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- 3/11/2025
Week of: March 10-14 2025 *for additional curriculum information, please visit the district's resource Elementary Teaching Resources or Georgia Standards of Excellence PHONICS READING Weekly Assigned Achieve Article Monday! Do Octopuses Dream? GRAMMAR WRITING Mon. Standard(s): ELAGSE4RF3 LT: I am learning to read unfamiliar words in context and out of context using phonics and decoding skills. SC: ❑ I can read all letter sound combinations correctly. ❑ I can read multi-syllable words. ❑ I can demonstrate the meaning of common affixes. ❑ I can show the meaning of common Latin roots. ❑ I can identify the meaning of common root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. ❑ I can apply my knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns, morphology, and multi-syllabic words when reading various texts. Lesson/Activity: U8W1L1 Phonics Students will read and spell words with negative prefixes. Standard: ELAGSE4RI2 LT: I am learning to summarize the text. SC: ❑ I can use notes and paraphrasing to plan a summary of the text. ❑ I can paraphrase to construct a summary of the text. Lesson/Activity: RU8 W1L2 Students will summarize the key details in an informational text. Standard: ELAGSE4L2 LT: I am learning to use commas and quotation marks in direct speech and quotes from a text when writing. SC: ❑ I can identify what a comma is and what it is used for. ❑ I can identify the correct usage of commas. ❑ I can identify what quotation marks are and what they are used for. ❑ I can demonstrate that commas are used to introduce a quote after certain words (eg. said, answered, replied, asked) ❑ I can demonstrate that quotation marks are placed around the words someone actually said. ❑ I can demonstrate that quotation marks are used around words that are quoted directly from a text. ❑ I can correctly use commas and quotation marks in direct speech and in quotes from a text. Lesson/Activity: Students will revise sentences using punctuation techniques they explored in this unit. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W1(a-d) LT:I am learning to provide reasons to support my opinion piece. SC: I can list my ideas to support my opinion. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for my opinion. I can structure my reasons into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases. Lesson/Activity:Day 1 Opinion Students will prepare to write in response to a prompt and two paired passages. Tues. Standard(s): ELAGSE4RF3 LT: I am learning to read unfamiliar words in context and out of context using phonics and decoding skills. I can read all letter sound combinations correctly. ❑ I can read multi-syllable words. ❑ I can demonstrate the meaning of common affixes. ❑ I can show the meaning of common Latin roots. ❑ I can identify the meaning of common root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. ❑ I can apply my knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns, morphology, and multi-syllabic words when reading various texts. Lesson/Activity: Students will read and spell words with negative prefixes, use context clues and complete a spelling pattern sort. Standard: ELAGSE4RI6 LT: I am learning to compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic. SC: ❑ I can identify who is telling the story. ❑ I can explain the characteristics of a firsthand account of an event or story. Lesson/Activity: RU8 W1L3 Students will analyze first person point of view and think about how point of view affects a text. Standard: ELAGSE4L2 LT: I am learning to use commas and quotation marks in direct speech and quotes from a text when writing. from a text. ❑ I can correctly use commas and quotation marks in direct speech and in quotes from a Text. SC: ❑ I can identify what a comma is and what it is used for. ❑ I can identify the correct usage of commas. ❑ I can identify what quotation marks are and what they are used for. ❑ I can demonstrate that commas are used to introduce a quote after certain words (eg. said, answered, replied, asked) ❑ I can demonstrate that quotation marks are placed around the words someone actually said. Lesson/Activity: Students will review rules, edit a short paragraph together, and then will revise a piece of writing they are working on or have completed. This could be done with an editing partner. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W1(a-d) LT:I am learning to provide reasons to support my opinion piece. SC: I can list my ideas to support my opinion. