1. Monday, September 12th
Warm up: Independent reading/student conferences. Create at least one thought shot as you read.
Schema: How are spider webs like thinking? My spider web story
Turn & Talk
Schema roller: What makes you unique? Turn & Talk
My schema example/student schema examples
Read aloud: “How to Steal a Dog”; Stop and Jot activity- connect with prior knowledge/background knowledge

2. Tuesday, September 13th
Warm up: Independent reading/student conferences. Create at least one thought shot as you read.
Schema T chart
Class discussion/Turn & Talk
Read aloud: “How to Steal a Dog”
Stop and Jot activity- connect to text

3. Wednesday, September 14th
Warm up: Independent reading/student conferences. Create at least one thought shot as you read.
Concentric circles of connections: Connections readers make and a way to organize these connections – anchor chart
“Rachel Delevoryas” sticky note w/thought connections/put on chart
“Don’t Laugh at Me”
Read aloud: “How to Steal a Dog”
Stop and Jot activity-make connections

4. Thursday, September 15th
Warm up: Independent reading/student conferences. Create at least one thought shot as you read.
Create Thinking Stems Anchor Chart #2
“A Boy a Dog and a Frog” – connect to own life experiences using
thinking stems
Read aloud: “How to Steal a Dog”
Stop and Jot activity-make connections

5. Friday, September 16th
Warm up: Get reading folder. Independent reading – find a spot and read actively and silently. Create at least one thought shot as you read.
“A Boy a Dog and a Frog” continued – connect to own life experiences using thinking stems
Read aloud: “How to Steal a Dog”
Stop and Jot activity
Quick write or quick draw - Rachel Delevoryas before and after

6. Thinking quotes
“When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. - Plato, philosopher
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. - Henry Ford, Industrialist
No brain is stronger than its weakest think. – Thomas L. Masson, author
A Library is thought in cold storage. – Herbert Samuel, politician
A moment’s thinking is an hour in words. – Thomas Hood, poet
Readers are plentiful, thinkers are rare. – Harriet Martineau, writer and philosopher