Technically, school doesn't start until Monday. But if last year's experience is anything to go by, I won't surface for air until at least next Saturday. I figured I'd go ahead and post this week's lesson plans so that A) I can review what I'm going to do and B) If anyone out there doesn't know what they're doing this first week, they can maybe borrow from me.
There are a lot of new things going on this year. 5th grade is a whole other universe. Meet the teacher was packed! Our 5th grade is on the middle school campus (as our Elementary ran out of room). We are in our own little wing, tucked off to the side, away from all of the 'big kids.' We have a slightly different schedule from everyone else.
1st
2nd
3rd
Lunch (at 10:35AM!)
4th
5th
6th- Conference period for teachers, rotation for students. They go to PE, Library, Computer, or Music (which I didn't even know existed on our campus) on different days, and it changes ever 6-weeks.
7th
8th
In theory, it looks like a good schedule. All 5th grade teachers share a conference, which is nice. Classes are broken into small chunks thanks to lunch and rotation. Time to regroup, which I usually need!
Monday:
Our first day is a little funky.
1st period- Our students have the option of buying their supplies from a company that sells them pre-boxed...everything you need in one package. Each 1st period will collect the supplies that teachers keep (kleenex, map pencils, erasers, colored paper).
2nd period- Pass out agenda books. I'm ridiculously excited that 5th graders have agenda books! They're so helpful! I wish the 6-8th graders also had them. The kids pay $3 for them.
All classes:
I have a slideshow that I created that accomplishes the following:
1. Seating chart (desks are numbered, I project a list of students and their numbers, they go find the desk that matches their number).
2. What are we doing today? (so they feel a little less anxious about what is happening)
3. Basic procedures (entering and leaving the room, doing their agenda and bellwork, raising their hands, restroom policy, etc)
4. How class runs
1. Grab science notebook
2. Do bellwork and agenda
3. Get out homework and red pen, grade
4. Input (notes, videos, practice problems together)
5. Output (labs, activities, projects, individual work)
6. Put up journal, do exit ticket
7. Pack up and leave
There are a few brain breaks plugged into the slideshow to keep the kids paying attention and get some of those first day jitters out. I'll upload this as soon as I have access to my work computer again. I completely forgot to upload it to google drive before I left = (
Tuesday:
Practice coming in, doing agenda, bellwork, being ready to begin.
My main purpose today is to introduce the procedures that are specific to my class. To do this, the kids require information on how to work in a group. Yes, you must teach them how to do group work.
I accomplish this in 2 ways.
1. Group work script
I wrote 3 different situational scripts, and I'll have 3 pairs of students volunteer (or get drafted) to read them. The scripts have a sheet for Partner A and Partner B, each with their own parts.
How to have productive group work:
Partner A
How NOT to have productive group work 1
Partner A
Partner B
How NOT to have productive group work 2
Partner A
After this, I have a group of 4 come up and demonstrate working together. I borrowed this idea from the Science Penguin, who borrowed it from The Science Gal.
Students use a rubber band and yarn to move cups into a pyramid stack. I want everyone to get the chance, but if we don't have enough time, it'll end up a demonstration.
Finally, once I have set expectations for groups, they go to the lab stations to complete their "Class Procedures" Foldable.
I'm still building my TPT library, so hopefully I'll be able to link things soon. This one is very specific to my class, though. Basically I created a 8-door foldable that has fill-in-the-blank style notes for the kids to complete. Topics include:
1. Bellwork
2. Makeup work
3. Exit Tickets
4. Pull a Slip
5. Science notebooks
6. NOISE level
7. Homework
After the kids complete the notes, they'll turn them in. I'm not having them set up their science notebooks until tomorrow so I don't want them losing this page! (trust me, they will).
Wednesday
Science Notebook setup day!
We will discuss the use of our notebooks today. My students may take theirs home, but I prefer to keep them in a bin (one for each class period). They get them when they walk in the door, put them up when they leave.
Here's what's going in today to start things off:
Title page
SKIP 4 sides (two pages front and back) for Table of Contents
5. LEFT Input vs. Output pages (we do input on the left, output on the right)
6. RIGHT Notebook practice page (I created it specifically for reviewing what goes where)
7. LEFT Notebook Grading rubric (which I made myself)
8. RIGHT Procedures foldable (from yesterday)
We are also gluing in:
Science Safety Rules (into the inside front cover)
List of common Science Prefixes/Suffixes (found here )
Types of Output (which also didn't make it onto my Drive. Includes, Acrostic, venn diagram, poem, draw a picture, data table, and others).
Thursday
We are deep diving into Science Safety. At our elementary, they barely touch Science. I'm under the impression that I should literally build from the ground up. Assume they have never heard of the Scientific method, don't know how to use a fire extinguisher, can't write a hypothesis, etc. Common sense isn't so common.
We're using this idea from the Science Pengin that she talks about in day 4 here.
