April 29- May 3
Monday-Friday: Atlas Testing
4th Grade
M: Atlas
T: M4, L18
-Read Ch 10-12 of Walk Two Moons -Analyze how various characters react to the messages and what this may reveal about them. -Write a postcard from Sal to another character using at least four precise vocabulary words to describe her trip with her grandparents. -Write 3 ways the author of Walk Two Moons makes this story intriguing and use the word intrigue in a sentence.
W: Atlas
Th: Module 4 Lesson 19
-Read Ch 13-16 of Walk Two Moons -Record evidence of Sal's connection to Phoeve and what they learned about Sal through her time with her Grandparents. -Write a short entry from Sal's perspective using at least 3 linking words and 3 precise vocabulary words to express what she may be thinking. -Write 3 sentences using the words ornery, cantankerous, and sullen to describe characters in Walk Two Moons.
F: Atlas
5th Grade
Monday: M4, 19
Notice and Wonder about a Sculpture Explore Materials and Artistic Process Watch and Listen to Understand a Video Experiment with Taking Notes from a Source about a Topic
Tuesday: Atlas
Wednesday: M4 L21
Explore a New Source to Build Knowledge of a Topic
Develop Notes about a Topic Using a New Source
Summarize and Reflect on the Fugees’ Story
Thursday: Atlas
Friday: M4,L23
Analyze a Sculpture’s Form, Site, and Color
Interpret Meaning from a Sculpture
Watch and Listen to Understand a Documentary
Rewatch a Documentary to Answer Research Questions
6th Grade
M: Module 4, Lesson 13
Students practice searching for an additional source and evaluating its credibility for the EOM Task. They then turn their attention to completing their first Focusing Question Task. For this assignment, students analyze how the photographs and text of Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World work together to create the hostile setting of Antarctica as well as develop the heroism of the characters through their extraordinary responses to overwhelming challenges.
T: Atlas
W: Module 4, Lesson 14
In preparation for their first New-Read Assessment, students analyze how Armstrong uses a combination of narrative and expository writing types to structure the text into different sections and develop its main ideas. Specifically, students examine how Armstrong uses narrative and expository techniques to inform her readers about the Shackleton expedition and help build the reader’s understanding of complex topics that the text’s subject matter addresses. Students then complete New-Read Assessment 1.
Th: Atlas
F: Module 4, Lesson 15
Students examine how the hostile environment of Antarctica continues to take its toll on Shackleton’s and his men’s morale, yet they continue to persevere and take extraordinary action despite the extreme conditions that threaten them physically and mentally. Students also return to examine Turner’s Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth, and they analyze its use of color and texture that creates an ambiguous image of nature’s drama and power.