Lesson+Plans

=Lesson Plans for the Week of May 7-11, 2012=

Reading
Story: Jim Thorpe's Bright Path Question of the week: How can our abilities influence our dreams and goals? Genre: Biography Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinion Comprehension Strategy: Text Structure Vocabulary Strategy:Dictionary/Glossary

=Language Arts:= Grammar: Capitalization Spelling: Prefixes mis-, non-, re- Spelling Words: misplace, nonsense, reread, repack, misfortune, remove, mishandle, nonstop, recover, reseal, misbehavior, reunion, nonfiction, rebound, mistreat, readjust, misprint, nonprofit, nonstick, misquote Challenge words: misinterpret, mispronounce, noncommittal, reconstruct, reorganize =Math:= Continue Multiplying fractions and whole numbers Ex: 1/2 x 3=_ 3/4 x 7=_

** ~STUDENTS WILL HAVE A WEEKLY FACT DRILL TIMED TEST~ **

 * __Morning Math Warm-Ups should be reviewed at home daily.__ **

=Math RTI:= -Math RTI will take place in the homerooms this week. Students will review the morning math warm-up's focus skills. =Science:= - Students will begin Chapter 1, Life Processes. Lessons will include learning about cells, tissues, and organ systems. Students and teachers are preparing for our last AMSTI kit, Living Animals. We will study millipedes, Fiddler crabs, and African Dwarf Frogs. We will begin the kits after testing is complete. Before the kits, we will use our textbooks and related materials. (Alabama Course of Study 7)
 * patterns
 * multiply fractions and whole numbers
 * missing number sentences
 * divison
 * rounding
 * equivalent fractions/decimals

Reading RTI:
- Reading RTI will take place in the homerooms this week. Students will review skills previously taught in Unit 2. = = =Social Studies=
 * Chapter 6: Alabama in Conflict **
 * **Identify reasons for Alabama's secession from the Union**
 * **Explain Alabama's role in and economic support of the Civil War**
 * **Describe political, social, and economic conditions in Alabama during Reconstruction**

**Unit 4: The Turn of the Century** **Chapter 7: Alabama Grows**


 * **Describe significant social and educational changes in Alabama during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries**
 * **development and changing role of industry, trade and agriculture**