I made my own "Before, during, after" sheet, and my kids will be practicing making detailed drawings. I'm also going to bring up the "diagram grading" system. (another thing I need to upload soon).
The kids will then complete a "What is Safe-T" sheet. I legit don't know where this came from, but I found it in a box of the prior teacher's materials. It has a list of statements like:
Find where someone is carrying a microscope incorrectly ________ (and then a blank for you to write a number in.)
The other page is a picture of a science lab, with students doing correct and incorrect things. Each object is numbered. This will be their first 'real' individual work in my class that isn't in their notebooks.
Friday
Today we will play SCOOT!
I didn't have time to make my own, so I'm using this one
We'll be playing scoot probably once per unit, so I might as well introduce it now.
Also, when we're done, I'm going to introduce our first Project of the year!
This is another freebie I found online. I'm going over the details of the project today, and introducing how to use the rubric to guide their work. The bookmark will actually be worked on on Monday.
WOO that seems like a lot to get through in a week. Hopefully we won't have much downtime, and we're not over-booked. I definitely want to set a precedence of constant hard work and forward momentum.
Also, please note that I didn't assign any real homework this week. Their homework is to get their science notebook numbered, anything they didn't finish (safe-t) and to get their welcome letters home to their parents so they can sign up for Remind.
I hope you all have an excellent first week!
~Kat
There are a lot of new things going on this year. 5th grade is a whole other universe. Meet the teacher was packed! Our 5th grade is on the middle school campus (as our Elementary ran out of room). We are in our own little wing, tucked off to the side, away from all of the 'big kids.' We have a slightly different schedule from everyone else.
1st
2nd
3rd
Lunch (at 10:35AM!)
4th
5th
6th- Conference period for teachers, rotation for students. They go to PE, Library, Computer, or Music (which I didn't even know existed on our campus) on different days, and it changes ever 6-weeks.
7th
8th
In theory, it looks like a good schedule. All 5th grade teachers share a conference, which is nice. Classes are broken into small chunks thanks to lunch and rotation. Time to regroup, which I usually need!
Monday:
Our first day is a little funky.
1st period- Our students have the option of buying their supplies from a company that sells them pre-boxed...everything you need in one package. Each 1st period will collect the supplies that teachers keep (kleenex, map pencils, erasers, colored paper).
2nd period- Pass out agenda books. I'm ridiculously excited that 5th graders have agenda books! They're so helpful! I wish the 6-8th graders also had them. The kids pay $3 for them.
All classes:
I have a slideshow that I created that accomplishes the following:
1. Seating chart (desks are numbered, I project a list of students and their numbers, they go find the desk that matches their number).
2. What are we doing today? (so they feel a little less anxious about what is happening)
3. Basic procedures (entering and leaving the room, doing their agenda and bellwork, raising their hands, restroom policy, etc)
4. How class runs
1. Grab science notebook
2. Do bellwork and agenda
3. Get out homework and red pen, grade
4. Input (notes, videos, practice problems together)
5. Output (labs, activities, projects, individual work)
6. Put up journal, do exit ticket
7. Pack up and leave
There are a few brain breaks plugged into the slideshow to keep the kids paying attention and get some of those first day jitters out. I'll upload this as soon as I have access to my work computer again. I completely forgot to upload it to google drive before I left = (
Tuesday:
Practice coming in, doing agenda, bellwork, being ready to begin.
My main purpose today is to introduce the procedures that are specific to my class. To do this, the kids require information on how to work in a group. Yes, you must teach them how to do group work.
I accomplish this in 2 ways.
1. Group work script
I wrote 3 different situational scripts, and I'll have 3 pairs of students volunteer (or get drafted) to read them. The scripts have a sheet for Partner A and Partner B, each with their own parts.
How to have productive group work:
Partner A
You:
What color paper do you want?
Them:
I like green and blue. What color do you want?
You:
Green is ok.
Them:
Great! Now, what safety rule do we want to do?
You:
Let's look at our list of rules in our science journal
grab
the science journal and open it up
You:
I like this one. “No horseplay in the lab.” We could draw
pictures of people running, and poking each other.
Them:
I think the one about always wearing safety goggles would be easier.
You:
Easier isn't always better. All we could draw is goggles. We have to
have two pictures. We'll get a better grade if we do a different one.
Them:
You're right. Lets do the horseplay one.
Partner B
Them:
What color paper do you want?
You:
I like green and blue. What color do you want?
Them:
Green is ok.
You:
Great! Now, what safety rule do we want to do?
Them:
Let's look at our list of rules in our science journal
they
grab the science
journal and open it up
Them:
I like this one. “No horseplay in the lab.” We could draw
pictures of people running, and poking each other.
You:
I think the one about always wearing safety goggles would be easier.
Them:
Easier isn't always better. All we could draw is goggles. We have to
have two pictures. We'll get a better grade if we do a different one.
You:
You're right. Lets do the horseplay one.
How NOT to have productive group work 1
Partner A
Grab
the green colored paper
You:
Here's our paper
Them:
But I want to do blueYou:
No, we're doing green!
