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- 4/15/2025
Week of: April 14-18 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! Ask the Scientist: Earth Really Rocks 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: Students will read and spell words with Latin roots miss, agri, duc/duct, man. Standard(s): :ELAGSE4RL3 LT:I am learning to describe in depth a character drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). SC: ❑ I can identify the character, setting, or event in a story or drama. ❑ I can identify specific details about the character, setting, or event. ❑ I can use details from a text to describe a character’s thoughts, words, or actions. ❑ I can think about why authors make the choice that they make as I read (e.g., for what reason is the story set in a small town rather than a big city). Lesson/Activity: Unit 9, Lesson 6 Students will read a realistic fiction selection and practice identifying important details about characters, noticing how characters react and change due to actions of other characters. Read Aloud: “Sweet Talk” 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. Standard: ELAGSE4L3 LT: I am learning to use correct capitalization. SC: ❑ I can examine mentor texts and notice how the author uses punctuation for effect. ❑ I can practice using punctuation for effect to improve my writing. ❑ I can work with a partner to review my use of punctuation for effect. ❑ I can correctly use punctuation for effect in my writing. Lesson/Activity: Unit 5, Session 1, Tuesday Grammar Review Students will complete a pre-assessent to show what they know about capitals and punctuation. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W2(a-e) LT:I am learning to organize my ideas for an informative/explanatory piece. SC:I can list my ideas to support an informative/explanatory piece. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for an informative/explanatory piece. I can structure my ideas into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases Lesson/Activity: Informational writing prompt from Georgia Experience Online Students will work on organizing their writing. Tues. 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: Students will read and spell words with Latin roots miss, agri, duc/duct, man. Standard(s): ELAGSE4RL2 LT: I am learning to identify the theme of a text by thinking about the details in the text. SC: ❑ I can define the theme. ❑ I can explain how to use close reading strategies for determining themes. Lesson/Activity: Unit 9, Lesson 7 Students will identify important text details in the selection and use those details to understand conflicts between characters and how they reveal the theme. Read Aloud: “Land of Opportunity” dard: 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. Standard: ELAGSE4L3 LT: I am learning to use correct capitalization. SC: ❑ I can examine mentor texts and notice how the author uses punctuation for effect. ❑ I can practice using punctuation for effect to improve my writing. ❑ I can work with a partner to review my use of punctuation for effect. ❑ I can correctly use punctuation for effect in my writing. Lesson/Activity: Unit 5, Session 2, Wednesday Grammar Review Students will read a Mentor 2 and take notice of the use of capital letters and articles as needed, use apostrophes and use commas in a variety of ways. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W2(a-e) LT:I am learning to organize my ideas for an informative/explanatory piece. SC:I can list my ideas to support an informative/explanatory piece. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for an informative/explanatory piece. I can structure my ideas into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases Lesson/Activity: Informational writing prompt from Georgia Experience Online Students will work on writing their introduction. Wed. 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: Students will read and spell words with Latin roots miss, agri, duc/duct, man, use context clues and complete a common feature sort. Standard: ELAGSE4L4 LT: I am learning to use Greek and Latin affixes and roots to help determine the meaning of unknown words. SC: ❑ I can identify the root of an unknown word. ❑ I can use the root of an unknown word to determine the meaning of the word. ❑ I can identify an affix. ❑ I can use the affix to determine the meaning of the word. ❑ I can explain how adding a Greek or Latin affix changes the meaning of the word. Lesson/Activity: Unit 9, Lesson 8 Students will focus on root words in the mentor text to ensure understanding of word meanings. Read Aloud: TC 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. Standard: ELAGSE4L3 LT: I am learning to use correct capitalization. SC: ❑ I can examine mentor texts and notice how the author uses punctuation for effect. ❑ I can practice using punctuation for effect to improve my writing. ❑ I can work with a partner to review my use of punctuation for effect. ❑ I can correctly use punctuation for effect in my writing. Lesson/Activity: Unit 5, Session 3, Thursday Grammar Review Students will have partnerships look at the sentences in the mentor text, focusing on the author’s use of commas and apostrophes. Students jot down their observations and questions about the punctuation marks. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W2(a-e) LT:I am learning to organize my ideas for an informative/explanatory piece. SC:I can list my ideas to support an informative/explanatory piece. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for an informative/explanatory piece. I can structure my ideas into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases Lesson/Activity: Informational writing prompt from Georgia Experience Online Students will work on writing their two body paragraphs. 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: Students will read and spell words Latin roots miss, agri, duc/duct, man, read an Interactive Text and complete a spelling pattern sort. Standard: ELAGSE4RL1 LT: I am learning to draw inferences from a text. SC: ❑ I can differentiate between explicit and inferred information. ❑ I can think about what an author is saying and wants me to feel or know from the text. Lesson/Activity: Unit 9,Lesson 9 Students will read a new text and think about how the author’s voice and word choices help us to learn about a character. Read Aloud: TC 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. Standard: ELAGSE4L3 LT: I am learning to use correct capitalization. SC: ❑ I can examine mentor texts and notice how the author uses punctuation for effect. ❑ I can practice using punctuation for effect to improve my writing. ❑ I can work with a partner to review my use of punctuation for effect. ❑ I can correctly use punctuation for effect in my writing. Lesson/Activity: Unit 5, Session 4, Friday Grammar Review Students will read a Reader’s Theater book with a group and then brainstorm as a class questions they have about capitalization and punctuation. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W2(a-e) LT:I am learning to organize my ideas for an informative/explanatory piece. SC:I can list my ideas to support an informative/explanatory piece. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for an informative/explanatory piece. I can structure my ideas into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases Lesson/Activity: Informational writing prompt from Georgia Experience Online Students will work on writing their conclusion and start editing their writing. Fri. 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: Students will read and spell words with Latin roots miss, agri, duc/duct, man, decode by analogy and complete a spelling assessment. Standard: ELAGSE4RL2: LT: I am learning to identify the theme of a text by thinking about the details in the text. SC: ❑ I can define the theme. ❑ I can explain how to use close reading strategies for determining themes. Lesson/Activity: Students will use character traits and actions as clues to determine the theme of “Land of Opportunity.” Students will use inferencing to determine what the author wants us to learn and remember from the story. Read Aloud: TC 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: Unit 5, Session 5, Monday Grammar Review Students will review that articles are the words a, an, and the. They will identify the articles and discuss what the sentences sound like with and without the articles. Standard(s):ELAGSE4W2(a-e) LT:I am learning to organize my ideas for an informative/explanatory piece. SC:I can list my ideas to support an informative/explanatory piece. I can support my ideas with related facts, reasons, and details for an informative/explanatory piece. I can structure my ideas into paragraphs. I can organize my paragraphs using transitional words and phrases Lesson/Activity: Informational writing prompt from Georgia Experience Online Students will edit and revise their writing.