Quarter 3 Biography Unit

Quarter 4 – Interpersonal Relationship Unit

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Thank You Mr.  Interactive read  Crafting a reading  Self editing letter Falkner by Patricia aloud response letter Polacco using text evidence to support ideas Wilfred Gordon  Interactive Read  Crafting a reading  Use the editing McDonald Partridge aloud response letter process when by Mem Fox using text writing their evidence to R.A.F.T response support ideas  Use the R.A.F.T. format to write a paragraph to demonstrate comprehension of story using details from the text.  Connect new information to prior knowledge or experience. Make personal connections to the text as a means of improving comprehension.  Creation of a Memory Box Project. Students will fill a shoebox with their own memories and write a paragraph about why each object is a memory to them. The Greatest Story  Interactive Read  Crafting a reading Never Told by Ray aloud response letter Negron using text evidence to support ideas  Use the R.A.F.T. format to write a paragraph to demonstrate comprehension of story using details from the text. Friendship by Sarah  Independent  Through poetry James reading/poetry students will learn literary devices, such as: simile, metaphor and personification to create meaning. Friends for Life by  Independent  Through poetry Brian Clooney reading/poetry students will learn literary devices, such as: simile, metaphor and personification to create meaning.  Because of Winn  Whole class read  Creating  Creating Dixie by Kate aloud questions for class vocabulary maps DiCamillo  Independent discussion after for unknown reading to each chapter. words throughout appreciate and story. comprehend quality literature  Quizzes on chapters to assess comprehension  Class discussions on completed chapters  Various books  Independent/shar  Write a selected by Lexile ed reading “friendship topics: recipe” telling Friendship/interp someone how to ersonal be a good friend relationships using transitional words (First, Next, Then, Finally)  Create a cinquai n poem about friendship If Kids Were Put in  Interactive read  Use the format of Charge of Schools by aloud poem as a model Judith Viorst to create their own poem Short Paragraphs for  Oral/silent reading  Editing paragraphs reading/editing: for various  Spaghetti grammatical  Street Hockey errors  Swimming Pools Newsday Newspaper  Reading teacher  Answering the 5  Syllable Hunt: selected articles W’s in a Search for words and self selected paragraph that have to do articles that have format for with to do with selected articles family/friendship interpersonal  Using R.A.F.T with a specific relationships format to answer number of  Oral/silent reading questions related syllables. to articles in the  Synonym/Antony newspaper m Hunt: Students will brainstorm a list of words that have to do with friendships and search for synonyms and antonyms for each word. Mr. Peabody’s Apples  Interactive read  Use the R.A.F.T. by Madonna aloud format to write a paragraph to demonstrate comprehension of story using details from the text.  Connect new information to prior knowledge or experience.  Make personal connections to text as a means of improving comprehension. The Princess and the  Listening  Identify essential Pea by Hans Christian Comprehension details for note- Anderson taking  Use the R.A.F.T format to answer extended response questions about the story Writing Prompts:   Write a  Siblings “Hamburger  The Youngest Paragraph” using Person I Know a selected writing prompt The Lone Ranger by  Listening  Identify essential Daniel Pinkwater from Comprehension details for note- Guys Write for Guys taking Read  Use the R.A.F.T format to answer extended response answers about the story