| Curriculum Map 2006-2007 | |||
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The Dwight School |
| Content | Purpose/ Objectives | Activities/ Assessments | Resources | ||
| Sep: Language Arts (Week 1, 3 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING-Group 1: Nonfiction: Clipper Ship by Thomas P. Lewis, Sea of Ice: The Wreck of the Endurance by Monica Kulling Group 2: Fiction: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Use strategies to decode words (predict, read on, phonemes) To predict, recall, summarize and defend information. WRITING- Sentence construction, joining sentences using conjunctions, generate ideas by brainstorming, planning using a web. GRAMMAR- Identifying sentences, commands and exclamations, forming questions, identifying proper and common nouns. SPELLING- Words with closed syllables, doubling rules, words with final blends |
Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies Daily grammar activity |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell C Exercises in English Strategies to achieve reading success Time For Kids Ranger Rick Explode the Code |
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| Oct: Language Arts (Week 4, 4 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING- Group 1: Continued reading Clipper Ship and Sea of Ice. Fiction: Sarah, Plain and Tall by by Patricia MacLachlan Group 2: Continued reading Shiloh To predict, recall, summarize, and defend information. To locate supporting information in the text. To use strategies to decode words. WRITING- Formulating topic sentences and supportive sentences. Editing GRAMMAR- Using singular and plural possessive nouns, simple and complete subjects, predicates. Prefixes, suffixes, syllables. SPELLING-Spellwell C: words with or, ar, and open syllables |
Completion of Literature Circles, comprehension questions, crossword puzzles Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell C Exercises in English Strategies to achieve reading success |
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| Nov: Language Arts (Week 8, 5 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING- Group 1: Continued Sarah, Plain and Tall. Non-fiction: The Pilgrims at Plymouth Group 2: Fiction: Journey To identify and use similes and metaphors. To plot and retell a story. To make predictions and compare characters. WRITING- To write five-sentence paragraphs with topic sentence, supportive details, and a closing sentence. Editing. GRAMMAR- To identify and use verbs: action, regular and irregular past tense, helping, state-of-being SPELLING-Spellwell C: words with ch, tch, ph, and sh |
Creating a plot chart, crossword puzzles, comprehension questions, word maps, character webs Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell C Exercises in English Strategies to Achieve Reading Success Time For Kids Explode the Code Vocabulary Connection |
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| Dec: Language Arts (Week 13, 3 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING- Group 1: Continued Sarah, Plain and Tall. Fiction: Sklyark by Patricia MacLachlan and The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Group 2: Continued reading Journey To recognize detail, sequence, find the main idea, draw conclusions, identify story characters, evaluate story elements. WRITING- To write five-sentence paragraphs with topic sentence, supportive details, and a closing sentence. Letter-writing. Story re-writes (The Polar Express) Editing. GRAMMAR- To identify and use synonyms, antonyms, contractions, compound words, homonyms SPELLING-Spellwell C: plurals, words with th, wh, and silent-e syllables |
Completion of Literature Circles, comprehension questions, word maps, crossword puzzles Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell C Exercises in English Strategies to Achieve Reading Success |
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| Jan: Language Arts (Week 16, 4 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING-Group 1: Shiloh Group 2: Because of Winn Dixie WRITING- To write five-sentence paragraphs with topic sentence, supportive details, and a closing sentence. Editing. Preparation for the ERB Writing Test. GRAMMAR-Combining subjects, combining verbs. Adjectives. SPELLING-Silent-e, words with er, ir, and ur, contractions |
Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell C Exercises in English Strategies to achieve reading success Time For Kids Explode the Code |
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| Feb: Language Arts (Week 20, 4 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
Biography: Group 1: Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson Group 2: Journey (cont.) WRITING- poetry, letters GRAMMAR- contractions, compound words, verb tenses, proper nouns, quotation marks SPELLING- Spellwell Cc: Words with y at the end, adding endings to words that end with y, words with long-a |
Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell Cc Exercises in English Strategies to achieve reading success |
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| Mar: Language Arts (Week 24, 3 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING- Group 1: Biography- Louis Braille The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind by Margaret Davidson Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo WRITING- Identifying elements of a paragraph, 6-paragraph essays GRAMMAR- helping verbs, being verbs, compound subjects SPELLING-Spellwell Cc-Words with long-e and long-o |
Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell Cc Exercises in English Strategies to achieve reading success |
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| Apr: Language Arts (Week 27, 3 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING- Group 1: The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle 3rd Grade Detectives by George E. Stanley Group 2: The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck WRITING- Writing with dialogue. Poetry. Fairy Tales. GRAMMAR- Punctuation for dialogue. Verbs (continued). Comparative and superlative adjectives SPELLING-Spellwell Cc: Words with ou and ow, oi and oy, soft g, soft c |
Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell Cc Exercises in English Strategies to Achieve Reading Success |
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| May: Language Arts (Week 30, 5 Weeks) |
READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING |
READING- Group 1: Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith Group 2: Poertry- Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger WRITING- Writing alternative endings to books, poetry, autobiography. GRAMMAR- Conjunctions, verbs, adjectives, speech marks SPELLING-Spellwell Cc: Words with au and aw, ie and ei, silent letters, and many syllables |
Teacher observation of student work Teacher, individual and peer assessment of writing Daily spelling homework and weekly spelling tests Completion of Dailies activities for Oral Language, Geography and Analogies |
Great Source Dailies Student Books Spellwell Cc Exercises in English Strategies to Achieve Reading Success |
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Updated: Friday, January 05, 2007 |
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