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Week by week Lesson Plans

Home Work:   Plan for it, do it, love it.  (Correct it).

Notes and Goals: 

    Writing: So far each child has a story map we did together and we have started the introductions, this week we will continue to write the introductions together, we should finish them by Tuesday or Wednesday after which we will start on introducing the problem and move into the first "Primero square" of the story map. By the end of the week we should be to the second box. Children are constantly included in the decision making process as well as interdisciplinary work with tables when ever we vote on something.

Stop and think, use each kids story-map to write a class story  illustrating  &  text  work together, during which they mimic on a smaller scale what we are doing on a larger one. Tuesday- Introduce the goals of the week, begin with on of the stories, talk to the author, group conference, write introduction, we write it on the board and they copy it on their own paper, work on cursive (i write cursive they write manuscript). Wednesday- We go over the introduction,  and begin introducing the problem and working on the first chronological story map box. Again class as a whole is contributing to the development, writing on the board   them on their papers. Thursday- Work on the second and third chronological text boxes. Friday- Build a conclusion and review the entire story.  Homework for writing could be drawing pictures which summarize

So far they each have an idea in "story map" form in a folder, as well as one peer conference and one class presentation and brainstorming session. Mr. Cruz says compartmentalize it, so we will work on good introductions, just introductions i will model mine, and maybe the two others we did in class, they will write theirs again, and we'll have another peer conference, then a class read -presentation- one more re-write and they hand it in (i check it and they fix it again, i check it one more time -make a copy and give it back to them to hold onto.  1. What is the plotline? 2. Does what happened make since? 3. Do I care? Why do I care? 4. What would I change?  criticisms  rough draft  the aim of improved sentence construction. Introduce the successful writer's beliefs.

    Reading: SFA  "Wings" format. Fairy Tale/ science Los dos hormigas traviesas. Listing Comps should focus on Word Meaning and summarization (micro and macro). Add three * words to the spelling list. Work on TAAS format summarization as well. focus on speeding up the process. Make sure to use the "pass the palabra / esl / dance excersize.  TAAS Obj.  Summarization   Use the LC excersize.

    Mathematics: ProblemSolving Solution Strategies  Need work on tables and problem solving with tables (p.8-9). Subtraction for solving problems worked in, begin generating questions about tables (p.10-11) (p.15) (38-43). Estimation (p.24-27)   this is the fourth week of working with tables   keep the table topics high interest and full of student choice. Work with 3,4,5s  in the multiplication bathroom line.

    ESL:   Continue social classroom language in english. Use ESL book while focusing on summarization as well. By the end of the week children should be able to describe life on a farm. This follows up work already done in "Comunidades". (p.2-15) Then preview chapter 2 "life in the city". Compare and contrast...

      Science:  Finish  ch. 4. (animal conservation) Begin with questions, talk about research project which is coming up. Read chapter together (focusing on summarization). Go over student guide in back of the book. By the end of the week children should be able to outline and summarize the basic conservation theorys that animals go through.

    Social Studies: Comunidades: Alternate with science, begin going over the answers in class  once a week give students the option to read and summarize one chapter of a book each day in place of the comunidades homework.

    Handwriting:  Try to find time for hand writing. Incorporate b, h, p, d, and o into their repertoires (cursive). Have the class copy meaningful sentences from the boad after SFA. Begin assigning pages for homework.

    Spelling:  Add three SFA words to the list. As well as our high frequency words. Trancar, ronca, astuto,  nada, significa, llorar, dibujos, todos, fuerte. Add new words to word wall. Begin with spelling book chapter 1.

   The Assessment dilemma :         Last week i think i should have assessed more, so find a balance and write down what i need to assess and when for each subject.

How can i continue to assess but without spending so much time at it? Student initial assessment followed by my quick assessment, peer assessment, model model model, give checks for some completed homework  What i need to do is worry less about assessing every subject every day and begin working on the Friday test day and once during the week style...

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