Cheryl Dick's Lesson Plans

Wednesday

March 18, 2015

Tutoring/RtI

8:00 am - 8:30
am

The RtI Group meets at the back table to work with the teacher to work on the weekly reading packet. Other students are welcome
to come into the classroom to work on Acuity practice, Google writing assignment, or multiplication practice.

Morning Meeting in FEMA Gym

8:30 am - 8:45
am

Meet students at FEMA gym at 8:35. Walk them back to class when morning meeting in the gym ends. Do lunch count. The students
make their lunch choices on the back table which needs to be entered into PowerSchool with attendance. See sub folder for log-in

information. Students work quietly on morning math after they do their lunch count. Alert is on Tuesdays. See sub folder to see which students
attend Alert. Do not count them absent on Tuesdays.

Math

8:45 am - 10:00
am

8:45 Students begin morning math that's on their desks while teacher does lunch count. When that's done, ask students to meet on
the carpet for a mini-lesson. Collect and Grade.
MW 88
9;05-9:20
Whole-Class Mini-lesson: Review place value with decimals and fractions in Common Core Coach Book. 214-218

Exit Slip: Page 219. Students that are proficient may choose a math station. The rest of the students stay on the carpet and work pages 220222 with the teacher.

Stations:
Computation Station: Students play the Making 10s card game to practice fact fluency. Then, they do multiplication number bonds on the
computer. Finally, they create their own addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. After working, them they check their work
with a calculator.

Problem-Solving Station: Students work model-drawing bean cards. They choose Level 1, 2, 3, or 4 based on their readiness level. They know
which one to do.

Review Station: http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/small-groupmathwork. Students choose a site that they need more practice in.

Music

10:00 am - 10:50
am

Working with Words

Word Sort: Create a T-chart. -est (suffix), -est (part of word). If it has a suffix, write the root word.

10:50 am - 11:23
am

smartest
softest
funniest
houseguest
invest
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arrest
largest
prettiest
detest
easiest
quickest
biggest
luckiest
greatest
digest
forest
honest
ripest
protest
tiniest

Lunch

11:23 am - 11:48
am

Science or Social Studies

11:50 am - 12:45

Students will continue to research and create their Westward Expansion brochures.

ELA

pm

12:45 pm - 2:30 pm

12:30- Reading Mini-Lesson:

Notes:

12:45

Read the story of Achilles as a class, then complete the

Who/What/When/Where/Why/How graphic organizer to make a 20
word summary of the story.

12:45- Guided Reading Groups:

Notes:

1:05

Books are leveled based on reading levels. Students may

Students will continue to read through and practice their Mythology

choose to partner read or read independently. Use of

Readers Theatre plays.

whisper phones is encouraged.

See literature discussion schedule below.
1:05-

Literature Response:

Notes:

1:20

This is written in their composition notebooks.

Students will create a 20 word summary of their Mythology plays in

See literature discussion schedule below.

their reading response notebooks using the graphic organizer

outlined in the mini-lesson.

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1:20-

Writing Mini-Lesson:

Notes:

1:35

If I'm absent, see sub folder for alternate plan.

Model a 15 minute Quick-Write with this prompt:

Imagine that you are an animal in the zoo. What type of animal are
you? How do you feel about being caged? How do you feel about
people that visit and watch you?

1:35-

Students Write:

2:05

See conferring schedule below.

2:05-

Self-Selected Reading:

2:30

See conferring schedule below. Remind students to record

their reading in their literature response notebook.

2:30-

Recess: Duty on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Every Other

3:00

Friday

3:00-

Author's Chair:

3:10

This is a class job. Three students read aloud and may

collect three compliments from classmates.

3:10-

Read Aloud: Model a thinking strategy when reading. i.e.

3:25

connecting, predicting, inferring, visualizing, monitoring,

summarizing, evaluating.

Weekly Conference Schedule

With this schedule, every group will meet with the teacher every day.

Mrs. Dick's Groups

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Meet at Back Table

Guided Reading

Make-up

Literature Response

Make-up

Writing

Make-up

Self-Selected Reading 4

Make-up

Miss Smith's Groups

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Meet at Miss Smith's

Desk
Guided Reading

Make-up

Literature Response

Make-up

Writing

Make-up

Self-Selected Reading

Make-up

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