NewsELA:  Link for our classroom

Unit 4:

Book Unit on Time

1. Watches– Channel 1 video
2. History of Time
   1. The British Museum’s History of Time
   2. How to Make a Water Clock with soda bottles
   3. History of the Clock– compare this info to our text.  Does it offer exactly the same info?
   4. A Brief History of Time- how has measuring time changed how humans act?
3. Mystery Science videos on time
   1. Time-lapse 1 Why are the shadows moving so fast?
   2. Time Lapse 2:  Which direction are you facing while on the chair?
   3. Time Lapse 3: How is the movement of the clock’s hand related to the shadow?

Lesson #16: Lunch Money

1. GAMES for Vocabulary Practice
   1. Quizlet- vocabulary practice
   2. Focus Wall for lesson 16
2. Lunch Money Lesson #1- read aloud as part of a lesson
3. Lunch Money– Lesson #2- read aloud as part of the 2nd part of a lesson.Draw inferences from a character’s thoughts, dialogues, and actions.
4. Lunch Money- Lesson #3– Describe a character’s personality using evidence from the text.
5. Kids Make Comics-faces: Video 1
6. Kids Make Comics-Where do ideas come from: Video 2
7. Kids Make Comics- Make Word Balloons– Video 3
8. Kids Make Comics: Big, Bold Lettering– Video 4
9. Jim Davis of Garfield- visit his studio
10. Kazu Kibuishi- view his studio (Amulet author)
11. Kazu Kibuishi- 5 interview questions answered
12. HOW IT’S MADE: books

Dangerous Crossing:

1. Color-vs- black & white artwork, how does color help us interpret an image?
2. Johnny and Jon Adams picture– B/W vs. Color
3. Crossword Puzzle for vocabulary in Dangerous Crossing
4. Hangman for vocabulary in Dangerous Crossing

 

 

Reading Resources:

Reading Informational Texts:  

Reading for Information

1. LearnZillion- “Backpedaling in Bicycle History”- lesson set. (use Bicycle printout available on page)
   • L#1- Pepare to read by examining the text organization
   • L#2: Read by skimming title, subtitles, and chunks of text
   • L#3: Locate Text Features
   • L#4: Determine the Main Idea
   • L#5: Determine Meaning of Unfamiliar Words
   • L#6: Asking the 5 “W” Questions to Monitor Meaning

Reading Books Online–  “You Would Not Want to Be…” series.  List of 4 books available online.	.
Phonics Games–  Click and go to your grade level.
Dino Hunters Find all the different dinosaurs using dictionary.	Environmental Rescue Turn a polluted pond into a paradise by building complete sentences.