August 26 30 2019 September 3 6 2019

August 26 – 30, 2019 September 3 – 6, 2019 Weston Week at a Glance

WAGs • The lesson plans will be spread out over two weeks as I-Ready days need to be built in for Reading and for Math. • Students will earn the right to have freetime on Friday afternoons if all work is up to date and behavior meets expectations. • One segment per week will be designated as an intervention day to assist students with work on specific skills.

Standards: Social Studies SS 6 G 7 Locate selected features of Europe. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and Iberian Peninsula. b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. SS 6 G 10 Describe selected cultural characteristics of Europe Describe the diversity of languages and religion in Europe.

Social Studies Learning Targets • I can locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, and Iberian Peninsula. • I can locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom • I can describe the diversity of languages spoken within Europe. b. Identify the major religions in Europe: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Social Studies Activities – Monday/Tuesday Times Framework Core Instruction 5 minutes Class Opener Vocabulary: language, romance, Germanic, Slavic, Indo-European, monotheistic, religion, denomination, Judaism, Christianity, Islam 15 minutes Whole Group Languages Gallery Walk: display European Languages around the room and have students walk around and identify language family. Set timer and have list of languages on board for reference point. 30 minutes Work Period Group activities Student notes: cloze note activity Students create vocabulary circle maps for vocabulary 5 minutes Closing Routine Students write their names in Cyrillic language display slide. • TOD: Tuesday: Why do you think speaking more than one language is more common in Europe than in the US? Why might it be important for Americans to be bilingual?

Social Studies Activities – Wednesday/Thursday Times Framework 5 minutes Class Opener Core Instruction Vocabulary: language, romance, Germanic, Slavic, Indo-European, monotheistic, religion, denomination, Judaism, Christianity, Islam Students review vocabulary from Monday 15 minutes Whole Group Share Vocab circle maps 30 minutes Work Period Group activities Student notes: cloze note activity: Religions Students complete vocab circle maps 5 minutes Closing Routine Text Message to their friend about today’s lesson.

Social Studies Activities – Thursday/Friday • Arts infusion: Students are to choose one of the languages and find a song to share with the class. There will be several examples shared with the class of artists and their music. • Share with class their favorite hymn (if they have one) • Comprehension quiz Languages • Religions work will continue next week.

Science Standards • S 6 E 5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to show Earth’s surface is formed. • b. Plan and carry out an investigation of the characteristics of minerals and how minerals contribute to rock composition. • c. Construct an explanation of how to classify rocks by their formation and how rocks change through geologic processes in the rock cycle.

Science Learning Target • I can explain the rock cycle (the formation and destruction of the three major rocky types and the energy that drives the rock cycle).

Activities: Monday and Tuesday Times Framework Core Instruction 5 minutes Class Opener Vocabulary: igneous rock • sedimentary rock • metamorphic rock • granite • basalt • rock cycle • sediment • extrusive • intrusive • ore • conglomerate • compaction • cementation • fossil • law of superposition • element • compound • mineral 15 minutes Whole Group Review Minerals powerpoint 30 minutes Work Period Group activities Students create rock cycle diagram, Students will begin mini lab: Creating Salt Crystals 5 minutes Closing Routine Text Message to their friend about today’s lesson. Students will create a Tweet about their daily observation on their rock crystals.

Activities: Wednesday Times Framework Core Instruction 5 minutes Class Opener Students continue working on Vocabulary: igneous rock • sedimentary rock • metamorphic rock • granite • basalt • rock cycle • sediment • extrusive • intrusive • ore • conglomerate • compaction • cementation • fossil • law of superposition • element • compound • mineral 15 minutes Whole Group Rock Cycle, types of rock powerpoint 30 minutes Work Period Group activities Student catch up day with vocabulary. Prepare for quiz on Thursday on Rock cycle and vocabulary 5 minutes Closing Routine

Science Activities: Thursday Friday • Students will complete Types of Rocks sorting activity • For formative: Students will use notes and create a Rocks/Mineral lap book. • Items needed: folder, foldables, notes, colored pencils, scissors, crayons

Standards: ELA • ELAGSESL 1: I can engage in collaborative discussions with a group; one on one, and with the class. • ELAGSE 6 RI 1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE 6 RL 1 • ISTE 1: I can read independently for 15 minutes. • ISTE 2: I can send an email, type a word document, and submit it electronically. I can type a journal entry on a word document.

