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SEE ELA LT Day 1: I can identify similes. Presidents Day Feb 16 Reflecting) Planner suggestions for the theme in a folktale, Day - Skills: Complete topics websites, and 2: I can use clues in a story to understand the sequence of sentences, Subject-Verb presentation choices events Day 3: I can retell a Agreement, Sentence WK THEME for students fiction narrative in my own Community types, Capitalization words. Proper Nouns, Teams IC LESSON Animal Adaptation Evaluate for this part of their Comprehension: Mice and Beans Main Selection Written lesson students will be - Genre: Fiction Writing/Grammar- Written by Pam Literary Directions asked to choose their - Strategy: Analyze Story Mechanics: (Write Source) Muñoz Ryan Text/Fiction own animal to research Structure Writing Process/ Illustrated by Paired Selection ELA LT-- I can and communicate its - Skill: Fantasy and Reality Persuasive Writing (Across read and Joe Cepeda Informational adaptations—PPt, the curriculum) - Sequence of Events describe the Text/ Expository poster, model, Creative Writing (Add-On diorama) features of a ELA LT Day 1: I can… analyze procedural stories) story structure in fiction… text WK THEME IC LESSON Food Chains describe the difference - Skills: Verbs, Pronouns , Surprising 1-2 Students are between fantasy and reality. Adjectives Teamwork constructing posters w/ Day 3: …describe key images (drawn, clip art, characteristics of a fiction photo) in the classroom narrative. to communicate a food Show What You chain Writing/Grammar- Know Computer Literacy: ELA LT – I can answer Mechanics: (Write Source) -Word Processing and questions using text Creative Writing: Writing Formatting, -Importing evidence an Add-On Story Text and Graphics (Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing) Show What You EIE Students are acting Media Literacy: - Skills: Complete Know as packaging engineers -Exploring E-mail Sentences w/Subject-Verb WK THEME Test Practice ELA LT: I can identify the agreement, Apostrophes Review and Literacy Activities features of an email. (Contractions, Possessives), Assess Review</p><p>McGraw–Hill TexasTreasures, TE Grade 2; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, WriteSource, IC Planner</p>