Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: the Ever-Living Tree

Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 1 (whole group): Before Reading Examine Focus Wall

 Read Deserts on the Move? TE 158-159 (Projectable 23.1)  Target Vocabulary Read Aloud  Model Fluency  Emphasize how text features enhance the selection  Vocabulary in Context, TE 160-161 and Student book pgs. 580-581 Introduce Vocabulary  Teach and Apply words using the vocabulary cards  Develop Background, TE 162-163  Teach and model Student book page 582 Developing Background  Complete Guided Practice  Apply in partners

Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 1 (whole group): Weekly Skills

 Pre-spelling test Spelling  Teach the Principle TE 194 (VCCV pattern)  Practice and Apply PB pg 268

 Use TE 196 Grammar  Teach that a direct quotation tells a speaker’s exact words; use quotations (Quotations) before and after a direct quotation (Projectable 23.6)  Practice and Apply PB pg 271  TE 190-191: Introduce the skill  Explain that prefixes are word parts added to the beginning of a word to Vocabulary change its meaning (prefixes pre-,  Pre- means “before”; inter- means “between” or “among”; ex- means “outside” inter-, and ex-) or “no longer” Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 2 (whole group): Before Reading

 Vocabulary in Context, TE 160-161 and Student book pgs. 580-581 Review Vocabulary  Teach and Apply words using the vocabulary cards  Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify  Teach/Model TE 164-165 Use (Projectable 23.2) to model skill and Introduce Comprehension strategy whole group  Use Student Book pg 583  Students complete PB page 265 in a think-pair-share setting  Introduce graphic organizer – Column Charts (Projectable 23.3a) Introduce Main Selection:  Use TE 166-175 & student book pgs. 584-593 and guide students by Title: The Ever-Living Tree setting the purpose and asking developing comprehension questions  Fill out Graphic Organizer as you read Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 2 (whole group): Weekly Skills

Spelling  Teach Word Sort TE 194 (VCCV pattern)  Practice and Apply PB pg 269

 Teach how to use capital letters and punctuation in quotations (Projectable Grammar 23.7) (Quotations)  Use TE 197  Practice and Apply PB 272  TE 190-191 Vocabulary  Complete Projectable 23.5 (prefixes pre-,  Apply with PB pg 267 inter-, and ex-) Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 3 (whole group): During Reading

 Vocabulary in Context, TE 160-161 and Student book pgs. 580-581 Review Vocabulary  Teach and Apply words using the vocabulary cards  Use the graphic organizer projectable 23.3b to review the Review Comprehension comprehension skill Skill  Review the monitor/clarify strategy  Teacher led/small group: Continue to model and use think-pair-share to apply skill and strategy 2nd day Main selection  Other students will finish reading the selection in trio groups. Pages: 594-598  Students should be applying the skill/strategy as the rest of the selection, and continuing to fill in the graphic organizer 23.3 Discussion of main  Whole group – discuss the story selection and target the skill/strategy selection  Ask questions to check student’s understanding of the story

Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 3 (whole group): Weekly Skills

Spelling  Review Spelling Words with Spelling City Worksheet (VCCV pattern)

 Teach how to write dialogue using quotations (Projectable 23.8) Grammar  Use TE 197 (Quotations)  Practice and Apply PB 273

Vocabulary  Review the skill TE 190-191 (prefixes pre-,  Use Worksheet inter-, and ex-) Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 4 (whole group): Before Reading

 Vocabulary in Context, TE 160-161 and Student book pgs. 580-581 Review Vocabulary  Teach and Apply words using the vocabulary cards  Put students into small groups to complete “Talk it Over”  Read Paired Selection Towering Trees Whole Group  TE pages 182-185 & Student Book pages 600-603  Meet with students to introduce vocabulary, read story and discuss comprehension questions, students will complete graphic organizer Leveled Readers as they read.  Skill and strategy should be reviewed and applied throughout leveled reading time. . Struggling Readers: Plants of the Redwood Forest . On Level: Life Among the Redwoods . Advanced: Gentle Redwood Giants Independent Work  Complete Target Vocabulary Spelling City WS  Proofreading for Spelling PB pg 270 (Review all spelling,  Students continue “Your Turn” Activity from Anthology p. 599 grammar, and vocab skills)  Engage students in some of the websites for our skills Language Arts Unit: 5 Lesson: 23, Title: The Ever-Living Tree Comprehension Skills: Text and Graphic Features; Monitor & Clarify Day 5 (whole group): Review

 Vocabulary in Context, TE 160-161 and Student book pgs. 580-581 Review Vocabulary  Teach and Apply words using the vocabulary cards  Use slates/sentence strips to use Vocabulary in sentences  Listen to The Ever-Living Tree on Audio Whole Group  Use Deepen Comprehension Printable 23.4 to review the skill  Complete Open Ended Question  Review Skill and strategy should be reviewed and applied throughout leveled reading time. Leveled Readers . Struggling Readers: Plants of the Redwood Forest . On Level: Life Among the Redwoods . Advanced: Gentle Redwood Giants Small Group  Finish Independent Work from yesterday  ______(Review all spelling,  ______grammar, and vocab skills)

Day 6: Review all skills and strategies; Administer Spelling & Reading Tests