Objectives:
*Practice finding cause and effect in a science text.
*Complete a skills check to demonstrate understanding of cause and effect.
*Read and interpret information from a diagram.
Period 1
Question of the Day - the weekly QD sheet was handed out Monday so they should have them in their binders.
Hand out the page Vocabulary List 7-9, Yes, No, Why?
Timed Readings: They read page 35 and answer questions on page 36.
Walter Mitty (the packet was handed out on Tuesday) They do pages 81 & 82.
Extra time? Read Number the Stars
Whole Group
Question of the Day
Put the starter for Wednesday on the overhead. They answer questions on their answer sheet in their binders that were handed out on Monday.
rBook - pages 176-177
Go over the target word "factor" with them (meaning and example) and have them give you sentences using the word.
Read pages 174-177 (they'll say they already read it, but they know I do multiple readings for comprehension)
Fill in columns pages 176-177
Rotations
Group 1 - Small Group --- Read 180 -- Independent Reading
Group 2 - Read 180 ---Independent Reading -- Small Group
Group 3 - Independent Reading -- Small Group -- Read 180
After 25 minutes rotate and then after another 25 minutes rotate again.