Academic Plan for Monday, October 24 with Guest Teacher

Schedule for 5th Grade w/Mr. Hagstrom on Monday, October 23  

8:30 Greeting, Announcements, Attendance & Lunch, Outline for the Day

Have Saskia, Cyrus, and Maysa Read Oct 22, 23, & 24's "Wonders" to the class.

  All student handouts today are labeled and placed on the deep counter with wide drawers near sink (regular place for student handouts). 

  Remind students if they finish an activity early, they may read silently. 

8:40    Math

Today: 90 Minutes (30 minutes before library and 60 minutes after).

     Start off with the Math Sprint 2.  Students turn this in.  

     Next begin Unit 2 Lesson 5.  There are several teacher led activities including a "Pattern Sheet" to prepare students to do the Problem Set problems in their Workbooks.  If helpful for the guest teacher, please invite Isaiah M., Greyson P., Colin P., Cyrus, C., Isabelle G., Nidhi V. and/or Saskia V. to solve any example or problem set for the whole class using the projection system.

       Homework is in Week’s Homework Packet (Deep Counter) Unit 2, 

Lesson 5, P. 25 & 80. 

9:12    Library to 9:42

9:42    Math
10:42 Silent Reading or Reading from Wonder.

11:00  Recess

11:25  Lunch

11:45 Reading Instruction

I.                    T.E.  Making Meaning Vol. 1, Pages 5-11. Sections 3 – 6.  Read Aloud, The Lotus Seed. Students sitting on carpet in front of room.  Discussion and Reflection.

II.                 Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing. Poem: “Oranges” by Gary Soto.  Language and Craft focus (also in the handout instructions): Annotations. Students read the text twice, on the second reading, they should mark up the text pointing out striking parts for them and write “? Marks” for parts they are not sure about. There is a discussion question for writing at the end.  After students write their answer, have a class discussion.

12:55 - 1:40 “Community Time, Special projects, and Extension”: Dancing Classrooms 

1:40   Recess

2:00   Science

Today we will do science reading, note taking, and have a concluding discussion.

We will observe our plant experiment next on Tuesday.

Science:  Chapter 3.  “How does energy move in an ecosystem?”  National Geographic Life Science Book.  P. 102-109. Students read in pairs. Each student individually takes notes on sheets of notebook paper on these terms:

Chlorophyll

Photosynthesis

Food chain

Food web

and answer p. 109 #2:  Why are producers important to consumers? 

Complete these notes by 2:30. If students finish early they should read quietly their personal books. 

2:30  Teacher Debrief (Questions & Answers; Students check/revise notes). 

2:45   Clean up, 2:48 Safety Patrol & Kinder Walkers Squads Leave
Julia to pick up line today.

2:55 Dismissal