Lesson Plans
Teacher: ____Rivers/Nellis
Week of: __ Jan. 9-13, 2017
Please use this web site as a means of communication. These plans are a guide to the assignments we
are covering in class. Sometimes we do not get as far as we would like, and sometimes we cover more
material than originally planned!!
We are continuing to study literary texts. In addition to the following standards found in this lesson
plan, we will continue to revisit previously taught standards. Please feel free to visit the Fsd1 web
page for a complete listing of ELA standards.
Monday
ELA Objective: Students will be able to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension, quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Students will determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text,
including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the
speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Students will explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to
provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Students will describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how
events are described.
Plan for the day:
 Reading workshop – Novel study Number the Stars: sequencing
 vocabulary
 narrative elements
 Reading for meaning: Informational text/vocabulary attack skills
 Writing workshop (writing responses for novel)
 Informational/expository writing continued & completed
Assessment: informational text, observation, writing (novel and expository)
Tuesday
ELA Objective: Students will be able to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension, quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Students will determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text,
including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the
speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Students will explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to
provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Students will describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how
events are described.
Plan for the day:
 Reading workshop - Novel study Number the Stars: cause/effect
 Reading for meaning: Informational text/vocabulary attack skills
 Writing workshop (writing responses for novel)
Assessment: teacher observation, writing
Wednesday
ELA Objective: Students will be able to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension, quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Students will determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text,
including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the
speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Students will explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to
provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Students will describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how
events are described.
Plan for the day:
 Reading workshop –novel study Number the Stars: point of view/author’s purpose
 Grammar review
Assessment: class discussion and review of novel
Thursday
ELA Objective: Students will be able to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension, quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Students will determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text,
including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the
speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Students will explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to
provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Students will describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how
events are described.
Plan for the day:
 Reading workshop - Novel study Number the Stars: making inferences
 Reading for meaning: Informational text/vocabulary attack skills
 Writing workshop (writing responses for novel)
Assessment: teacher observation, writing
Friday –
Half day-no
lunch
served
2Q Pep
rally
ELA Objective: Students will be able to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension, quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Students will determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text,
including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the
speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Students will explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to
provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Students will describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how
events are described.
Plan for the day:
 Reading workshop - Novel study Number the Stars: figurative language
 Grammar review
 Narrative elements
Assessment: observation