11/30 - 12/4/09 CJones' Language Arts & Earth Science
Lesson Plan For: Language Arts
Teacher: Cherie Jones
Date(s): 11-30 / 12-4-09
Topic: Grammar Chapter 3 “Parts of Speech Overview”(Verbs, Adverbs,Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections)
Literature: Read, “The Kid Who Became President” as a class.
Read, “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln”, page 127.
Read the play, “Nancy Drew” as a class.
Complete any A/R tests and/or book reports for their 6 books.
Standard(s):
ELA6R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts.
ELA6R2 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing.
ELA6R3 The student reads aloud, accurately (in the range of 95%), familiar material in a variety of genres, in a way that makes meaning clear to listeners.
ELA6RC3 The student acquires new vocabulary in each content area and uses it correctly.
ELA6W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.
ELA6C1 The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.
ELA6LSV1 The student participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student, and group verbal interactions.
ELA6RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade level appropriate books or book equivalents per year from a variety of subject disciplines.
Lesson Content:
Journal Topics:
Monday – Which president is your favorite? Why?
Tuesday – Think of an older person you see often. What do you think that person was like when he or she was young?
Wednesday – What does it mean to make an inference? Make an inference about what The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln is about.
Thursday – Do you know someone humorous? Tell us about them.
Friday – Free Choice
Monday – Read Nancy Drew play and take the quiz!
Tuesday – Go over grammar chapter 3. Review for a test on Thursday.
Wednesday – Listen to “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln”. Answer the questions at the end of the story.
Thursday – Take grammar test over chapter 3.
Friday – Get A/R test taken. Get book reports done. Library visit. D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read)
*When they finish early on any assignment they need to read in their A/R book when they can. Every night students need to read their books for 30 minutes.
Assessment: Grammar test over chapter 3
A/R testing and book reports
Comprehension Questions over the Mysterious
Mr. Lincoln
Homework:
Grammar exercises from chapter 3 are due on Tuesday.
Literature story questions over “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln due on Wednesday.
Grammar test over chapter 3 on Thursday.
A/R tests and book reports over six books.
Earth Science Lesson Plans (11-30 / 12-4-09)
CJones
Chapter 3 – Plate Tectonics
The Big Idea (Essential Question): How does the movement of Earth’s plates affect our planet’s surface?
Standards
SGCS1 - Students will explore the curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science.
S6CS2 - Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.
S6CS3 -
S6CS4 - Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and
manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities.
S6CS5 Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters.
S6CS6
S6CS8 - Students will investigate the characteristics of scientific knowledge.
S6CS9 - Students will investigate the features of the process of scientific inquiry.
S6E5 - Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed.
a. Compare and contrast the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core including temperature, density, and composition.
d. Describe processes that change rocks and the surface of the earth.
e. Recognize that lithospheric plates constantly move and cause major geological events on the earth’s surface.
f. Explain the effects of physical processes(plate tectonics, erosion, depositions, volcanic eruptions, gravity) on geological features including oceans (composition, currents, and tides).
g. Describe how fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate of the earth.
Lesson Content
Monday
Opening – Start- up Sheet.
Work Session – Presentation of Science Fair Projects.
Closing – Ticket Out The Door – Show completed start-up sheet.
Homework – Section 1 vocabulary book.
Tuesday
Opening – Start-up Sheet.
Work Session – Presentation of Science Fair Projects.
Closing – Ticket Out The Door – Show completed start-up sheet.
Homework – Section 2 Vocabulary book.
Wednesday
Opening – Start-up Sheet.
Work Session – Presentation of Science Fair Projects.
Closing – Ticket Out The Door – Show completed start-up sheet.
Homework – Section 3 and 4 Vocabulary book.
Thursday
Opening – Start-up Sheet.
Work Session – Draw a picture of the earth’s interior. Label the crust, mantle and core.
Homework – Section 5 Vocabulary book.
Friday
Opening – Start-up Sheet.
Work Session – Take an open book test on chapter 7.
Closing – Ticket Out The Door – show completed start-up sheet.
Start-up Sheet #6 (Chapter 3 – Plate Tectonics)
Standard – S6E5 – Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed.
Monday (Use page 81)
1. The earth’s surface is constantly _________________________.
2. What are some ways that the earth has changed?
3. What two main types of evidence is used to learn about Earth’s interior?
Tuesday (Use pages 82-83)
1. What are seismic waves?
2. What are the three main layers of the Earth?
3. Define pressure.
Wednesday (Use pages 83-84)
1. As you go toward the center of the Earth does it get hotter or colder?
2. What is the crust? Describe it.
3. Oceanic crust consists mostly of what rock?
4. Continental crust consists mostly of what rock?
Thursday (Use page 85)
1. What is the mantle? Describe it.
2. The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust together form a rigid layer called ________________________.
3. Below the layer in #2 is a soft layer called the ________________________.
4. Is the mantle solid?
Friday (Use page 86 and 87)
1. What is the core? Describe it.
2. Answer the four questions from Analyzing Data map.
3. Look at Figure 7. If you shifted the magnet beneath the paper, what would happen to the iron filings?
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