Thursday


 * Thursday **


 * Bell Work: **
 * **Students will review and add to their KWL charts based on what they learned in the day before. They will also refer to the guided questions to help them add to their charts. **
 * **//What was daily life like in the colonial period?//**
 * **Students will record the word of the 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 a story from the book, "The American Revolution for Kids" by Janis Herbert. [[image:9781569766293.jpg width="214" height="165" align="right"]]
 * **Centers (15 minutes each): **
 * **Computer Station: ** Students will continue to do research for their Glog.
 * **Invention Station: ** Students will learn about and use glass armonica //(Students will read a little paragraph about the invention, try the invention, and synthesize the information into their flipbooks) //
 * **Computer Station: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will visit the link below to tour a town in the colonial period and learn about the life of a colonial citizen. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">[] <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> Following that, students will visit the following link to watch a video podcast about children in the 18th century. <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="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Writing Station: **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will complete a writing activity in their “Colonial Diaries”. They will choose from different styles of poetry to write a poem of their own related to the people of the American Revolution. They can write the poem from the perspective of anyone they choose, but the poem must follow the format of whatever type of poetry they choose, and it must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">(Colonial Diaries will be pre-made and handed out to students; 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 spending the period in the computer lab to add all of their information to create their Glog.**


 * <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Goals/Objectives: **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will reflect on the information they learned the day before, and add to their personal KWL charts. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will work collaboratively to add to the class KWL chart. **
 * **<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 learn about specific people of the revolution, and how their actions impacted the revolution. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will continue to learn about different inventions created by one of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will continue to research and work on their Glog about an important historical person from the revolution. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will gain insight into the daily life of a child during the colonial period, and view an example of a town online during the same period. **
 * **<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 add to their timelines the information about the events leading up to our country's independence. **
 * **<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students will complete a writing activity in their journals related to important people 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 played 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.5.5: **<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.