Mr. Bish's
Lesson Plans for the Week of October 14, 2013- October 18, 2013
Focus: Science: Weather and Climate: Chapter 1 Sections 2, 3, 4
Monday, October 14 , 2013 - No School in Observance Columbus Day and Canadian Thanksgiving
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 C- Day
Lesson Focus: Weather Factors: Pages 10- 14
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will...
1.) Identify some of the properties of air
2.) Name the instruments that are used to measure air pressure
3.) Explain how increasing the altitude affects air pressure and density
Learning Activity: Students will work in cooperative groups to define the following terms: density, pressure, air pressure, barometer, mercury barometer, aneroid barometer , altitude. Teacher the difference between mass and weight, Mass : the amount of matter in an object. Weight- the measure of how gravity pulls on an object. Read pages 10 - 14 and complete guided notes. Students will teach each other concepts and explain the concept of how increasing altitude affects air pressure.
Student Activity: Work in groups to complete the guided notes and define terms.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 D- Day
Lesson Focus: Layers of the Atmosphere: Pages 16-21
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will...
1.) Identify the four main layers of the atmosphere .
2.) Describe the characteristics of each of the layers of the atmosphere
Learning Activity: Students will preview the figure on page 17. Create two questions that they may have about the diagram. Students will define: troposphere , stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, exosphere. Read pages 18-21 and write down ways to explain the characteristics of the layers of the atmosphere. Compare the layers of the atmosphere.
Learning Outcome: Students will identify the four layers if the atmosphere and explain the differences between each layer of the atmosphere.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 E- Day
Lesson Focus: Review the layers of the atmosphere and create a visual model of the layers of the atmosphere.
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will
1.) Identify and explain each of the four major parts of the atmosphere
2.) Create a visual model of the layers of the atmosphere.
3.) Label each layer of the atmosphere and explain what each later does in their visual model
Learning Activity: Students will review the layers of the atmosphere that will be labeled with a title, labels of each layer and and explanation of each layer of the atmosphere.
Friday , October 18, 2013 F- Day
Lesson Focus: Air Quality- Pages 22-25
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will ...
1. Identify the causes of smog and acid rain
2. Describe what can be done to improve air quality
Learning Activity: Outline Air Quality by identifying sources of pollution : natural sources, human activity,
Smog and acid rain london- type smog, photo chemical smog and acid rain. Come up with ways to improve air quality. Identify pollutants,sources and health effects.
Learning Outcome: Complete Outline, Provide explanation of pollutants and identify health risks.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Lesson Plans for the Week of 10/7/13-10/11/13
Mr. Bish
Grade 6
Lesson Plans for the Week of 10/7/13-10/11/14
Focus: Science: The Air Around Us
Monday, October 7, 2013 E- Day National Bully Prevention Day: Wear Blue to Stand Up to Bullying
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will...
1.) Participate in Monday Morning Meeting by:
- Listening to their peers present the Morning Buzz
- Discuss content from the previous week
-Listen to guest speaker: PJ Burns as a he presents information about being a police officer, and conducting investigations, the importance of collecting evidence, not speculating, and the importance of establishing motive.
2.) Work in groups to complete their Good Food Choices vs Bad Food Choices poster presentation.
3.) Evaluate their work as a group and assign a grade for working on the poster project using a rubric.
4.) Listen to classmates STEM speeches and participate in STEM election process to elect officers.
Activities for the Day: Students will do the following:
Participate in Morning Meeting. Work in cooperative groups to complete their STEM posters. VOTE for STEM officers.
Learning Outcome: Students will complete morning meeting, elect student officers and complete and evaluate their Good Food Choices vs Bad Food Choices Posters.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 F Day
Miss Hollis- Lesson: Atmosphere Beyond Earth
Objectives: As result of the lesson students will/...
1. Demonstrate prior knowledge by completing a K-W-L chart about they know about the atmosphere, what they want to learn and and what they learned from about the atmosphere.
2.) Work in cooperative groups to read the article Beyond the Earth's Atmosphere
3.) Summarize the information that they learned about the earth's atmosphere.
Activity: Students will complete KWL Chart, work in groups to read" Beyond the Earth's Atmosphere", summarize that they learned about the earth's atmosphere.
