Language Arts
Students will practice information gathering by using non-fiction reading and webbing strategies in order to collect an organized idea of the ancient Egyptian environment.
Due: Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading
Eastern Hemisphere:
Purpose: Students will experience the Nile by watching “Mystery of the Nile” in order to see what Egypt looks like today.
Language Arts
Students will practice information gathering by using non-fiction reading and notetaking strategies in order to collect an organized idea of the ancient Egyptian environment.
Due: Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading
Eastern Hemisphere:
Purpose: Students will investigate Egyptian places by using a set of Google Earth locations in order to get a big picture idea of the relationship between the Nile’s location and the rise of civilization there.
First day of Semester Two!
Language Arts
Due: Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading
Eastern Hemisphere:
Purpose: Students will develop connecting ideas about Africa by completing a final assessment of their note-taking and relationship-making and talking about what they learned in order to bring closure to reading in non-fiction.
Last day of the semester!
Language Arts
Purpose: Students will track their learning by noticing their note topics and then examining a related website in order to consider problems and solutions related to issues in modern Africa.
Due: Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading
Eastern Hemisphere:
Purpose: Students will respond to non-fiction text by note-taking with double entry journaling from book bins and electronic articles on the ipads in order to make connections with African non-fiction texts.
- Questions you have
- How it relates to something else you know about Africa
- How it relates to something you have learned from reading about Africa
- How it relates to your life
- How it relates to the world
Language Arts
Purpose: Students will complete a spelling pre-test in order to determine categories of spellers, and students will track their reading by completing a Reading Record in order to show evidence of monitoring reading activity for assessment.
Due: Reading Records that show evidence of daily reading
Eastern Hemisphere:
Purpose: Students will respond to reading by note-taking with double entry journaling in order to make connections with African non-fiction texts.
Language Arts
Purpose: Students will demonstrate non-fiction reading skills by reading, note-taking using box and bullets, and summarizing a common reading in order to show mastery.
Due: Reading Records tracking 30 mins. of daily reading.
Eastern Hemisphere
Purpose: Students will learn about the culture of Africa by watching a video and reading “Sundiata: the Lion King of Mali” in order to broaden their understanding.
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Language Arts
Purpose: Students will practice non-fiction reading by note-taking with boxes and bullets before summarizing in paragraphs in order to learn about Africa.
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Eastern Hemisphere
Purpose: Students will learn about the culture and trade of early East Africa by watching a video, exploring a map, and writing a guide in order to broaden their understanding of Africa.
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Language Arts
Purpose: Students will brainstorm ideas in order to draft praise poems
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Eastern Hemisphere
Purpose: Students will practice non-fiction reading by note-taking with boxes and bullets starting with details before generating main idea in order to learn about Africa.
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Three hour early release! School is out at 11:20.
Eastern Hemisphere (Ballinger)
Purpose: Students will learn about African writing styles by practicing a praise poem in order to experience a culture and oral tradition.
Eastern Hemisphere (Ellis)
Purpose: Students will dig into Africa by looking at text features in books and reading self-selected non-fiction text in order to learn about the history, geography, and life in Africa.
Language Arts
Purpose: Students will recover from missed snow days by checking in and catching up on reading reports and celebrating competed character realistic fiction story in order to be ready to continue meaningful independent reading.
Due: Reading and gathering sticky notes for 30 minutes every day
Eastern Hemisphere
Purpose: Students will dig into Africa by looking at text features in books and reading self-selected non-fiction text in order to learn about the history, geography, and life in Africa.
