Correlation to State Content Standards
CTSP 2
Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)
Students will be able to:
1. Explain their winter break accomplishments.
2. Reflect on their first semester academics and explain their second semester goals.
Common Core Literacy Standard
RH 2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RH 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
WHST 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
Anticipatory Set (5 min.)
Daily Journal: 5 W's and essential question. Students will read a small passage of what happened in history on this day, identify the 5 W's and answer an essential question usually a DOK 3 or 4.
Direct Instruction (5 min.)
8th Grade-SDAIE: Discussion Read: Winter Break: Teacher will cloze read the passage with the students and guide students in annotating the passage. Teacher will provide further information to go along with the reading.
7th Grade-SDAIE: Direct Teach: Salt Mines:
Guided Practice (10 min.)
8th Grade-SDAIE: Annotate/Think Aloud: Washington as President: Students will listen to the teacher using Think Aloud to help them annotate the passage. Students will answer the essential question after the reading.
7th Grade-SDAIE: TPS/direct Teach: Salt Mines: Teacher will go over the answers to the hardships of salt mining.
Independent Practice (22 min.)
8th Grade-SDAIE: VBQ/TPS: Washington's Presidency: Students will watch a video and complete the assignment of identifying Washington's Cabinet by identifying the people, title and responsibility.
7th Grade-SDAIE: QW/Video Clip: Salt Mines: Students will watch a video dealing with the process of mining salt in West Africa. As students watch the video they will take down notes explaining the difficulties of mining for salt. There are 11. Once students complete that Teacher will instruct them on completing the QuickWrite using the CER method; Claim, Evidence, Reason.
Homework.
Finish what was not finished in class during class time if applicable.
Closure (4 min.)
1. Clean up.
2. Exit Question
3. Dismiss Class.
Direct Instruction (10 min.)
8th Grade-SDAIE: Annotate/Cloze Read: Washington As President: Teacher will cloze read the passage with the students and guide students in annotating the passage. Teacher will provide further information to go along with the reading.
7th Grade-SDAIE: Cloze Read/annotate: Rise of Kingdoms: Teacher will lead students in a reading of the Rise of Kingdoms in Africa.
Guided Practice (10 min.)
8th Grade-SDAIE: Annotate/Think Aloud: Washington as President: Students will listen to the teacher using Think Aloud to help them annotate the passage. Students will answer the essential question after the reading.
7th Grade-SDAIE: TPS/Talk to text/Annotate: Rise of Kingdoms: Teacher will use talk to text to help students annotate the passage from the book dealing with the rise of kingdoms in Africa.
Independent Practice (22 min.)
8th Grade-SDAIE: VBQ/TPS: Washington's Presidency: Students will watch a video and complete the assignment of identifying Washington's Cabinet by identifying the people, title and responsibility.
7th Grade-SDAIE: Label: Africa Kingdoms: Students will identify the three kingdoms of West Africa. They will identify the Kingdoms of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai on a map.
Homework.
Finish what was not finished in class during class time if applicable.
Closure (4 min.)
1. Clean up.
2. Exit Question
3. Dismiss Class.