Lesson Plans May 5 - 16 DCAS Testing

Homework- READ for 45 minutes every night. Take AR Tests. 
Study vocabulary.
Library and AR testing as needed.  

Language Arts 

Vocabulary

• Within Dinosaur article 

Reading EQs

• What does an author do to convey opinion?
• How do we infer from texts?

Readings and Written Response

•  "The Girl Who Discovered a Dinosaur" Central ideas, inference, argument writing, author's craft, text evidence, author's point of view. SCOPE April issue 2014
• Paired video, Beyond the Story: Paleontologist.
• Critical reading skills on literary device, structure, mood and tone, inference, author's craftte
• Honors - "Common Core" article from Time magazine. Read. Reflect. Opine. due Wednesday

Writing

•  SCHOLASTIC SCOPE ACTIVITY • APRIL 2014
  
  VIDEO: “Beyond the Story: Into the World of a Paleontologist”• 
• SKILL: Critical Thinking Video-Discussion Questions
  ”Beyond the Story: Into the World of a Paleontologist”
  Directions: Be sure to consider the narration, footage, images, and music as you answer the following questions.
  1. Lauren refers to some dinosaurs as “superstars.” What does she mean by this? Why might some species be considered superstars while others are not?
  2. Lauren says, “Like pieces in a gigantic jigsaw puzzle, each scientist’s research contributes more to our understanding of Earth’s natural history.” How does the video support this claim?
  3. After watching the video and reading the article “Dinosaurs for Sale,” what do you imagine is Dr. Butts’s opinion of private fossil collections?
  4. How has the world of paleontology changed since the days of Mary Anning? Consider what you learned in the video as well as the article “The Girl Who Discovered the Dinosaurs.”

 Poetry

Mothers Day Poetry

Spring Survey and Research Project

1. Research a topic of interest 
2. Create a survey on Google Drive - Forms
3. Include at least 5 questions about the topic
4. Send to your classmates and they will respond to you.
5. Collect your data on your Google Drive spreadsheet.
6. Analyze the data and plan a research report.
7. Include three paragraphs: introduction where you explain why you are researching the topic, the analysis of the results, your opinion of what the results mean.  Type, print and post. Hand in including your spreadsheet from Google Drive Research.  
8. Present to the class.  

Technology and RTI 

Technology Integration - create blog posts that relate to the themes and topics 
RTI - Mon + Tue = Math
RTI - Wed, Thur, Fri = Reading 

Social Studies
CNN Student News
Watch this special broadcast of news and take notes on the organizer. Discuss the news of the day in small groups and whole class. Read and watch the news for homework.  

Local News - Coast Press
News Summary includes 2 paragraphs: the 5 W's of the article (who, what, when, where, why and how) and then a paragraph with your opinion, how you connect to the article, what you know. 

History Alive! (brown text)
Chapter 8: The Constitution
Text Outline and Notes - handouts to be completed
The American Revolution Booklet Project evaluation and reveal
Reading Chapter 8 and taking notes.

James Madison mini bio
Benjamin Franklin mini bio

The Declaration Video read aloud