Week of September 5 – 8, 2000
Reading/English/Spelling
Story: Arthur’s Pet Business
The learners will discuss various jobs and pets.
The learners will make a written prediction of two (2) sentences based on the story title and pictures.
Wednesday
The learners will recall the title, characters and plot of Arthur’s Pet Business.
The learners will observe a story map and discuss its parts.
The learners will complete the story map in the Practice Book on page 17.
Thursday
The learners will recall various jobs and discuss their importance.
The learners will recall the imaginary business they wrote about as Tuesday’s DA.
The learners will draw three (3) pictures of themselves: one at the beginning, middle and end of their business.
The learners will write one (1) sentence describing each picture.
The learners will share and discuss their pictures.
Friday
The learners will participate in a discussion of cause and effect.
The learners will complete Practice Book page 22.
ELA-1-E1, E2, E5, E6, E7
ELA-2-E1, E3
ELA-3-E1, E2, E3, E5
ELA-4-E2, E4, E5, E6, E7
ELA-5-E1, E2, E3, E6
ELA-7-E1
Tuesday
1. Students will discuss with the student teacher jobs children can have. Responsibilities and rewards will also be brought up. We will also briefly discuss pets people keep. The student teacher will ask, “If a person who watches babies is a baby-sitter, what is a person who watches pets?”
2. After announcing the title and author, students will glance at the pictures of the story. Based on the title and pictures, the students will write a prediction of at least two (2) sentences in their RES notebook.
3. Students will listen and follow along as the student teacher reads Arthur’s Pet Business.
4. Students will write three to four (3 – 4) sentences in their RES notebook about their prediction. Sentences should address if their prediction was right or wrong and how they know.
5. Students will share their predictions and afterthoughts and will answer questions about the story as a group.
1. In a brief discussion, students will recall the title, characters and plot of Arthur’s Pet Business.
2. The student teacher will show the story map. Students will be asked to name the different parts of the story map. They will offer ideas of how and why the story map could be used in reading and writing.
3. Students will remove page 17 from their Practice Books. As a class we will read the directions and begin the page. After starting the story map, students will complete it individually. When they are finished, the page will be put in the Work Folders to be handed in.
4. The class will focus their attention on the overhead to go over the story map.
1. Students will be encouraged to recall the discussion of jobs from Tuesday. The discussion will be revisited as we discuss the importance of those jobs. Students will be asked to take out their DA (Daily Activities) notebook and turn to the sentences they wrote about their imaginary business.
2. On a blank piece of paper, students will draw three pictures. One picture will be of them at the beginning of their business, one of them in the middle, and one of them at the end of their business. Students will write one sentence describing each picture.
3. Students will share and discuss their pictures. The pictures will be placed in the Work Folders to be collected.
1. Students will participate in a discussion about events and their results. Students will be asked to define as best they can the words “cause” and “effect.”
2. Students will remove page 22 from their Practice Books. This page will be placed in the Work Folders when it is complete.
3. Once all folders are away, the class will go over the page.
Centers (all week)
Writing/Games
-Writer’s Journal page 12 “Puppy Pep Talk”: Each student in a group will write one advice sentence from Perky to Arthur’s new puppy.
-Game “Arthur Goes to the Library”
Art
-Activity Card 9b “It Pays to Advertise”: Students will design an advertisement for their imaginary business.
-Arthur Babysits: This will be read to the class. Students will compare and contrast Arthur’s two jobs (pet-sitter and baby-sitter).
-The following books will be available for checkout during SSR time each day.
There will be three individual assessments this week. They are:
-Practice Book page 17 (Story Map)
-Set of three pictures and sentences
-Practice Book page 22 (Cause and Effect)
There will be one individual assessment that will be completed in the Art center.
-Activity Card 9b “It Pays to Advertise”
There will be one group assessment. This activity will be done in the Writing/Games center. It is:
-Writer’s Journal page 12 “Puppy Pep Talk”
HBJ Up One Hill and Down Another, student reader and teacher’s manual
HBJ Up One Hill and Down Another, Practice Book and Writer’s Journal
HBJ Up One Hill and Down Another, Activity Card 9b
Paper or notebooks for student writing
Blank paper
Selection of Arthur Adventure books by Marc Brown
Arthur Goes to the Library Game from the Milton Bradley Company