Them: grab the paper out of your hand
Them: No, I like blue better!
Them: grab the paper out of your hand
Them: No, I like blue better!
Partner B
Them:
Here's our paper
You:
But I want to do blue
Them: No, we're doing green!
You: grab the paper out of your hand
You: No, I like blue better!
Them: No, we're doing green!
You: grab the paper out of your hand
You: No, I like blue better!
How NOT to have productive group work 2
Partner A
You:
So what should we draw for horseplay?
Them: Let's draw a person poking someone else with tweezers
Them: Let's draw a person poking someone else with tweezers
You:
This one time, I poked my little sister with tweezers. She had to get
stitches!
Them:
Wow! I had to get stitches once, when I fell off my trampoline.
You:
I've never been on a trampoline.
Them:
Really? I got one for Christmas last year.
You:
I got a playstation for Christmas last year.
wait
for Ms. Lynch to explain (we take this opportunity do discuss academic vs. social talk)
Them:
Oh, we're off track. Let's get back to our project
Partner B
Them:
So what should we draw for horseplay?You:
Let's draw a person poking someone else with tweezers
Them:
This one time, I poked my little sister with tweezers. She had to get
stitches!
You:
Wow! I had to get stitches once, when I fell off my trampoline.
Them:
I've never been on a trampoline.
You:
Really? I got one for Christmas last year.
Them:
I got a playstation for Christmas last year.
wait
for Ms. Lynch to explain (we take this opportunity do discuss academic vs. social talk)
You:
Oh, we're off track. Let's get back to our project
After this, I have a group of 4 come up and demonstrate working together. I borrowed this idea from the Science Penguin, who borrowed it from The Science Gal.
Students use a rubber band and yarn to move cups into a pyramid stack. I want everyone to get the chance, but if we don't have enough time, it'll end up a demonstration.
Finally, once I have set expectations for groups, they go to the lab stations to complete their "Class Procedures" Foldable.
I'm still building my TPT library, so hopefully I'll be able to link things soon. This one is very specific to my class, though. Basically I created a 8-door foldable that has fill-in-the-blank style notes for the kids to complete. Topics include:
1. Bellwork
2. Makeup work
3. Exit Tickets
4. Pull a Slip
5. Science notebooks
6. NOISE level
7. Homework
After the kids complete the notes, they'll turn them in. I'm not having them set up their science notebooks until tomorrow so I don't want them losing this page! (trust me, they will).
Wednesday
Science Notebook setup day!
We will discuss the use of our notebooks today. My students may take theirs home, but I prefer to keep them in a bin (one for each class period). They get them when they walk in the door, put them up when they leave.
Here's what's going in today to start things off:
Title page
SKIP 4 sides (two pages front and back) for Table of Contents
5. LEFT Input vs. Output pages (we do input on the left, output on the right)
6. RIGHT Notebook practice page (I created it specifically for reviewing what goes where)
7. LEFT Notebook Grading rubric (which I made myself)
8. RIGHT Procedures foldable (from yesterday)
We are also gluing in:
Science Safety Rules (into the inside front cover)
List of common Science Prefixes/Suffixes (found here )
Types of Output (which also didn't make it onto my Drive. Includes, Acrostic, venn diagram, poem, draw a picture, data table, and others).
Thursday
We are deep diving into Science Safety. At our elementary, they barely touch Science. I'm under the impression that I should literally build from the ground up. Assume they have never heard of the Scientific method, don't know how to use a fire extinguisher, can't write a hypothesis, etc. Common sense isn't so common.
We're using this idea from the Science Pengin that she talks about in day 4 here.
I made my own "Before, during, after" sheet, and my kids will be practicing making detailed drawings. I'm also going to bring up the "diagram grading" system. (another thing I need to upload soon).
The kids will then complete a "What is Safe-T" sheet. I legit don't know where this came from, but I found it in a box of the prior teacher's materials. It has a list of statements like:
Find where someone is carrying a microscope incorrectly ________ (and then a blank for you to write a number in.)
The other page is a picture of a science lab, with students doing correct and incorrect things. Each object is numbered. This will be their first 'real' individual work in my class that isn't in their notebooks.
Friday
Today we will play SCOOT!
I didn't have time to make my own, so I'm using this one
We'll be playing scoot probably once per unit, so I might as well introduce it now.
Also, when we're done, I'm going to introduce our first Project of the year!
This is another freebie I found online. I'm going over the details of the project today, and introducing how to use the rubric to guide their work. The bookmark will actually be worked on on Monday.
WOO that seems like a lot to get through in a week. Hopefully we won't have much downtime, and we're not over-booked. I definitely want to set a precedence of constant hard work and forward momentum.
Also, please note that I didn't assign any real homework this week. Their homework is to get their science notebook numbered, anything they didn't finish (safe-t) and to get their welcome letters home to their parents so they can sign up for Remind.
I hope you all have an excellent first week!
~Kat
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