Lesson Plans for February 2012

Making Meaning – Finish up visualizing lessonsBeing a Writer - Unit 5; Writing Non-fictionAuthor Studies – Dr. SeussPhonics- Consonant Blends and R Controlled VowelsSpelling

Week: February 6th-10thMonday: Student Books- pg 7 How I Pictured My Favorite BookTuesday: Students share with the class**Take a break from MM until March, when we pick with Unit 5: Exploring Fiction

Week: February 6th-10thConsonant S Blends (st, sc, sk, sp, sn, sm, str)Week: February 13-17R Controlled Vowels (ar, ir, er, ur)Week: February 21st- March 2ndBase Words and Inflected Endings (ed, ing, est, er, es, s)

Week: February 6th-10thActivity 1: Computer- Raz Kids (Individually differentiated reading levels)Activity 2: Weekly Reader- Black History MonthActivity 3: Read Around the Room (partner read)- Dr. Seuss booksActivity 4: School Library (interest books)Activity 5: Word Study/Spelling- find and list words that have the dame word pattern (blends, word families, diagraphs, etc)Activity 6: itouches/ipad- word gamesActivity 7: Spelling- Shaving Cream WordsWeek: February 13th-17thActivity 1: Computer- Suessville.comActivity 2: Weekly Reader- Presidents DayActivity 3: Read Around the Room (partner read)- Dr. Seuss booksActivity 4: School Library (interest books)Activity 5: Word Study/Spelling- BlendsActivity 6: itouches/ipad- word gamesActivity 7: Writing- Create your own Dr. Seuss inspired CharacterWeek: February 21st- 24thActivity 1: Computer- Storybird or RazKidsActivity 2: Weekly Reader- Where Do I Live?Activity 3: Read Around the Room (partner read)Activity 4: School Library (interest books)Activity 5: Word Study- Cat in the Hat -at wordsActivity 6: itouches/ipad- word gamesActivity 7: Writing- Create your own Dr. Seuss inspired Character and write your own story

Week: February 6th-10thMonday- Book Browse*Computer Lab- explore seussville.comTuesday- Biography, Read Oh the Places You'll GoWednesday- Read The Cat in the HatThursday- Read The Cat in the Hat Comes BackFriday- Dr. Seuss timeline on seussville.comWeek: February 13th-17thMonday- Read And To Think That I saw It On Mulberry StreetTuesday- Valentines Day Fun!Wednesday- Read Horton Hears a Who, Watch the 1970's video clip of the cartoon on seussville.comThursday- Read Horton Hatches the Egg, Watch the 1942 video clip of the cartoon on seussville.comFriday- Watch Horton Hears a WhoWeek: February 21st-24thTuesday- Read Hop on Pop and If I Ran the ZooWednesday- Read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and Thidwick the Big Hearted MooseThursday- Read Bartholomew and the Oobleck and The Foot Book, Extension: Make oobleckFriday- Read There's A Wocket in my Pocket and Oh Say Can You Say?Week: February 27th-March 2ndMonday- Read Oh the Thinks You Can Think and I Can Read With My Eyes ShutTuesday- Read Ten Apples Up on Top and Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?Wednesday- Read Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! and Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?Thursday- Read Yurtle The Turtle and Other StoriesFriday- Read Green Eggs and Ham and The Lorax, Extension: make green eggs and ham and watch Green Eggs and Ham, watch The Lorax on suessville.com

Week: February 6th-10thMonday: Present glogster research projectsTuesday: BAW Unit 5: Week 1: Day 2, Student write facts about themselvesWednesday: Continued- Play the Who Am I? gameThursday: BAW Unit 5, Week 1, Day 3: Generarte a list of facts about the class in complete sentencesFriday: BAW Unit 5, Week 1, Day 4: Generate a list of facts about our school in complete sentences, Observation walk**Did not finish last weeks writing lessons for the week of Feb. 6th-10thWeek: February 13th-17thFinish lessons from previous weekWeek: February 21st- 24thCreate your own Dr. Seuss inspired character and write your own story about that character. Finish Storybird fictional story

Learning to Measure and Measuring DistancesUnit 5: Fish Lengths and Animal Jumps- MeasurementTime

Week: February 6th-10thMonday and Tuesday: Unit 5: Investigation 1.1 Cube Towers and Measuring Collections- Understanding what length is and how it can be measured, identifying the longest dimension of an object, discribing measurement of objects that are in between whole numbers of units, understanding that measurements of the same lengths should be the same when they are measured twice or by different people using the same unit*Extension- student workbook pg 1Wednesday and Thursday: Unit 5: Investigation 1.2 Measuring with Cubes, Tiles, or Paperclips- measuring lengths with different size units, developing accurate measurement techniques, understanding that measuring an object using different length units will result in different measurements*Extension- student workbook pg 3 and 4Week: February 13th-17thMonday and Wednesday: Unit 5: Investigation 1.3 Measuring Fish- identifying contexts in which measurement is used, using inch tiles to measure objects in inches, developing accuracte measurement techniques, understanding the meaning of at least in the context of linear measurement*Extension- student workbook pg 5 (in small groups)**Tuesday we will be doing Valentines Day activitiesThursday: Unit 5: Investigation 1.4 Fish Stories- solving problems about comparing lengths*Extension- student workbook pg 11 and 12Friday: Unit 5: Investigation 1.6 Assessment: How Long Is This Fish?Week: February 21st-24thTuesday- Unit 5, Investigation 2.1 Measuring with Kid Steps- Measuring length by iterating a single unit, measuring lengths using different sized units, and comparing length to determine which is longer*Extension- student workbook pg. 16-17Wednesday- Unit 5, Investigation 2.2 and 2.3 Measuring with Different Units- Developing accurate measurment techniques, understanding that measuring an object using different length units will result in different measurments *Extension- student workbook pg. 21 and 23Thursday- Unit 5, Investigation 2.4 Measuring Jumps- developing accurate measurment techniques and solving problems about comparing lengths*Extension- student workbook pg. 25 and 26Friday- Unit 5, Investigation 2.4 Continued with Sub*Extension- student workbook pg. 27-28

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Week: February 6th-10thActivity 1: Finish Time book (tell time to the half hour)Activity 2: Five in a Row SubtractionActivity 3: IXL (differentiated for each student)Activity 4: Fast Math- in computer lab (differentiated for each student)Week: February 13th-17thActivity 1: Measuring Keepers (student workbook pg. 6)Activity 2: itouches- Zoom (numberline, place value)Activity 3: Computers (Subtraction Games)Activity 4: Fast Math- in computer lab (differentiated for each student)Week: February 21st- 24thActivity 1: Investigation 1 Assessment, Explore ManipulativesActivity 2: itouches/ipadActivity 3: Computers Activity 4: Subtraction Story Problem, Balancing Activities

Week: February 6th-10thFoss Kit: Investigation 1 Balance: Part 1- 2Students discover many ways to balance two dimensional shapes made out of tagboard*Objects can be balanced in many ways*A stable position is one that is steady; the objects is not falling over*Counterwieghts can help balance an objectStudent will observe balanced objects and observe stable balanced systemsWeek: February 13th-17thInvestigation 1 Balance: Parts 3 and 4Students will use a piece of pliable wire and counterweights (clothespins) to make a pencil balance on its point. They will make mobiles from paperclips, rubberbands, straws, and index cards to apply their understanding of balance, stability, and counterweighting. * A mobile is a system of balance beams, and objectsStudent will observe, compare, organize, and communicate observations of balance and stability, using precise vocabulary.