Week+of+Jan.+5,+2009

Week of January 5, 2009

__Day 1__ Revisit routines

__Day 2__ Learning target: I can identify main characters and secondary characters in a story. Read aloud / mini-lesson: Look at stories we've already read this year as a class and make lists of main characters and secondary characters (2 columns). Independent work: students go make a list with independent reading books and books from the classroom library. [|secondarymain.doc]

__Day 3__ Learning target: I can identify my character's physical characteristics. This means I can describe what my character looks like. Mini-lesson: Read a physical description of a character from a chapter book. As a class, examine a picture of Peter Parker and write a physical description of him. Connect it to data unit and attributes (ie. Guess My Rule with people). Alternatively, use Tacky the Penguin as a read-aloud to compare Tacky's characteristics to the other penguins.
 * This powerpoint presentation is the whole lesson:**[| physicaldescriptions.ppt]

Independent work: Students write a description of the physical characteristics of Spiderman. [|physicalsheet.doc]

Sharing: Begin Venn Diagram of Peter Parker and Spiderman that will be continued over time.

__Day 4__ Learning target: I can make inferences about my character based on their physical characteristics. Review the definition of "inferring:" figuring out things about the book that the author doesn't directly tell you. Mini-lesson: Students share some examples of physical descriptions of Spiderman. As a class, make some inferences about Peter Parker based on his physical characteristics. [|physicalinferencing.ppt] **(Note that this PPT presentation is the same from the day before except the first Sponge Bob page. The idea is that Sponge Bob is a finished example for students to see. Then Michelle Obama and Peter Parker should be done as a class. Students will go back to do Spiderman alone).** Independent work: Students make inferences about Spiderman based on his physical characteristics. [|physicalinferencing.doc]