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Center Name |
Content |
Learning Outcomes |
Concepts and Activities for Jan. 6th, 2003 |
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Spelling Center |
Vocabulary development |
Adding ‘es’ to words |
Write and illustrate all spelling words. Choose any 10 words and take off ‘es’. What words are left? |
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Hands on |
Practice spelling words |
Make a Keyring of all words and learn them for HW |
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Practice makes perfect |
Use spelling words in sentences |
Put 12 of the hardest words in sentences. |
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Cheers / Games |
Analyze words using syllables |
Make a Jigsaw of each word. With a friend put the words back together. Make a cheer each time the word is back together. |
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Library Detectives |
Use a Dictionary to find meaning of words |
Using A Dictionary, find the meaning of delay, suffix, hobby, mystery. Memory, library, injury. Write ten other words that end in ’y’. |
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Reading Center |
Can you remember? (SSR) |
Comprehension of a text |
Read a SSR story and use self-check card to see how many you got correct |
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Guided Reading - Genres |
Analyzing information about Martin Luther’s life using timeline |
Read a Martin Luther King book. Complete the Martin Luther King Timeline. Make a list of hard words and post them on the Peace Wall. |
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Word Wall - Vocab |
Review of Word Wall words |
Choose 8 Word Wall words. Draw a story using these words. Label each word. Read your Word story to a friend. |
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Computer |
Quiz of comprehension skills |
Go to www.bookadventure.org and take 2 quizzes on any books you have read. |
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Book Clubs / Journal |
Express ideas on plot, setting and characters |
Read a Martin Luther King Book. Write a mini Book Report about the Book. |
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Library Detectives |
Use new words to make a poster |
Look at the MLK words. Make a Poster using these words. Make an illustration in the middle of the poster. |
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Math Center |
Hands on |
Review of Multiplication (x6) |
Make a MiniBook of the Six Times Table rhyme. Learn with your group and for HW. |
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Practice makes perfect |
Finding a Unit cost of an object by division |
Mathsteps. Page : 135 and 136. Find the unit cost of items. |
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Review games |
Review of multiplication |
Play Multiplication Bingo |
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Computer |
Use technology to practice math facts |
Play Math Baseball (Multplication - hard) |
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So many problems |
Unit cost with money and multiplication |
Complete the Let’s go shopping Worksheet. Make up ten of your own problems to give to a friend. |
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Make and Take Home |
Review x6 Multiplication tables |
Using the Train sheet, make a Multiplication game (x6) Play the game for HW |
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Writing Center |
Writing for a Purpose |
Sort ideas into procedures to make a pizza |
Write Directions for making a Pizza. Include Ingredients and Method. |
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Writer’s Workshop |
Introduction of Adverbs |
Adverbs : How, when, why. |
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Language |
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Word-Study / Phonics |
ar words. |
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Computer |
Multiplication Rap
6x1=6 Let’s make a multiplication mix.
6x2=12 Stay at school and be yourself.
6x3=18 Don’t talk now - I’m fainting!
6x4=24 We just want to hit the floor.
6x5=30 Look in the tree. There’s a birdie.
6x6=36 Let’s do more of the multiplication mix.
6x7=42 Can you help me tie my shoe?
6x8=48 Oh no! I am late.
6x9=54 Do you wanna hear some more?
6x10=60 Mrs. Lawrence, please pick me.
Martin Luther King words
Peace
Nonviolence
Protest
Segregation
Prejudice
Race
Understanding
Respect
Justice
Conflict
A Mini-Report about Martin Luther King
My Name :_______________________________________________
Title of Book_____________________________________________
Author __________________________________________________
What were the 2 most important facts you learned?
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2. ______________________________________________________
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How did you feel when you were reading the book? ______________
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Why? __________________________________________________
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What was the best part of the book? ___________________________
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My Rating : ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (how many stars?)
Directions for making a Pizza
Ingredients : ____________________________________________
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Method : _____________________________________________
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