Teacher: C. Brown Co-Teacher: Jessica Link Class Name: 6Th Grade Language Arts

Instructional Week Overview (Co-Teaching) Teacher: C. Brown Co-Teacher: Jessica Link Class Name: 6th grade Language Arts

Unit Topic: Reading/Writing Informational Text – Capitalization and Punctuation

Core Standards Covered: 6.RIT.1, 6.RI.2, 6.RI.3, 6.RIT.5, 6.RI.6, 6.RIT.9, 6.W.4

Vocabulary: Text Structures, Objective Summaries, Text Features

03/18/13 – 03/22/13 Week of:

Bell Ringer: Read A.R. Books

Learning Target:

Teaching Strategy Used: Formative Assessment

Assessment: STAR TESTING Monday If you are co-teaching: Circle the approach(es) you plan to use

Small Group Approaches Whole Group Approaches Station teaching (30% of the time) Lead and support (5-10% of the time) Parallel teaching (30-40% of the time) One teach, one assist (<20% of the time) Alternative teaching (20-30% of the time) Teaming – Speak & add/chart (30% of the time) Skills group (as needed) Bell Ringer: KPREP-like Bell Ringer over text structures

Learning Target: I CAN identify and explain what text structure is being used in an article. I CAN identify transition words used in an article.

Teaching Strategy Used: Capitalization and punctuation instruction (mini lesson) – Group activity (Jigsaw) – Five groups . . . each focused on a different article (Informational Text) and analyzed both the text structure being used and the author’s purpose through citation of textual evidence. Each remaining group will be presenting their article and their findings to the class. While a group is presenting, the rest of the class will be completing a graphic organizer that is specific to each article and to each section of the article.

Accelerated Reader Book 15 will be tested on, and a new book will be checked out from the library. Tuesday Assessment: Teacher observation/class discussion/group presentation – A.R. Book 15 test If you are co-teaching: Circle the approach(es) you plan to use

Small Group Approaches Whole Group Approaches Station teaching (30% of the time) Parallel teaching (30-40% of the time) Lead and support (5-10% of the time) Alternative teaching (20-30% of the time) One teach, one assist (<20% of the time) Skills group (as needed) Teaming – Speak & add/chart (30% of the time) Bell Ringer: KPREP-like Bell Ringer over objective summaries

Learning Target: I can write an objective summary. I can analyze text features effectiveness. I can create text features for an informational reading passage. I can identify different types of text structures and their purposes in a text. I can correctly use capitalization and punctuation.

Teaching Strategy Used: Capitalization and punctuation instruction (mini lesson) – Practice writing objective summaries of a piece of text – completed as a class and then individually. – Students will read a passage that has no text features. They will then create text features that need to be incorporated. They will Wednesda explain how the text features enhanced their understanding of the article. Students will also practice writing objective summaries. y Assessment: Teacher observation/class discussion/completion of Capitalization and Punctuation handout/objective summary If you are co-teaching: Circle the approach(es) you plan to use

Bell Ringer: KPREP-like Bell Ringer over text structures

Learning Target: I can identify different types of text features and their purpose in a text. I can identify the reason for an author’s specific text structure.

Teaching Strategy Used: Formative Assessment

Assessment: Informational text learning check – text features/text structures Thursday If you are co-teaching: Circle the approach(es) you plan to use

Assessment: Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the original “Wizard of Oz” and “Oz The Great and Powerful” If you are co-teaching: Circle the approach(es) you plan to use Friday Small Group Approaches Whole Group Approaches Station teaching (30% of the time) Lead and support (5-10% of the time) Parallel teaching (30-40% of the time) One teach, one assist (<20% of the time) Alternative teaching (20-30% of the time) Teaming – Speak & add/chart (30% of the time) Skills group (as needed)