1. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:10 – 8:30 Who found out the moon phase? It’s still a WAXING Crescent! GROUP #3 – TO OFFICE TO DO PLEDGE AT 8:20 Use the restroom! Be prepared to take notes as you watch the movie this morning. COMPARE & CONTRAST book vs. movie!

2. Watch Movie – Take notes to compare & contrast 8:30 – 10:00

3. Question – Answer Relationship (QAR) Strategies 10:00 – 10:20

4. Guided Practice What must Hazel Davis do for a job?(book or head) What do people do at a museum? (book or head) Who or what is Iggy? (book or head) If it is in the book, cite your evidence of where you found it.

5. Paired Partners What are butterflies like? (book or head) What is the Butterfly Conservatory at the American Museum of Natural History? (book or head) Where does the museum get the butterflies? (book or head) If it is in the book, cite your evidence of where you found it.

6. NOW ON YOUR OWN What does Davies feed the Water Monitor? (book or head) Would you like to have a job like Davies’ in the future? Why or Why not?(book or head) What other kinds of animals live in cages? (book or head) What kind of lizard eats crickets and jumped on Davies’ face? (book or head ) If it is in the book, cite your evidence of where you found it.

7. 10:20 – 10:50 INDEPENDENT READING/ Guided Reading Groups

8. Grammar Time! Grammar Time! 10:50 – 11:00

9. Word Study booming nook textbook misunderstood cooperate burrow

10. booming

11. nook

12. textbook

13. misunderstood

14. cooperate

15. burrow

16. Unit 1 – Week 5 – Day 2 Unit 1 – Week 5 – Day 2 Being a Writer 11:00 – 11:25

17. Sit near your partner Without coming to the carpet I want you to find a place around the room that you and you partner can work together. This means that all your personal belongings need to be secured because others may be sitting at your desk.

18. Your First Choice Publication of the Year “first draft” Yesterday you chose which piece of writing that you plan to take to publication. We are going to call that piece your “first draft” of your book. In the next few days I am going to guide you through the steps of finishing your first draft, revising it, checking it for correctness, and writing a final version to make your book. When you have finished it, you will read it aloud to the class and then add it to the class library for the rest of the year.

19. What to Expect Over the next few days you may not all be working on the same step of the writing process at the same time. For example, some of you may be revising your first draft while others are illustrating their final version. You must take responsibility for working on and completing your book by using the proper steps.

20. Questions to Ponder Why might it be difficult working independently when other people are working on different things? Why is it important for you to take responsibility for working on and completing your own book? If you’re not sure what to do next, what can you do? I encourage you to check yourself over these few days to make sure you are taking that responsibility. I will be checking in on you too.

21. Completing First Drafts Open you writing notebook to the piece that you have chosen and read it silently to yourself. When you have finished reading your first draft, I want you to think quietly to yourself about the following questions. – Does your writing make sense? What parts might you want to check again to make sure they make sense? – What stills needs to be added to your first draft for it to be finished? – What else might a reader want to know about when he or she is reading your piece? – Read the last sentence of your piece again. Does it feel like an ending? What more can you write to make it feel like an ending?

22. Partner Share Turn and talk for a minute with your partner about your answers of the questions you pondered.

23. Completing your first drafts During independent writing time today you will complete your first drafts. This does not mean that after today your writing piece will be ready to publish. It simply means that by the end of today you need to make sure that you have included everything that you want to say. If you finish this before time is up, then you may begin a new piece of writing by picking an idea from the “Writing Ideas” section of your writers notebook. I hope you choose to work responsibly and independently during writing time.

24. Reflect 11:25 – 11:30Reflect Today we are going to share ways that we have been responsible during our writing time.

25. Math Time! 11:30 – 12:30

29. Math Workbook p119

30. Math Workbook p120

31. Independent Practice pages 121-122

32. Out of Classroom! 12:00 – 12:45 Activity 12:45 – 1:15 Lunch 1:15 – 1:45 Recess

33. Math Time! 1:45 – 2:45

35. Math Workbook p121

36. Math Workbook p122

38. Math/Science Centers Discuss – Goals – Expectations – Responsibilities Involves 3-day rotations

39. 2:45 – 3:10 SCIENCE TIME

40. The Parts of a Flower Most flowers have four parts: sepals, petals, stamens, carpels.

41. The parts of a flower Sepals protect the bud until it opens. Petals attract insects. Stamens make pollen. Carpels grow into fruits which contain the seeds.

42. Stamen (male) Anther: pollen grains grow in the anther. When the grains are fully grown, the anther splits open.

43. Pistil (female) Stigma Style Ovary Eggs

44. Pollination Flowering plants use the wind, insects, bats, birds and mammals to transfer pollen from the male (stamen) part of the flower to the female (stigma) part of the flower.

45. Pollination A flower is pollinated when a pollen grain lands on its stigma. Each ovary grows into a fruit which contains the seeds.

46. Fertilization Pollen grains germinate on the stigma, growing down the style to reach an ovule. Fertilized ovules develop into seeds. The ovary enlarges to form the flesh of the fruit and to protect the ovary.

47. Wind pollination Some flowers, such as grasses, do not have brightly coloured petals and nectar to attract insects. They do have stamens and ovaries. These flowers are pollinated by the wind.

48. Seed dispersal Seeds are dispersed in many different ways: Wind Explosion Water Animals Birds Scatter

49. How birds and animals help seed dispersal Some seeds are hidden in the ground as a winter store. Some fruits have hooks on them and cling to fur or clothes.

50. How birds and animals help seed dispersal Birds and animals eat the fruits and excrete the seeds away from the parent plant.

51. Homework Math Workbook Pages 123-124 Study Science Vocabulary & Binder Read at least 30 minutes every day Choice - Vocabulary Practice Wed. Words

52. 3:00 – 3:15Wrap Up! Pair-Up back to back and share one thing you learned in class today with your partner Pack-Up