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Appel Lesson plans for week 4/1-4/5

***TUESDAY I WILL BE OUT OF SCHOOL. SUB PLANS WILL BE PROVIDED TO MY CT***

***NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY***
Social Studies Wednesday
Standard SS.5.A.4.2
Objective Students will be able to create a billboard to persuade their classmates to join their colony by reading an information text and
gathering information about their colony.
Procedure As students finish gathering their information from the text into their graphic organizer, they will illustrate a rough draft of
their billboard.
Assessment Rough draft
EQ How were the three colonial regions alike and different?

Math Monday Wednesday Thursday

Standard MAFS.5.G.2.3 MAFS.5.G.2.4 MAFS.5.G.2.3
Objective Students will be able to accurately Students will be able to accurately Students will be able to accurately solve
classify and draw triangles using their classify and compare quadrilaterals using problems using the strategy act it out.
properties. their properties.
Procedure Draw and label triangles in student Review handouts from week prior. What does congruent mean? T & T.
notebooks. Have students draw examples in Discuss & have students write it down in
Review handouts from prior week. notebooks and label their properties. their notebooks.
Practice questions. Draw non examples too. Provide students with practice questions,
Practice questions. guide students through this while
thinking out loud, drawing models, and
asking questions to promote student
understanding.
Assessment Practice questions. Practice questions Practice questions.
EQ How can you classify triangles? How can you classify and compare How can you use the strategy act it out to
quadrilaterals using their properties? approximate whether the sides of a figure
are congruent?

Science Monday Wednesday Thursday

Standard SC.5.15.1 SC.5.17.1 SC.5.17.1
Objective SWBAT accurately understand what SWBAT accurately identify problems for SWBAT accurately identify and describe
invasive species are, why they are an animal that has been moved from its the advantages of bird adaptations and
natural environment to captivity.
 problematic, and how to prevent their evaluate the importance of adaptations
spread. to birds.
Procedure Students are in groups of 2/3 of their Introduce polar bears to students. Brainstorm some birds and list
choice. They are to choose 3 invasive (Maybe use a polar bear video? adaptations of each.
species of their choice to read about. Polar bear video Students will create their own bird,
In notebook, copy down graphic Students will design their own zoo deciding where it will live, what it will eat,
organizer. enclosure for a polar bear. (From the how it moves, and etc.)
Pass out Invasive Species in FL artic to Florida) Students will label their adaptations on
Invasive Species What would you need to do to replicate their bird.
Have students fill out the graphic your enclosure to the polar bears natural
organizer with the articles above. environment?
Using that info, create a poster or Compare Fl environment to the arctic
brochure to inform people about their On back on paper, have student list
invasive species. features that they will include in their
enclosure.
Give students time to draw their
enclosure.
Have students share (voluntarily) the
features of their enclosure and discuss
merits and drawbacks.
Assessment Poster or brochure. Enclosure drawing. Bird with adaptations labled.
EQ How do populations depend on one How do adaptations help animals survive
another to compete? in their environment?
Materials Invasive Species in FL Paper Art materials (Construction paper,
Invasive Species Drawing supplies markers, etc.)
Construction paper
Art materials

Small group reading Group 1: No Names/Mickey D’s

Monday Practicing Stamina and Review.

Objective: SWBAT determine what the big ideas of the text are through small group instruction.
Materials: “Coyote Folktales”
Procedure: First read: have students read the text and identify the main idea and two details. While doing this, have
students code the text for unfamiliar words or phrases.
 Second read: Have student preview the first set of questions and read the text again keeping those questions in mind.
Third read: Students preview the second set of questions (Exit slip) Read the text again, and independently answer exit
slip questions.
Assessment: Exit slip questions.
Wednesday Standard: stamina and review
Objective: SWBAT discuss key ideas and details about a text through small group instruction.
Materials: An Uphill Climb
Procedure: First read: Students read text independently, code unfamiliar words, and identify the main idea with two
details.
Second read: Students preview the first set of questions. Reread the text again while keeping those questions in mind.
Third read: Students preview exit slip questions. Students go back to their seats to answer questions independently.
If time permits, call students back to review questions.
Assessment: Exit slip questions.
Thursday Standard: Stamina and review
Objective: SWBAT identify the big ideas of the text through small group instruction.
Materials: Black hole Article
Procedure: First read: Students read text independently, code unfamiliar words, and identify the main idea with two
details.
Second read: Students preview the first set of questions. Reread the text again while keeping those questions in mind.
Third read: Students preview exit slip questions. Students go back to their seats to answer questions independently.
If time permits, call students back to review questions.
Assessment: Exit slip questions.