READING (8:30-9:30)
* Vocabulary - on Promethean board, underline base words, draw a box around prefixes/suffixes, review with prefix/suffix cards.  Introduce critical vocabulary word:  root word, using vocabulary notebooks.
* Discuss genre, TE p.321 (realistic fiction).  *3LA2a4), DOK=2

* Review Study Skill.........TE pp.348 (Use a Diagram), WB p92;   *3LA2a1, DOK=2

* Review skill.............MAKING INFERENCES, WB p.93, view BrainPopJr. videoclip on Making Inferences (Reading/Comprehension)

* Finish class quilt with Indian bead necklace quilt square.

----------Wednesday---------------------
SPELLING (8:10-8:20).......Spelling Unit 13, Day Three
GUIDED READING (8:20-9:15)

* Conduct mini lessons, TE pp. 331, 333, 339, 341, 343
* Review vocabulary, Overhead Transparency #74 , TE pp.320B or use flipchart
* Partner reading from The Patchwork Quilt.  Individually test students on fluency.  *3LA1a.6, DOK=2

* Review flipchart pages on skills to be tested on Friday. 

* In story journals, students will retell characters, setting, problem/solution, main events for the current reading story.  *3LA2c.1, DOK=2

----------Thursday-------------------
SPELLING (8:05-8:20) Students will practice words on their personal white boards.  Review spelling pattern with weekly story Flipchart, then follow with bubble test. 

GUIDED READING
* Introduce or Review Skill.........MAIN IDEA......*3LA2B4, DOK=3

* Overhead Transparency #77 , TE pp.349G.  Review with flipchart page.
* Introduce or Review Skill.........MULTIPLE MEANING WORDS...*3LA1f, DOK=2

* Overhead Transparency #78 , TE pp.349I  Review with flipchart page.

* Review comprehension questions from test and text, pp. 346.  *3LA2b.2, DOK=3

-----Friday----------Reading and Spelling Tests

LANGUAGE LESSONS…………………….Verbs, Week 3

9:15-9:25     Each English lesson begins with DLA (Daily Language Activity) folders.  The skills throughout the week include analogies, synonyms/antonyms, sentence editing, nouns/verbs/adjectives/, context clues.  A flipchart for each lesson is available.

Monday - The students will use proper nouns, commas, and past-tense verbs, and practice test-taking skills.  Text page 182-183.  The students will read an article to learn why writers choose words with prefixes, how writers use good endings to sum up their ideas, and how taking notes helps a writer organize ideas.  Text page 184-187.   *3LA1c, DOK=2, *3c, DOK=3, *3a1, DOK=3Students will learn how to take notes and summarize. Text page 188-189, WB p.42.  *3LA2c2, DOK=2

Tuesday - Students will identify prefixes and their meanings and will add prefixes to words to form new words.  Text page 190-191, WB p.43.  Daily Grade on Reteach WBp.43.  *3LA1c, DOK=2

Wednesday - Students will enhance their voice by using strong leads and good endings in their writing.  Text page 192-193, WB p.44.  *3LA3c, DOK=3

Thursday - Students will practice eliminating run-on sentences, combining sentences, and using test-taking skills.  *3LA4c3, DOK=2 

Friday - Weekly Grammar Test

SCIENCE LESSONS……………………………..Earth’s Land

Monday – “What are Slow Landform Changes?”  Students will recognize why landforms constantly change and describe how wind, water, and ice shape Earth’s surface.  Text page C38-45, vocabulary:  weathering, erosion, glacier.  *4b.  Compare and contrast changes in the Earth’s surface that are due to slow processes (erosion, weathering, mountain building) and rapid processes (landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods, asteroid collisions). (DOK 2)

Tuesday – “What are Rapid Landform Changes?”  Students will identify earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods and how they change the surface of the Earth.  Text page C46-51, vocabulary:  earthquake, volcano, flood.  Visit website for most recent earthquakes, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php.  View BrainPop website video-clip, "Earthquakes".  Use textbook to complete Idea Map on Earthquakes and Volcanoes.  Read exerpt from book DISASTROUS VOLCANOES (p.1-3,7,8).  Refer daily to test questions.  View BrainPop movie on Volcanoes and Mountains.  Read exerpts from DANGER!  VOLCANOES by Seymour Simon (Kade's book).  Earthquakes links to website (http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html - this one has a power point on pictures from 1906 San Francisco quake).  *4b.  Compare and contrast changes in the Earth’s surface that are due to slow processes (erosion, weathering, mountain building) and rapid processes (landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods, asteroid collisions). (DOK 2)

Wednesday – “Yellowstone Geysers”   Students will identify how volcanic eruptions change the Earth’s surface at Yellowstone.  Text page C52.

Thursday – “How do Soils Form?”  Students will identify where soil comes from, how it forms, and the importance.  Text page C60-65, vocabulary:  soil, human, topsoil, bedrock.  *4a.  Recall that soil is made up of various materials (weathered rock,  minerals, plant and animal remains, living organisms.) (DOK 1)                  

Friday – Science Test on Earth’s Land

MATH LESSONS………………………….Topic 7, Begin Topic 8

Monday - Complete Study Guide for Topic 7.  Review critical vocabulary word:  division, using vocabulary notebooks.

Tuesday - Topic 7 Test.  Division Facts Introduction, Lesson 8-1 RELATING MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION  CW - Lesson 8-1 Daily Spiral Review/Reteach

Wednesday - Lesson 8-2  DIVISION FACT FAMILIES WITH 2, 3, 4, AND 5.  CW - Practice WB page Lesson 8-2, HW - Daily Spiral Review/Reteach

Thursday - Lesson 8-3  DIVISION FACTS FAMILIES WITH 6 AND 7.  CW – Practice WB Lesson 8-3.  HW - Lesson 8-3 Daily Spiral Review/Reteach WB page

Friday - Lesson 8-4  DIVISION FACTS FAMILIES WITH 8 AND 9.  CW - Daily Spiral Review/Reteach