4th+and+5th+Grades

**Language Objective(s) for the Week: Students will use sentence stems to speak orally.**
__**Word Study:**__ generate __**Lesson:**__ (1)Opening question: How do writers generate, or get, ideas for writing? Students respond with stem: "Writers might get ideas from ___."__ __(2)Model using a graphic organizer to write down ideas about themselves; Students draw & complete quadrants in their Notebooks.__ __**Lesson:**__ (1)Show list of free write prompts on board or chart. (2)Model free writing in Notebook. (3)Students free write in Notebooks. __**Closure:**__ Students share Notebook entries aloud. || __**Word Study:**__ bout, tussle, tonic, trip-hammer __**Lesson:**__ (1)Read aloud to students from Read Aloud Anthology: "The Case of the Muscle Maker." (2)Reread, using guided reading questions. (3)Students share aloud with partners using the sentence stem: "My favorite part of the story was when ___."__
 * < **Mon.** ||< __**Daily Warm-Up:**__ Read aloud: __A Crazy Mixed-Up Spanglish Day__
 * Closure:** __Students share graphic organizer quadrants with the class.__ ||
 * < **Tues.** ||< **Daily Warm-Up:** __Read aloud:__ A Crazy Mixed-Up Spanglish Day
 * Word Study:** __free write : Students orally respond with stem: "I could possibly free write about__ _."
 * < **Wed.** ||< Afternoon Dr. Appointment. No sub. employed. ||
 * < **Thurs.** ||< __**Daily Warm-Up:**__ Read aloud: __A Crazy Mixed-Up Spanglish Day__
 * Closure:** __Students share aloud sentences stem with whole class.__ ||
 * < **Fri.** ||< **Daily Warm-Up:** __Read aloud:__ A Crazy Mixed-Up Spanglish Day
 * Word Study:** __quilt__
 * Lesson:** __(1)Discuss quilts. (2)Students complete sentences, draw pictures, & decorate quilt blocks.__
 * Closure:**__ Students share quilt blocks with the class. ||