Learning Outcome: Produce KWL and summary of article.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 A Day
Chapter 1 The Air Around Us: Pages 6-10
Objectives: Students will
1.) Describe the composition of the Earth's Atmosphere
2.) State how the atmosphere is important to living things
Learning Activity: Students work in cooperative groups to read pages 6-10 Teach composition of the Atmosphere. Complete reading checkpoint on page 7 and 8
Key Points: Atmosphere is comprised mostly of Oxygen and nitrogen. Living things need oxygen to survive.
Outcome: Students will read pages 6- describe the composition of the atmosphere and state why living things need oxygen to survive.
Homework Page 9 questions 1-4
Grade 6
Lesson Plans for the Week of 10/7/13-10/11/14
Focus: Science: The Air Around Us
Monday, October 7, 2013 E- Day National Bully Prevention Day: Wear Blue to Stand Up to Bullying
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will...
1.) Participate in Monday Morning Meeting by:
- Listening to their peers present the Morning Buzz
- Discuss content from the previous week
-Listen to guest speaker: PJ Burns as a he presents information about being a police officer, and conducting investigations, the importance of collecting evidence, not speculating, and the importance of establishing motive.
2.) Work in groups to complete their Good Food Choices vs Bad Food Choices poster presentation.
3.) Evaluate their work as a group and assign a grade for working on the poster project using a rubric.
4.) Listen to classmates STEM speeches and participate in STEM election process to elect officers.
Activities for the Day: Students will do the following:
Participate in Morning Meeting. Work in cooperative groups to complete their STEM posters. VOTE for STEM officers.
Learning Outcome: Students will complete morning meeting, elect student officers and complete and evaluate their Good Food Choices vs Bad Food Choices Posters.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 F Day
Miss Hollis- Lesson: Atmosphere Beyond Earth
Objectives: As result of the lesson students will/...
1. Demonstrate prior knowledge by completing a K-W-L chart about they know about the atmosphere, what they want to learn and and what they learned from about the atmosphere.
2.) Work in cooperative groups to read the article Beyond the Earth's Atmosphere
3.) Summarize the information that they learned about the earth's atmosphere.
Activity: Students will complete KWL Chart, work in groups to read" Beyond the Earth's Atmosphere", summarize that they learned about the earth's atmosphere.
Learning Outcome: Produce KWL and summary of article.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 A Day
Chapter 1 The Air Around Us: Pages 6-10
Objectives: Students will
1.) Describe the composition of the Earth's Atmosphere
2.) State how the atmosphere is important to living things
Learning Activity: Students work in cooperative groups to read pages 6-10 Teach composition of the Atmosphere. Complete reading checkpoint on page 7 and 8
Key Points: Atmosphere is comprised mostly of Oxygen and nitrogen. Living things need oxygen to survive.
Outcome: Students will read pages 6- describe the composition of the atmosphere and state why living things need oxygen to survive.
Homework Page 9 questions 1-4
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Plans for the Week of 9/30/13-10/4/13
Mr. Bish
Grade 6 Plans for the Week of 9/30/13-10/4/13 continued
Wednesday, 10/2/13 B Day
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will....
1.) Cite evidence in a reading of All About Wolves: Hunting Behavior that support answers to comprehension questions.
2.) Use technology to define vocabulary words from All About Wolves. Define Terms, Identify synonyms, antonyms, and create sentence that uses to the words in the correct context.
3.) Present vocabulary four square to classmates.
Activity: Vocabulary Four Square: Group work on All About Wolves.
Learning Outcome: Students will create a four square that defines terms, synonyms, antonyms, and sentence used in correct context.
Thursday, 10/3/13 C Day
Objectives: Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will....
1.) Attend a production of Peter Pan at Massena High School.
2.) Discuss aspects of the performance the students enjoyed, did not enjoy, creatively what they noticed.
Split Classes: Bish Team with Barkley for writing . Santamore's Students prep for assessment Friday.
Grade 6 Plans for the Week of 9/30/13-10/4/13 continued
Wednesday, 10/2/13 B Day
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will....
1.) Cite evidence in a reading of All About Wolves: Hunting Behavior that support answers to comprehension questions.
2.) Use technology to define vocabulary words from All About Wolves. Define Terms, Identify synonyms, antonyms, and create sentence that uses to the words in the correct context.
3.) Present vocabulary four square to classmates.
Activity: Vocabulary Four Square: Group work on All About Wolves.
Learning Outcome: Students will create a four square that defines terms, synonyms, antonyms, and sentence used in correct context.
