Grade: Theme: Week:3 Day:1 Text:Trickster Tales Word Knowledge Block (30 min) Word Wall (10 min) Intro spelling list (contractions and homophones). Review what each means and have students use them in sentences. Homework: 5 times each Other Word Work: (20min) Parts of speech review

Reading Workshop (60 min) Focus Lesson: I can use character traits to describe characters in a trickster tale. Purpose: “Today we’re going to read trickster tales and describe the characters using character traits. We’re also going to find out if the characters changed during the story.” Introduce trickster tales and briefly discuss the main components of a trickster tale. Tell students that sometimes a character can change throughout a story. Read Hungry Spider pp. 282-287. Discuss Spider’s and Turtle’s actions and words to identify character traits. Discuss whether or not they changed during the story. Vocab- character trait: adjectives that describe the feelings or actions of a character. trickster character- a clever animal or person who plays tricks on other characters Work Time: guided reading/independent reading

Writing Workshop (60 min) Once Upon a Time Session 3: Storytelling, Planning, and Drafting Adaptations of Fairy Tales Teaching Point: “Today I want to remind you that the real goal when you rehearse for writing a story is not to come up with something to say, But to make the story you will write much stronger. If you story tell and act out your story, your rehearsal brings your story to life. Mid-Workshop Teaching: “Storytelling, Not Summarizing Materials: Writers notebooks and folders stacked with several sheets of lined paper, “How to write a fairy tale adaptation” chart, your demonstration writers’ notebook, blank paper

Lesson 10-1: Using Models to Compare Fractions: Same Denominator

Materials: Teaching Tool 22 (2 sets per pair) *Develop the concept * Visual learning bridge video * Guided Practice: Do you know HOW? 1-2 Do you UNDERSTAND? 3-4 Re-teaching page 10-1

Grade: Theme:1 Week:3 Day:2 Text: Trickster Tales

Word Knowledge Block (30 min) Word Wall (10 min) Contractions/Homophone cards game-on own (on white board) or as teams. Students will answer multiple choice questions. Homework: use each word in a sentence Other Word Work: (20min) Parts of speech review

Reading Workshop (60 min) Focus Lesson: I can use character traits to describe characters in a trickster tale. Purpose: “Today we’re going to read trickster tales and describe the characters using character traits. We’re also going to find out if the characters changed during the story.” Read Rabbit Races with Turtle pp. 288-293. Fill out character trait organizer about Rabbit as a class. Have students work in partners to fill out character trait organizer about Turtle.

Vocab- character trait: adjectives that describe the feelings or actions of a character. trickster character- a clever animal or person who plays tricks on other characters Work Time: guided reading/independent reading

Writing Workshop (60 min) Once Upon a Time Session 4: Writers Can Story-Tell and Act Out as They Draft Teaching Point: “Today, I want to teach you that when you are writing, you can rehearse in the middle of writing as well as at the start of it. And specifically, in writing fiction stories that contain small moments or scenes, it helps you to story-tell or to act out each small moment before writing it- or at least to do this while writing. I’m going to add that to our chart. Mid-Workshop Teaching: Being a Spelling Fairy Godmother Materials: Students’ scene-planning booklet homework, class adaptation of Cinderella, “How to write a fairy tale adaptation” chart, Prince Cinders.

Lesson 10-2: Using Models to Compare Fractions: Same Numerator Materials: Teaching Tool 22 *Develop the concept * Visual learning bridge video * Guided Practice: Do you know HOW? 1-2 Do you UNDERSTAND? 3-4

Re-teaching page 10-2 Grade: Theme:1 Week:3 Day:3 Text: Trickster Tales

Word Knowledge Block (30 min) Word Wall (10 min) Spelling Test Other Word Work: (20min) Parts of speech review

Reading Workshop (60 min) Focus Lesson: I can use character traits to describe characters in a trickster tale. Purpose: “Today we’re going to read trickster tales and describe the characters using character traits. We’re also going to find out if the characters changed during the story.” Read Aunt Fox and the Fried Fish pp. 294-299. Have students fill out character trait organizer about Aunt Fox independently.

Vocab-character trait: adjectives that describe the feelings or actions of a character. trickster character- a clever animal or person who plays tricks on other characters Work Time: guided reading/independent reading

Writing Workshop (60 min) Once Upon a Time Session 5: Weaving Narration Through Stories Teaching Point: “Today I want tot each you that writers of fairy tales use narration, or telling, in some important ways: to introduce the story, to stitch one scene to the next, and to end the story.” Mid-Workshop Teaching: Using Narration to Wrap Up a Story Materials: Prince Cinders, Fairy Tale excerpts, “How to write a fairy tale adaptation” chart, The Power of Narration, class adaptations of Cinderella, students writers’ notebooks.

Lesson 10-3: Comparing Fractions Using Benchmarks Materials: Teaching Tool 22 *Develop the concept * Visual learning bridge video * Guided Practice: Do you know HOW? 1-3 Do you UNDERSTAND? 4-6

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