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for my opinion. I can structure my reasons into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases. Lesson/Activity: Day 2 Opinion Students will use a graphic organizer to prepare to write. Wed. I can read all letter sound combinations correctly. ❑ I can read multi-syllable words. ❑ I can demonstrate the meaning of common affixes. ❑ I can show the meaning of common Latin roots. ❑ I can identify the meaning of common root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. ❑ I can apply my knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns, morphology, and multi-syllabic words when reading various texts. Lesson/Activity: U8W1L4 Phonics Students will read and spell words with negative prefixes, use context clues and complete a spelling pattern sort. Standard: ELAGSE4L4 LT: I am learning to use context clues to help with unknown words. SC: ❑ I can identify unknown words in a text. ❑ I can identify multiple-meaning words in a text. ❑ I can use reference materials such as a dictionary to determine the meaning of the word. ❑ I can make connections between the definitions and how the words are used in the text. Lesson/Activity: RU8 W1L4 Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words in a text. Standard: ELAGSE4L2 LT: I am learning to use commas and quotation marks in direct speech and quotes from a text when writing. SC: ❑ I can demonstrate that quotation marks are used around words that are quoted directly from a text. ❑ I can correctly use commas and quotation marks in direct speech and in quotes from a text. SC: ❑ I can identify what a comma is and what it is used for. ❑ I can identify the correct usage of commas. ❑ I can identify what quotation marks are and what they are used for. ❑ I can demonstrate that commas are used to introduce a quote after certain words (eg. said, answered, replied, asked) ❑ I can demonstrate that Lesson/Activity: Unit 4 Review Standard(s):ELAGSE4W1(a-d) LT:I am learning to provide reasons to support my opinion piece. SC: I can list my ideas to support my opinion. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for my opinion. I can structure my reasons into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases. Lesson/Activity: Day 3 Opinion Students will continue to prepare to write using a graphic organizer. Thurs. Standard(s): ELAGSE4RF3 LT: I am learning to read unfamiliar words in context and out of context using phonics and decoding skills. SC: ❑I can read all letter sound combinations correctly. ❑ I can read multi-syllable words. ❑ I can demonstrate the meaning of common affixes. ❑ I can show the meaning of common Latin roots. ❑ I can identify the meaning of common root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. ❑ I can apply my knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns, morphology, and multi-syllabic words when reading various texts. Lesson/Activity: U8W1L5 Phonics Students will read and spell words with negative prefixes and complete a spelling assessment. Standard: ELAGSE4RI7 LT: I am learning to interpret text features presented visually, orally, or quantitatively. SC: ❑ I can identify informational text features (charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, interactive elements). ❑ I can explain why text features are used in informational text. ❑ I can analyze information visually, orally, or quantitatively. Lesson/Activity: RU8 W1L5 Students will analyze text features (maps and photos) and think about the ways in which they enhance the text. Unit 4 Grammar Assessment: -This summative assessment is the Benchmark Grammar U4 Summative that is in GU4 TE Standard(s):ELAGSE4W1(a-d) LT:I am learning to provide reasons to support my opinion piece. SC: I can list my ideas to support my opinion. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for my opinion. I can structure my reasons into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases. Lesson/Activity: Day 4 Opinion Students will focus on writing the essay (Intro, Body and Conclusion) Fri. Standard(s): ELAGSE4RF3 LT: I am learning to read unfamiliar words in context and out of context using phonics and decoding skills. SC: ❑ I can read all letter sound combinations correctly. ❑ I can read multi-syllable words. ❑ I can demonstrate the meaning of common affixes. ❑ I can show the meaning of common Latin roots. ❑ I can identify the meaning of common root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. ❑ I can apply my knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns, morphology, and multi-syllabic words when reading various texts. Lesson/Activity: Spelling Test SStandard: ELAGSE4RI7 LT: I am learning to interpret text features presented visually, orally, or quantitatively. SC: ❑ I can identify informational text features (charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, interactive elements). ❑ I can explain why text features are used in informational text. ❑ I can analyze information visually, orally, or quantitatively. Lesson/Activity: Unit 7 Week 1 Assessment Standard: ELAGSE4L2 LT: I am learning to use correct capitalization. SC: ❑ I can explain when to use capitalization. ❑ I can make a list of reasons to capitalize words. ❑ I can identify capitalization used correctly in a sentence. ❑ I can write sentences using correct capitalization. Lesson/Activity: Students will examine a friendly letter mentor text and will discuss punctuation and capitalizations that they see. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W1(a-d) LT:I am learning to provide reasons to support my opinion piece. SC: I can list my ideas to support my opinion. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for my opinion. I can structure my reasons into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases. Lesson/Activity:Day 5 Opinion Students will complete their essay.