week+of+3.2.09+(advanced+group)

March 2, 2009 (Tuesday)

 * Review the following words from Text Talk using the verbal directions on page 207 of __Text Talk__
 * Let students know they will be tested the next day
 * Give students this study guide (attached on Text Talk page)
 * Have a student reader finish Chapter 5, "Small Ones are Sweeter" in __Superfudge__
 * Might have to reread the beginning of the chapter to refresh student minds
 * Introduce students to a new job: //The Sequencer//
 * Do the job of //The Sequencer// as a group for Chapter 5
 * The projector will be needed
 * Introduce Reading Folders to students and have them bring it with them from now on
 * //PREP: Create folders for students, create list of students names for reading group//

March 3, 2009 (Wednesday)

 * Give students the test for the Great Kapok Tree vocabulary (attached on Text Talk page)
 * Have students read Chapter 6 of __Superfudge__ independently
 * Students will get a Sequencor sheet as they finish
 * Students will need an envelope they keep in their folder - explain that this envelope will be reused
 * Students will read independently once the Sequencer job is finished

March 4, 2009 (Thursday)

 * Students finish the Sequencer Job
 * Students read independently as they finish
 * Students work in groups to put the order of events in the right order
 * Go over expectations
 * Explain that you will be walking around with a white erase marker giving students independent teamwork grades