Here we are in week two of one of the best units EVER! The students are having a great time learning about cultures from around the world, how those cultures affect us, all while incorporating reading, writing and social studies standards together. This week will not disappoint! All teachers know that learning just before a break can leave students a little less motivated, distracted and it may feel a bit like herding cats. This is why I up the engagement of my lessons so that students keep on going until the minute they leave on Friday.
We will be diving into comparing and contrasting again on Monday. The students will have a host of H.O.T questions to guide their thinking. On Wednesday we will take a break a break during shared reading from cultures and dive into Thanksgiving. We do not learn about a sugar coated Thanksgiving, rather we learn an age appropriate approximation of the events. Students will look at the cause/effect relationships between these events in order to connect each event through a timeline. Students have been discussing and learning about an author's point for weeks now, Thursday will have them reading three passages, determining the purpose and finding evidence to support the different points.
So much going on this week that every minute counts. Our shared reading lessons will run between 20-30 minutes. We will have fun read alouds ever day. (I'll list some of them below for you.). We will also be incorporating fall fun into our guided reading. Students will continue to write their Sweden pieces to display for their culture fair. If you are interested in details to any of the extra events that I have listed, please look for links below. You can find my lesson plan outlines from A Modern Teacher here.
Click below to see what a culture fair is and how to run one.
Here are my read alouds for the week.
Need a freebie for bellwork? Click on the picture below. Check out last week's lessons for a couple other freebies for a culture fair.
Click below for some of the materials that I'm using this week.
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