Block Plan for Top Secret

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Photosynthesis Observe plants Observe plants Introduce Ch. Introduce Ch.

mini-lesson and review and discuss what 7&8 vocabulary 9&10
photosynthesis plants need to vocabulary
Plant radishes survive Internal conflict
Read Ch. 2&3 mini-lesson Read Ch. 9&10
Introduce Ch. 1 summaries Introduce Ch. 5
vocabulary and vocabulary Read Ch. 7&8 Make
photosynthesis Introduce Ch. 4 predictions
terms vocabulary Setting mini- Close read a
lesson passage from Introduce
Read Prologue External conflict Ch. 8, pgs. 74-77 science fair
& Ch. 1 mini-lesson Read Ch. 5 writing piece
Internal conflict (brainstorm)
Make Read Ch. 4 Setting aspect of aspect of story
predictions story cube cube
External conflict
Introduce story aspect of story Quiz: Ch. 5 Quiz: Ch. 7
map and cube
complete Read Ch. 6
character part of summary
story cube
 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Key
End of Unit
Introduce Ch. Test on entire Work on science Celebration Science
11&12 book fair project knowledge
vocabulary writing piece Plant radish
Complete story plants in pots Vocabulary
Resolution mini- map cube pages Draw science
lesson fair project Science Fair oral Reading aloud
presentations (or
Read Ch. 11, 12 Show story cube reading written Reading
and Epilogue piece for science independently
fair)
Theme mini- Story mapping
lesson
Predictions
Introduce
resolution, Science Fair
theme, and writing
favorite part
aspects of story Assessment
cube