Literature – April
Learning Goals
Students will learn
1. to read difficult text with
understanding.
2. to read with fluency.
3. text structure of
nonfiction text.
Monday
3rd 1. bell ringer: ConnectED
2. lesson: story “Henrietta Lacks”
a. (l) read pg.74–75
Tuesday
4th 1. bell ringer: ConnectED
2. lesson: story “Henrietta Lacks”
a. (l) read pg.76–77
Thursday
6th
1. bell ringer: ConnectED
2. lesson: story
a. (l) read pg.160–161
Friday
7th
1. bell ringer: spellingcity
2. lesson: story
a. (l) compare and contrast
Henrietta Lacks to Albert Einstein
11th Wednesday
5th 1. bell ringer: readagogo
2. lesson: story “Einstein’s Brain”
a. (l) read pg.158–159
HOMEWORK: Write one paragraph
describing Albert Einstein.
12th
10th 13th 14th SPRING BREAK
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Students will learn
1. to read difficult text with
understanding.
2. to read with fluency.
3. text structure of
nonfiction text.
17th
1. bell ringer: ConnectED
2. lesson: story For the Love of the
Game: Video Games Then and Now
a. read the story
18th
1. bell ringer: ConnectED
2. lesson: story from Hiroshima
a. (l) write vocabulary words and
definitions on your purple sheets
(10 words)
19th
1. bell ringer: readagogo
2. lesson: story from Hiroshima
a. (GR) read pg.390–391
b. HOMEWORK: Words to Know
20th
1. bell ringer: ConnectED
2. lesson: story from Hiroshima
a. (GR) read pg.391–392
21st
1. bell ringer: spellingcity
2. lesson: story from Hiroshima
a. (GR) read pg.394
b. (GR) fill out a story organizer
c. video on characters
Students will learn
1. to read difficult text with
understanding.
2. to read with fluency.
3. text structure of
nonfiction text.
24th
1. bell ringer: ConnectED
2. lesson: story “from Hiroshima”
a. (GR) read pg.395–296
b. HOMEWORK: Latin Roots
25th
1. bell ringer: Hiroshima Word
Search
2. lesson: story “from Hiroshima”
a. (l) read “The Attack” pg.396–399
26th
1. bell ringer: readagogo
2. lesson: story “from Hiroshima”
a. (l) quiz over “The Attack”
b. (GR) read “The Mushroom Cloud
27th
1. bell ringer: (l) exposition
worksheet
2. lesson: story “from Hiroshima”
a. (GR) finish “The Mushroom
Cloud”
b. video on the Manhattan Project
on history.com
28th
1. bell ringer: exposition
worksheet
2. lesson: story from Hiroshima
a. (GR) read The Destruction
History – April
Learning Goals
Students will learn...
Monday
3rd Tuesday
4th Wednesday
5th Thursday
6th Friday
7th
1. about the Constitution
Students will learn...
1. about the Constitution
Students will learn...
1. about the Constitution
1. bell ringer: Major Industries in the
U.S.
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (FL) Students will type a word
document on Facts about Congress
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (l) online learning games about
the legislative branch
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (FL) Students will continue typing
Facts about Congress
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (FL) Students will finish typing
Facts about Congress
12th 1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (GR) American Government
worksheet
b. (GR) American Constitution 2
worksheet
13th 10th 11th SPRING BREAK
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17th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (l) Complete the following videos
on BrainPop:
1. Political Beliefs
2. Political Parties
3. Political Party Origins
24th
1. lesson: Constitution
a. (l) Legislative Assessment
18th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (l) due to numerous absences and
a fire drill, this is a make–up
19th
1. bell ringer: facts about presidents
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (FL) the veto process pg.16
20th
1. bell ringer: Middle East
crossword
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (FL) powers of congress pg.17
21st
1. lesson: Constitution
a. (l) review for legislative test
26th
Documentary
27th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Executive Branch
a. (GR) Cabinet Members pg.19
28th
1. bell ringer: Amendments 11– 12
2. lesson: Executive Branch
a. (GR) Cabinet Members pg.19
14th day.
25th
1. bell ringer: Middle East
Crossword
2. lesson: Constitution
a. (FL) Executive Branch pg.18
Science – April
Learning Goals
Students will learn...
1. that organisms depend on
the living and nonliving parts
of their environment.
2. that organisms interact in
different ways.
3. that all organisms use
Monday
3rd 1. bell ringer: water cycle 1 and 2
2. lesson: Ch.4–2
a. video on the water cycle
b. (GR) Students completed a
poster summary of the water cycle
for their booklets.
