Lesson plans

May 26- June 1, 2009

Nichols/Thomas

Monday

Morning Work:  Use your Social Studies Book and come up with 5 questions and answers from any unit we have studied.

Language/Writing:  Write final copy of letter to upcoming fifth grade students and design bulletin boards.  Take a DPE Test

Reading:  The students will begin to make a book project.  They will decide between a famous person and their favorite book character.  They will today brainstorm ideas for their book.  For the famous people, they will research and list 5 little known facts.  For their favorite book character, they will do a character trait map.  Then, they will design the book by using construction paper and other materials to “dress their character”. They will present these in class on Friday.

100 Book Challenge:  mini-lesson / review the narrative elements of a story.  What are some of the narrative elements of your book?

Social Studies-----Give the notes from the study guide.  Review with the students.  Do a Cold Read for a grade.

Tuesday

FIELD TEST

Reading:  work on projects/Quiz on review information

Social Studies:  Open Book quiz and work on Map Skills Project

Wednesday

Morning Work:  Finish the questions for the SS Review Board game by using their SS book and coming up with 10 questions and answers

Language/Writing/Reading:  The students will continue to work on the year end project for the famous person or book characters

100 Book Challenge:  Mini lesson Have the students to describe the reasons why they liked the book and pick one strategy we have talked about all year and apply it to the book

Social Studies:  Continue to work on board game and the map review skills

Thursday

Morning Work:  List 20 words that would describe your year in fifth grade

Language /Writing:  Using the 20 words you listed from the morning work, write a story about your time in fifth grade.  What were the fun times, bad times, things that were boring and things that were fun.  Etc…..

Reading:  Complete book project for presentation tomorrow.

100 Book Challenge:  Choose 1 strategy from your book and discuss it with your neighbor

Social Studies:  Work on Map projects and board games.  Present tomorrow in class

Friday

Morning Work:  Finalize your copy of the fifth grade story

Language/Writing:  Share your year in fifth grade

Reading:  Act out Readers Theater from the SS unit.  They students will also present their projects

100 Book Challenge:  Free Read

Social Studies:  Complete board games and allow students to share them and try them out.

Project Descriptions:

Reading

·         The students will design a book based on a famous person or their favorite book character.  The

·         The book will be a 3-D book.  The outside will look like the character.  The students will use different art supplies to “dress up their character”

·         If they choose a famous person, they are to write 5 little know facts about that person on the inside of the book.  They will do research for this.

·         If they choose a book character, they will do a character trait web for that character. Inside that book, they will parts of the character trait web to describe the character they selected.

·         They will present these on Friday.

Social Studies

·         The students will be divided into groups.  Each group will be responsible for making a file folder game based on a Social Studies unit we have covered this year.  They will design the games and come up with the rules and strategies to play the games as well.  They will present their games on Friday.