Thursday, 10/3/13 C Day
Objectives: Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will....
1.) Attend a production of Peter Pan at Massena High School.
2.) Discuss aspects of the performance the students enjoyed, did not enjoy, creatively what they noticed.
Split Classes: Bish Team with Barkley for writing . Santamore's Students prep for assessment Friday.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Plans for the Week of 9-30- 2013-10-4- 2013
Mr. Bish's Plans
Week of 9-30-13 to 10-4-13
Analyzing
Monday 9/30/13 F- Day
OBJECTIVES: As a result of the lesson students will...
1.) Participate in Monday Morning Meeting in Mr. Barkley's Room. During the meeting students will
- listen to the Morning Buzz presented by students
- learn objectives for a week
-listen to a presentation by Mr. Matt and Ben from 96.5 radio station.
- generate questions to ask Mr. Mat and Ben about their career in radio.
2.) Demonstrate knowledge of All About Wolves Pack Behavior
Student Activity: Quiz on Pack behavior 1-7 using evidence to support answers
Outcome: Students will participate in Morning Meeting and complete knowledge of pack behavior assessment.
Tuesday: 10/1/13 Happy October A Day
OBJECTIVES: As a result of the lesson students will...
1. Work together in cooperative groups to get the gist from each paragraph about wolves hunting behavior.
2. Present what they learned about wolves to the class.
3. Present vocabulary words and their meanings using context clues and definitions.
Student Activity: Students will work in groups to identify the main ideas ( gist ) from reading the paragraphs. Students present the content that they learned to the members of the classroom. Students will also instruct students about the vocabulary words from the text.
Outcome: Students will teach classmates using summary of the paragraph.
Week of 9-30-13 to 10-4-13
Analyzing
Monday 9/30/13 F- Day
OBJECTIVES: As a result of the lesson students will...
1.) Participate in Monday Morning Meeting in Mr. Barkley's Room. During the meeting students will
- listen to the Morning Buzz presented by students
- learn objectives for a week
-listen to a presentation by Mr. Matt and Ben from 96.5 radio station.
- generate questions to ask Mr. Mat and Ben about their career in radio.
2.) Demonstrate knowledge of All About Wolves Pack Behavior
Student Activity: Quiz on Pack behavior 1-7 using evidence to support answers
Outcome: Students will participate in Morning Meeting and complete knowledge of pack behavior assessment.
Tuesday: 10/1/13 Happy October A Day
OBJECTIVES: As a result of the lesson students will...
1. Work together in cooperative groups to get the gist from each paragraph about wolves hunting behavior.
2. Present what they learned about wolves to the class.
3. Present vocabulary words and their meanings using context clues and definitions.
Student Activity: Students will work in groups to identify the main ideas ( gist ) from reading the paragraphs. Students present the content that they learned to the members of the classroom. Students will also instruct students about the vocabulary words from the text.
Outcome: Students will teach classmates using summary of the paragraph.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Weekly Plans for 9-23-9-27
Thursday 9/26/ 13 D Day
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will ....
1. Read All About Wolves in groups of four.
2. Identify the gist of paragraphs 8-12 by writing the gist of each paragraph
Students Activity:
Students will read in groups of four and record the gist if each paragraph. Students will answer the following guiding questions:
What do I learn about the topic as I read?
Text Based Question: In paragraph 7-10 what do we learn about the behavior of alphas?
Student Outcomes
Write down the gist for each paragraph. Answer the text based question giving details about alpha behavior.
Friday: 9/27/13 E-Day
Objectives: As a result of the lesson students will..
1.Develop their own text-specific questions with which to analyze the text All About Wolves
2. Analyze text to create questions
Student Activity: Record information about the details on Analyzing Details Worksheet. Students select three details to copy and record their thinking.
Outcome: Create questions based in their Analyzing Details Worksheet.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Weekly Lesson Plans 9/23-9/27
Mr. Bish
Plans for the Week of :
9/23/13- 9/27/13
STEM/ Science/ Literacy Weekly Focus: ELA Close Reading and Analyzing Non-fiction
Text
Common Core Standards Addressed: RI.6. 1,2,6,9, RL.6.1, 2,6, 9
Monday 9/23/13 A Day
Objective: As a result of the lesson students will…
1. Demonstrate knowledge of fluency, comprehension, rate, decoding, vocabulary skills by completing a running record with the teacher.