Tuesday
4th
1. bell ringer: water cycle 3 and 4
2. lesson: Ch.4–2
a. song “Mr. Parr Water Cycle”
b. (GR) Students will continue filling
in their water cycle booklets.
Wednesday
5th
1. bell ringer: water cycle 5 and 6
2. lesson: Ch.4–2
a. (GR) Students will finish their
water cycle booklets.
Thursday
6th
1. bell ringer: water cycle 7 and 8
2. lesson: Ch.4–2
a. (GR) note–taking worksheet
pg.30–31
Friday
7th 1. bell ringer: water cycle 9 and
10 (turn in)
2. lesson: Ch.4–2
a. science videos
energy.
Students will learn...
1. that organisms depend on
the living and nonliving parts
of their environment.
2. that organisms interact in
different ways.
3. that all organisms use
energy.
Students will learn…
10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
17th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Ch.4
a. (l) Complete the following videos
on BrainPop:
1. atmosphere
2. water cycle
18th
1. bell ringer: read the board
2. lesson: Ch.4
a. (l) chapter 4 assessment
19th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Ch.5
a. (l) copy vocabulary words and
definitions (6 words)
20th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Ch.5
a. (FL) read pg.118–120
21st
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: Ch.5
a.
24th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: clouds
a. (l) With a partner, students will
make a type of cloud and then
describe it in writing.
25th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: clouds
a. (l) With a partner, students will
make a type of cloud and then
describe it in writing.
26th
Documentary
27th
Erupted Volcanoes
28th
1. bell ringer: silent reading
2. lesson: clouds
a. (l) cloud presentations
b. (GR) began volcano packet
Writing – April
Learning Goals
Students will learn…
1. to collect research.
2. to organize research.
Monday
3rd
1. bell ringer: Verbs
a. (l) Irregular Verb Agreement pg.70
2. lesson: Narrative Writing
a. (GR) Students will finish their
introduction paragraph following
their outline.
Tuesday
4th
1. bell ringer: Verbs Assessment
2. lesson: Narrative Writing
a. (GR) Students will begin their first
body paragraph following their
outline.
Wednesday
5th
1. lesson: Research/Informational
Writing
a. (GR) Students will finish their first
body paragraph.
Thursday
6th 1. bell ringer: Video Journal #9
2. lesson: Research/Informational
Writing
a. (FL) Students will begin their
second body paragraph.
10th 11th 12th 13th Friday
7th 1. study hall
a. check grades, complete missing
work, organize materials, study core
subjects
- reward
b. Students with no Ds or Fs will be
allowed to watch The Wonder Years,
while the students with a D or F will
continue in study hall.
14th SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
Students will learn…
1. the difference
between adjectives and
adverbs.
2. how to write
descriptive paragraphs.
17th 1. bell ringer: 7–minute setup
2. lesson: Narrative Writing
a. (l) Students will write an essay
about their spring break.
18th 1. bell ringer: online games
2. lesson: Narrative Writing
a. (l) Students will finish their essay
on spring break.
Students will learn…
1. the difference
between adjectives and
adverbs.
2. how to write
descriptive paragraphs.
24th
1. bell ringer: Adjectives and the
Words They Describe
2. lesson: Descriptive Writing
a. (l) Students will write a paragraph
on “A Day in the Life of My Pet.”
25th
1. bell ringer: adjective game
2. lesson: Descriptive Writing
a. (l) Students will add details to
their paragraph on “A Day in the Life
of My Pet.”
19th 1. bell ringer: adjectives / adverbs
a. (FL) add definitions to grammar
books
2. lesson: Descriptive Writing
a. (GR) Students will write a
paragraph about water parks using
adjectives/adverbs.
26th
1. bell ringer: Adverbs: How, When,
and Where
2. lesson: Short Story Writing
a. (l) Students will fill out an
organizer in order to write a short
story.
20th 1. bell ringer: Alien Adjectives
2. lesson: Descriptive Writing
a. (l) Students will write a paragraph
describing a day in the life of a pet
using adjectives/adverbs.
21st 1. bell ringer: Writing Adjectives in a
Story
2. study hall
a. check grades, complete missing
work, organize materials, study core
subjects
27th
1. bell ringer:
2. lesson: Short Story Writing
a. (l) Students will begin writing
28th
2. study hall
a. check grades, complete missing
work, organize materials, study core
subjects