LESSON 10
COUGARS
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
BIG IDEA: Nature
deserves our respect.
Essential Question: What
are the most important
ideas about cougars?
FOCUS WALL
Comprehension:
• Target Skill: Main Idea and Details(PB 109, 110)
• Target Strategy: Monitor, Clarify
Spelling: Final Schwa + /r/ sounds (PB 112, 113, 114)
Fluency: Stress
Grammar: Quotations (PB 115, 116, 117, 119)
Writing: Write to Respond
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (PB 120)
Decoding: Recognizing schwa + /r/ sounds
Vocabulary Strategies: Analogies (PB 111)
TARGET VOCABULARY
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Unobserved
Available
Detecting
Mature
Ferocious
Resemble
Particular
Vary
Contentment
Keen
MONDAY
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Spelling Pre-test
Grammar Poster
Vocabulary in Context
Target Skill
Practice Book page or Comprehension Projectable
Background
First Read
TUESDAY - CENTERS
• Mrs. Humphreys (Guided Reading or story discussion)
• Guided Reading
• I can read fluently and with expression.
• I can use details from the text and my prior knowledge to draw
conclusions.
1) Copy the organizer on the last page into your reading
notebook. You will fill this out after reading the story.
2) Read the story aloud. Pause at punctuation and use
expression.
3) Discuss and complete the organizer.
• Story Discussion
• I can use the text to answer question.
• I can use details from the text and my prior knowledge to draw
conclusions.
TUESDAY - CENTERS
• Computer – Math video (Fraction Basics)
• I can identify the numerator and denominator in a fraction.
• I can explain what the numerator and denominator
represent.
• I can apply my knowledge of fractions to word problems.
TUESDAY - CENTERS
• Character sketch
• I can draw conclusions about a character from the story.
• I can represent the character and conclusion with a
picture.
1) Use details from the text and your prior knowledge to
draw a conclusion about a character from the text.
2) Represent that character with a picture (I should be able
to determine you conclusion through your illustration).
TUESDAY CENTERS
Computer – Math video (Fraction Basics)
I can identify the numerator and
denominator in a fraction.
I can explain what the numerator and
denominator represent.
I can apply my knowledge of
fractions to word problems.
• Character sketch
I can draw conclusions about a
character from the story.
• I can represent the character and
conclusion with a picture.
1)
Use details from the text and your
prior knowledge to draw a
conclusion about a character from
the text.
2)
Represent that character with a
picture (I should be able to
determine you conclusion through
your illustration).
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WEDNESDAY CENTERS
WEDNESDAY
• Homework: Complete the Deepen Comprehension
Questions.
THURSDAY
• Finish reading story together
• Assessment
• Grade
Homework: Writing Trait in Practice Book
FRIDAY
• WAA
• Paired Selection