ELA Learning Targets • ELAGSE 6 L 2: I can speak and write using proper capitalization and punctuation. • ELAGSE 6 RL 1: I can cite evidence to support my analysis of a text. • ELAGSE 6 RL 3: I can describe how elements of a story interact (i. e. how setting helps shape theme, characters, and the plot)

Vocabulary Circle Map example

Activities: ELA Monday/Tuesday Times Framework Core Instruction 5 minutes Engage Class Opener 15 minutes Whole Group Vocabulary Circle Maps 30 minutes Work Period Group activities Students will work on vocabulary in one group (Monday) Tuesday: Pronouns - https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=YJDIEs 4 w. Ed. Q Students will work on Foldable for Pronouns for INB - p 157 – 162 Grammar INB 5 minutes Closing Routine Students will choose their favorite story and identify 2/5 elements. Students will identify pronouns on board Monday Homework: vocabulary circles Tuesday homework – pronouns worksheet Vocabulary Theme • Central Idea • Allegory • Genre • Narrative • Dialogue • Collaborative – character – setting – plot – confict – resolution Vocabulary will be worked on today to demonstrate to students process. Rest of the week it is for homework.

Activities: ELA Wednesday/Thursday Times Framework 5 minutes Engage Class Opener 15 minutes Core Instruction Vocabulary Theme • Central Idea • Allegory • Genre • Narrative • Dialogue • Collaborative – character – setting – plot – confict – resolution Student continue work on vocabulary Whole Group PPT – elements of a story 30 minutes Work Period Group activities Students will work on elements of story – short passages Students will work on Elements of Story foldable for notebooks 5 minutes Closing Routine Students will choose their favorite story and identify 2/5 elements. Wednesday homework – pronouns Thursday homework – elements of story – short passages

ELA Friday • Vocabulary and pronoun quiz • Free time after quiz •

Math Standards • MGSE 6. NS. 4. Find the common multiples of two whole numbers less than or equal to 12 and the common factors of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100. • MGSE 6. NS. 4 a. Find the greatest common factor of 2 whole numbers and use the distributive property to express a sum of two whole numbers 1 -100 with a common factor as a multiple of a sum of two whole numbers with no common factors. (GCF)Show details

Math Learning Targets • MGSE 6. NS. 4, 4 a-b • I can find the greatest common factors (up to 100) and least common multiple (less than or equal to 12) of two whole numbers. • I can use the distributive property to express a sum of two whole numbers with a common factor as a multiple of a sum of two numbers with no common factor.

Weekly Activities – Warm ups – 5 minutes • Daily Warm-up, 5 minutes • Monday Number Talk – sum of 10 using 2 addends • Ask students to demonstrate the sum of 10 with digits 0 - 10 • Tuesday Number Talk – sum of 10 – using 2 addends • Ask students to demonstrate the sum of 10 with digits 0 – 10 • Wednesday Number Talk – sum of 10 – using 3 addends • Ask students to demonstrate the sum of 10 with digits 0 – 10 • Thursday Number Talk – sum of 10 – using 3 addends • Ask students to demonstrate the sum of 10 with digits 0 – 10 • Friday – free day for those who have earned it.

Weekly Activities – Whole Group 10 minutes • Monday: Vocabulary review (Quiz Tuesday) • Khan Academy https: //www. khanacademy. org/math/pre-algebra- factors-multiples/pre-algebra-greatest-common-divisor/v/greatest-commondivisor • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=kyzc. Hk. FMin. A • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=BIl. F 65 I 2 Ew. A • Bring in LCM videos and practice on Wednesday

Small Group Activities • Monday: GCF (1); other group I-Ready (30 minutes) • Tuesday: GCF (1); other group I-Ready (30 minutes) • Wednesday: LCM (1); other group intervention • Thursday: LCM (1); other group intervention • Friday – Free time if earned – work complete and behavior expectations met. • Tuesday: applications with GCF and LCM • Wednesday: applications with GCF and LCM

Math Homework/Quiz • Monday; Homework: GCF • Tuesday; Homework GCF and study for vocab quiz on Wednesday • Wednesday; Homework LCM • Thursday; Homework LCM • Friday : Free • Tuesday: applying GCF and LCM • Wednesday: applying