Wednesday


 * Wednesday **


 * Bell Work: **
 * **Students will review and add to their KWL charts based on what they learned in the day before. They will refer to their guided questions for some help when adding. **
 * //**What was George Washington's role in the Revolutionary war?**//
 * **//What are some famous battles from the war?//**
 * **Students will record their word a day into their "Colonial Diaries". **


 * Anticipatory Set: **
 * **Students will watch a short Voki/Blabber Eyes/Crazy Talk video introducing the topic for the day. **


 * 90 minute Literacy Block: **
 * **Read Aloud (15 minutes): ** The teacher will read the story, "George Did It" by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain, and illustrated by Larry Day. [[image:georgedidit.jpg width="170" height="219" align="right"]]
 * **Centers (15 minutes each): **
 * **Computer Station: **Students will continue research and work for their Glog.
 * **Invention Station: ** Students will learn about and see swim fins. //(Students will read a little paragraph about the invention, try the invention, and synthesize the information into their flipbooks) //
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Computer Station: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will visit the following site to do an activity about a painting of George Washington. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">[]
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Literature Circle/Guided Reading Station: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">With the guidance and observation of the teacher, students will discuss and do literature circle activities related to their choice of a book related to the American Revolution. //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">(4 book talks will be done on the Friday before this Monday and students will be grouped by their book and begin reading over the weekend.) //
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Writing Station: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will do a writing activity in their “Colonial Diaries” called "If I Were President". They will write a short narrative about what they would do if they were president. The students must write as neatly as possible in cursive handwriting, have no spelling or grammatical errors, and may do a draft on a separate sheet of paper before writing in their diaries. //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">(Colonial Diaries will be pre-made and handed out to student;, this is where all their diary entries will be recorded) //


 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Social Studies Block: **
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**Students will be focusing on the battles during this block. They will break up into pairs, do research, and complete a graphic organizer about one battle. Students will then present each battle in the order that it occurred, and placed them on a bulletin board/timeline. During the presentations, students will also be recording information about the other battles into their personal timelines. The battles that are to be covered are listed below.**
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1/3/1777 The Battle of Princeton Princeton, New Jersy
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">8/16/1777 The Battle of Bennington Bennington, New York
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">9/19/1777 The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) Saratoga County, New York
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">10/4/1777 The Battle of Germantown Germantown, Pennsylvania
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">10/7/1777 The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) Saratoga County, New York
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">12/29/1778 The Capture of Savannah Savannah, Georgia
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3/29/1780 The Siege of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">8/16/1780 The Battle of Camden North of Camden, South Carolina
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1/17/1781 The Battle of Cowpens Cowpens, South Carolina
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3/15/1781 The Battle of Guilford Courthouse Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">9/8/1781 The Battle of Eutaw Springs Near present-day Eutawville, South Carolina
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">10/9/1781 The Battle of Yorktown Yorktown, Virginia


 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Goals/Objectives: **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will collaboratively work on a KWL chart regarding the revolution. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will record their word a day information into their journals and use the word during their writing activity. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will listen to a story about George Washington and discuss his role in the revolution. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will learn about different inventions created by one of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will begin research on an important historical person from the revolution by using literature provided by the teacher. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will learn more details about George Washington by completing an activity online. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will work in literature circles to discuss and analyze their novel for the week relating to the revolution. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will create their timelines and add information about the events leading up to our country's independence. **
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**Students will collaborate to complete a timeline about the battles that lead to the end of the revolution.**


 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 24px;">NGSS Standards: **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">SS.5.A.5.2: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Identify significant individuals and groups who plated a role in the American Revolution.
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">SS.5.A.5.3: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Explain the significance of historical documents including key political concepts, origins of these concepts, and their role in American Independence.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**SS.5.A.5.4:** Examine and explain the changing roles and impact of significant women during the American Revolution.
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">SS.5.A.5.5: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Examine and compare major battles and military campaigns of the American Revolution.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.2.2.1:** The student will locate, explain, and use information from text features (e.g., table of contents, glossary, index, transition words/phrases, headings, subheadings, charts, graphs, illustrations).
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.2.2.3:** The student will organize information to show understanding (e.g., representing main ideas within text through charting, mapping, paraphrasing, or summarizing).
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.3.5.1:** The student will prepare writing using technology in a format appropriate to audience and purpose (e.g., manuscript, multimedia).
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.3.5.2:** The student will use elements of spacing and design to enhance the appearance of the document and add graphics where appropriate.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.3.5.3:** The student will record information (e.g., observations, notes, lists, charts, map labels, legends) related to a topic, including visual aids to organize and record information on charts, data tables, maps, and graphs as appropriate.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.4.2.4:** The student will write a variety of communication (e.g., friendly letters, thank-you notes, formal letters, messages, invitations) that have a clearly stated purpose and that include the date, proper salutation, body, closing and signature).
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.5.1.1:** The student will demonstrate fluent and legible cursive writing skills.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.5.2.1:** The student will listen and speak to gain and share information for a variety of purposes, including personal interview, dramatic and poetic recitations, and formal presentations.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.5.2.2:** The student will make formal oral presentation for a variety of purposes and occasions, demonstrating appropriate language choices, body language, eye contact and the use of gestures, the use of supporting graphics (charts, illustrations, images, props), and available technologies.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.6.1.1:** The student will read and interpret informational text and organize the information (e.g., use outlines, timelines and graphic organizers) from multiple sources for a variety of purposes (e.g., multi-step directions, problem solving, performing a task, supporting opinions, predictions, and conclusions).
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**LA.5.6.4.2:** The student will determine and use the appropriate digital tools (e.g., word processing, multimedia authoring, web tools, graphic organizers) for publishing and presenting a topic.