2. Read for their 25 book campaign
Learning Activity:
Students will complete running record with the teachers. Read for their 25 Book Campaign.
Learning Outcome: Running Records/ Read for Book Campaign
Tuesday
9/24/13 B Day Analyzing Details in Non- Fiction Text-
Objective: As a result of the lesson students will…
1. Students will learn to analyze details as a key to discovering meaning.
2. Students will read, analyze, and compare texts.
Learning Activity: Read text # 5
Students will analyze be introduced to the text. Complete the first part of a Questioning Text Worksheet. Focus: Authors Perspective: What do the author's words cause me to see or feel? Students read the passage with the following as guided questions : What words or phrases are powerful or unique?
Learning Outcome:
Students will work in groups to analyze the text and share information that they learned.
Wednesday 9/ 25/
13 C Day Half Day: Dismissal at 12:00 Noon
Objective: As a result of the lesson students will…
1. Students will learn to analyze details as a key to discovering meaning.
2. Students will read, analyze, and compare texts.
Learning Activity:
Read text # 6 aloud to the students. Student will think
about the question " What do the author's words cause me to see or feel?What words or phrases are powerful or unique?
Students will
record their responses and discuss what information the article
presents. Independently students will
re-read text and highlight and underline phrases that stand put to them as the
read.
Learning Outcome: Discuss and present findings from both articles.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Plans for the Week of : 9/16/13- 9/20/13
Mr. Bish
Plans for the Week of :
9/16/13- 9/20/13
STEM/ Science/ Literacy Weekly Focus: ELA Close Reading and Analyzing Non-fiction
Text
Monday 9/16/13 B Day
Objective: As a result of the lesson students will…
1. Participate in Monday Morning Meeting by listening to Mrs. Russell our guest speaker who will be talking about her experience cue working in education. Create a SIP form
2. Participate in a group activity by collaborating for and ELA activity presented by Mrs. Santamore.
1. Participate in Monday Morning Meeting by listening to Mrs. Russell our guest speaker who will be talking about her experience cue working in education. Create a SIP form
2. Participate in a group activity by collaborating for and ELA activity presented by Mrs. Santamore.
Learning Activity: Group collaboration to produce a matrix connected to The Shrouded Myth . Context Clue activity. Students create definitions for Shrouded Myth
Learning Outcome: Groups will present final project to the group.
Tuesday 9/17/13 C Day Reading Closely for Details
Objective: As a result of the lesson students will…
1. Reread A Brief History of Wolves in the United States
2. Identify the most important information for each paragraph.
3. Paraphrase the information that they learned from the reading.
1. Reread A Brief History of Wolves in the United States
2. Identify the most important information for each paragraph.
3. Paraphrase the information that they learned from the reading.
Learning Outcome: Students will write down important information that they learned about the history of wolves in the United States.
Wednesday 9/ 18/
13 D Day Attending to Details in Multi- Media
Objective: As a result of the lesson students will…
1. Use guiding questions to look closely of details in multi-media text and write a few sentences explaining someng that they learned.
2. Demostrate knowledge of A Breif History of Wolves by taking a quiz .
1. Use guiding questions to look closely of details in multi-media text and write a few sentences explaining someng that they learned.
2. Demostrate knowledge of A Breif History of Wolves by taking a quiz .
Learning Activity: students will watch a short video by David Owens Two Wolves. Students will view the video Two Wolves with put any background knowledge. Students will ask themselves , " what information or ideas does this text or video present." Discuss observations and discuss the differences between the two wolves within.
Learning Outcome: discuss Two Wolves . Take a quiz demonstrating knowledge of A Breif History of Wolves in the United States
Thursday
9/19/13 E Day
Objective: As a
result of the lesson students will…
1. Observe Two Wolves and demonstrate knowledge of understanding of the Cherokee Legend.
2. Discuss the theme of how wolves are connected to the development of the Native American boy.
Learning Activity:Watch Two Wolves and answer comprehension questions about the legend.1. Observe Two Wolves and demonstrate knowledge of understanding of the Cherokee Legend.
2. Discuss the theme of how wolves are connected to the development of the Native American boy.
Learning Outcome: Take a quiz and discuss the story of the Two Wolves by David Owen.
Friday 9/2013 A Day
Objective: As a result of the lesson students will…Present to the group their posters promoting the saving of the wolf. Students will share why they chose the image they did and the slogan they created. Students will justify the choice of their facts they chose to share with the observer.
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