Homeless Bird Unitmrs. Parker's 6th Grade L.a. Class



Unit Goal: Homeless

PARKER'S 6TH GRADE L.A. CLASS Welcome to the Homeless Bird Unit! Thousands of lives have been lost in the coronavirus outbreak, in cities and small towns, in hospital wards and nursing homes. The virus has moved across California, killing the old and the young. UMES holds 2nd 'commencement celebration' online. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore bid farewell to its December Class of 2020 with a 36-minute commencement celebration video in lieu of a traditional ceremony typically held in front of thousands at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. A 1st Grade Ages 6-8; B 2nd Grade Ages 7-9; C 3rd Grade Ages 8-10; D 4th Grade Ages 9-12; E 5th Grade Ages 10-13; F 6th Grade Ages 11-14; G 7th Grade Ages 12-14; H 8th Grade Ages 13-15; 100 9th Grade Ages 13-15; 200 10th Grade Ages 14-17; 300 11th Grade Ages 16-18; 400 12th Grade Ages 17-18; Explore the NEW Kindergarten Curriculum!

Homeless bird unitmrs. parkerCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Today's Goal: Read Chapter EIGHT. Continue working on looking for moments that relate to the topics we are investigating while we read.
The Plan:
  1. Yesterday we talked about symbols. Fill out this form to tell me what you remember. Then read.
  2. Read (independent)
  3. Finish Chapter 7 and read Chapter 8 - have sticky notes on hand
Question to think about today:
How do each of the characters in Homeless Bird find happiness? Many characters work towards happiness in different ways. How are they similar or different? Can you relate to any of their ways of finding happiness?

ParkerReminders/Homework:

Homeless Bird Unitmrs. Parker's 6th Grade L.a. Classroom


Homeless Bird Unitmrs. Parker's 6th Grade L.a. Classes

  • I am NOT assigning you ANY Achieve article this week. You only need to complete Achieve if you having missing assignments.
  • The grading period ends THIS FRIDAY, March 16.
    • This means you need to clear your zeros and improve scores on things like your personal narrative.
  • Make Up Your Radio Recording. We spent two days in class on that and you need to make it happen. (Click on that link to go to the directions)
  • Turn in your One-Pager ASAP (because you don't want a zero)
  • Keep reading. TWO books due by March 15 (that's Thursday)

Homeless Bird Unitmrs. Parker's 6th Grade L.a. Class Submarine

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CCSU Lesson Plan Template Student Teacher: Sarah Schoenborn Grade Level: 5 Lesson Date: 10/22/15 Name of Lesson: Homeless Bird Lesson 2, Compare and contrast your cultures, traditions etc.. to common customs in India.
Common Core State Standard(s) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. HIST 5.2 Compare life in specific historical periods to life today. GEO 5.2 Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
Student Learning Objective(s) Students will be able to draw specific quotes from the book Homeless Bird and use them to describe how their lives are similar or different from Koly’s life. The student’s will be able to identify at least 5 specific examples of how traditional cultures, religion and customs differ between their lives in the United States and those who live in India.
lesson’s objective. This lesson will allow students to practice accurately quoting texts. Also the lesson will teach the students to compare their lives and cultures to past historical periods as well as to other countries cultures, religions and customs.
Assessment The student’s will create thinglinks to represent 3 aspects of their life that are representative of their family’s cultures, customs, traditions etc.. They will also include3 aspects from the Indian culture that are either similar or different from their own that they chose. The students will also create wordle’s using words from at least three quotes from the book, that they will then share with the rest of the class.
Instructional Model/Strategy This lesson will begin by having the students watch the powtoon presentation about India that the teacher has created. The teacher will also provide a brief mini lesson on how to use Thinglink and Wordle. The students will then get into small groups and begin researching online facts about Indian culture, traditions, customs, religions etc.. The students will create a master list of the facts they have gathered (at least ten per group) on the Smartboard. Then the students will pick a comfortable spot in the room and individually create (using either an ipad or a computer) a thinglink that has pictures of 3 things that represent their lives and 3 things that represent traditional aspects of Indian culture. The students will also create a wordle that is made up of 1
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quotes from the book that describe aspects of Koly’s life. Students must use at least 3 quotes from the book in their wordle. The students will then resume as a whole group and each student will present their thinglink and worlde to the class.
Materials/Resources needed for this lesson     
Smartboard Ipads/computers Copies of Homeless Bird Wordle - http://www.wordle.net Thinglink- https://www.thinglink.com/action/imageUpload
Daily formative assessment: The teacher will walk around as the students are researching facts about pulling quotes of the text to see that they are using proper citation. The teacher will also assess their knowledge of the book, and their research, by reviewing their thinglinks and their wordles.
Differentiating Instruction: Students will work in pairs to collect research on India. The teacher will walk around and provide scaffolded instruction on how to properly cite websites and the text. Then the teacher will walk around and help students when they are creating their thinglinks and their wordles.
Initiation: The teacher will start the lesson by having students watch a brief Powtoon presentation about 5 facts on Indian culture. Then the teacher will describe the activities the students will take part in and the assignments they must complete. The teacher will then display an example of a Wordle and a Thinglink on the board. The teacher will also give a brief mini lesson on how to use Thinglink and Wordle.
Lesson Development: The teacher will begin the lesson by showing the students the Powtoon presentation on India. Then the teacher will conduct a brief mini lesson on using Thinglink and Wordle. The teacher will then have the students break up into small groups and research facts about Indian culture, tradition, religion etc.. Once the students have compiled a list of at least 10 facts they will resume as a whole group and create a mast list of all the facts on the Smartboard. Then the teacher will have the students work individually (using and Ipad or computer) to create a Thinglink with 3 aspects that represent their culture and 3 aspects that represent Indian culture. They will also create a Wordles using words from at least 3 quotes from the text that describe aspects of Koly’s life. The students will then re convene as a whole group and present their Thinglinks and Wordles to the class.
Closure: Once the students have created their Thinglinks and Wordles they will present them 2
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to the whole class. After the whole class has presented their projects the class will engage in a brief discussion about the common similarities and differences they noticed in everyone’s presentations. Tech resources: Wordle- http://www.wordle.net
Thinglink- https://www.thinglink.com/scene/713424898734686209 Powtoon- http://www.powtoon.com/m/dw2GpRyx3y2/1/
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