Objectives and Lesson Plans – January 24-27, 2017

Because of Winn-Dixie – A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America’s beloved storyteller. One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. Featuring a new cover illustration by E. B. Lewis and an excerpt of Kate DiCamillo’s newest novel, Raymie Nightingale.

We’ll be covering about 5 chapters per week and completing a quiz each Friday.

Some of the objectives that we will be covering while reading are:

• Offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to text
• Identify and discuss book themes, characters, plots, and settings
• Connect their experiences with those of the author and/or with characters from the books
• Support predictions, interpretations, conclusions, etc. with examples from text
• Practice key reading skills and strategies (cause-and-effect, problem/solution, compare-and-contrast, summarizing, etc.)
• Monitor their own comprehension

English: – Units 1-4 Cumulative Review

Spelling: – No spelling test this week.

Math: – Estimate products by rounding.

– Solve problems by using the act it out strategy.

– Multiply two-digit numbers.

– Mid-Chapter Check

Science: -Understand what air masses are and how they move.

-Recognize what the symbols on a weather map represent.

– Construct a barometer. 

Social Studies: – Discover our African connections and identify ways in which slavery ended.

NOTE: Arawak and Caribs Project was handed out and emailed. This is due on January 30.

Bible: – Study Bible verse for Friday. Parents, please encourage your child to study their Bible verse every week. These do impact their Bible grades.

– Examine Scriptures describing God’s involvement as Creator.

– Identify what God know about them personally.

Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. Psalm 119:18

NOTE: Work on Arawak and Caribs Diorama – DUE January 30