September 26th through September 30th

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
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Essential Questions:
  • ​Why do people form alliances?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 11
  • Introducing the Concept
  • Read Forming Alliances
  • Graphic Organizer
  • Intro to New Vocab
Assignments​
  • Vocabulary Worksheet
Essential Questions:
  • Why do people form alliances?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 12
  • Review New Vocabulary with Questions
  • Read Drumbeat of Freedom
  • Pre-Read Guided Reading
Assignments
  • Vocabulary Worksheet
Essential Questions:
  • Why do people form alliances?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 13
  • Writing Prompt: Was Sarah right to help Charles Kent? Include details from the story to support your argument.
  • Work Station Rotations
Assignments
  • Writing Prompt
Essential Questions:
  • Why do people form alliances?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 14
  • Visualizing
  • Character, Setting, Plot
  • Historical Fiction
  • Paragraph Clues
Assignments
  • Paragraph Clues Worksheet
School Forest: No Reading
​Essential Questions:
  • What is your passion?
Daily Plan
  • None
Assignments
  • None

September 19th through September 23rd

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
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Essential Questions:
  • ​How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Silent Reading
  • Guidance at 2:00
Assignments​
  • None
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 7
  • Read Visualizing
  • Read Character, Setting, and Plot
  • Text Mapping Cow Music
  • Fill Out Character, Setting, and Plot Graphic Organizer
Assignments
  • None
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 8
  • Writing Prompt: Write an email from Celia to her friend Hanna telling about she feels after her first day at the new house. Use details from the story.
  • Work Station Rotations
Assignments
  • None
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 9
  • Reading Wonders Test
  • Silent Reading
Assignments
  • None
Homecoming: Shortened Classes
​Essential Questions:
  • What is your passion?
Daily Plan
  • Genius Hour 
Assignments
  • None

September 12th through September 16th

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
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Essential Questions:
  • ​How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 3
  • Introducing the Concept
  • Intro to New Vocab
  • Work Time for Homework
Assignments​
  • Vocab Worksheet
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 4
  • Read Cow Music
  • Visualizing for Cow Music and Powerless
  • Pre-read Leveled Readers
Assignments
  • Pre-read Leveled Readers
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 4
  • Review Vocab: Vocab Mimes
  • Characters, Setting, and Plot for Cow Music
  • Characters and Setting for Powerless
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Sentence Clues
Assignments
  • Sentence Clues Worksheet
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 5
  • Write about the Text: Write an email from Celia to her friend, Hana, telling her how she feels after her first day at the new house. Use details from the story. 
  • Read and Text Map Little Blog on the Prairie 
Assignments
  • Write about the Text Prompt
Essential Questions:
  • What is your passion?
Daily Plan
  • Genius Hour 
Assignments
  • None

September 5th through September 9th

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
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No School: Labor Day
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 1
  • Introducing the Concept: A New Point of View
  • 100 Favorite Things
  • Bio Poems
Assignments
  • 100 Favorite Things
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 2
  • Intro to New Vocabulary
  • Work Time for Bio Poems
Assignments
  • Vocab Worksheet
Essential Questions:
  • How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Daily Plan
  • Powerless Chapter 3
  • Read Cow Music 
  • Visualizing for Cow Music and Powerless
  • Pre-Read Leveled Readers
  • Work Time for Bio Poems
Assignments
  • Bio Poems Rough Draft Due
Essential Questions:
  • What is your passion?
Daily Plan
  • Intro to Genius Hour and Work Time
Assignments
  • None

August 29th through September 2nd

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
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No School: Open House
No School
No School
Essential Question: What is your passion? What kind of learner are you?
  • Review classroom rules and expectations
  • Review citations
  • Review reward system
  • Classroom tour
  • Classroom scavenger hunt
  • 100 Favorite Things
  • Powerless Chapter 1
  • Bio Poems
Assignment
  • Work on 100 Favorite Things
Essential Question: What is your passion? What kind of learner are you?
  • Hand out and explain Quarter 1 Reading Logs
  • Library at 2:00
  • 20 minutes silent reading
  • Powerless Chapter 2
  • Work time for 100 Favorite Things
  • Bio Poems
Assignment
  • Quarter 1 Reading Log