ELA Unit 2 Week 4 Monday

Whole Group: Folk Song Characteristics (pg. 223A)

Tuesday
Whole Group: Model setting up the Authors Purpose Chary (225B) Discuss: how this is similar to main ideacan we combine this chart with one that will help us determine main idea?

Wednesday

Thursday
Whole Group: Literary Elements of Poetry (bookmark on pg. 240)

Friday

No Whole Group

Flohr: Vocab. Preview Reefed Passionate Harpoons Fate The Song of the Worlds Last Whale Pg 84-86 *Use think alouds Discuss: *What is the connection between the fate of the whale and the fate of humans *What is the authors purpose?

Flohr: Gorilla Garden (224-225) Introduce vocabulary and determine authors purpose. Discuss: *Why is it important for us to know an authors purpose? *Can that affect a readers purpose for reading? 4 Authors purposes: Persuade Inform- to tell Explain- to teach Entertain

Note: this chart can also be used to determine the topic and main idea Discuss: *How are the authors purpose similar to the main idea and how are they different. *Summarysomething from BME

Compare and Contrast the two poems

Tolle: Introduce Spelling words Word Work

Tolle: Texarkana Story from last week using Google Maps

Tolle: Model Reading Assessment -ORScience Discussion Questions

Tolle: Model Reading Assessment -ORScience Discussion Questions

Computer: iStation

Computer: iStation

Computer: iStation

Computer: iStation

Early Release Math Day ELA

Flohr: Heres My Dollar (226-237) Authors Purpose Chart to determine why the author wrote this text.

Flohr: Read Neighbors and Recycling Discuss: *Elements of Poetry *Identify the theme of Neighbors *Identify the events that happened in recycling *Can you determine the common theme in both poems?