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   Planning date: 1/12/10  Questions for Mrs. Wilkes:
 * Second Grade Agenda **

 Daniele's party- gift, we need to bring cheese and crackers, fill out paper and turn in to Sharon T. by the 25th Turn in the PTA form to me before Feb. January 28 we need to eat lunch in the classroom. Team Discussion- what makes perfect attendance?
 * Business: **

**Data Analysis **   
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Skill <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Plan <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Writing Prompts from last week || <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">SST: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Students <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Interventions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||

**<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Writing: **<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Fiction <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">TEKS: (11) Reading/text structures/literary concepts. The student analyzes the characteristics of various types of texts. The student is expected to: (B) identify text as written for entertainment (narrative) or for information (expository) (2); (C) distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy (K-3); (H) analyze characters, including their traits, relationships, and changes (1-3); (I) identify the importance of the setting to a story's meaning (1-3); and (J) recognize the story problem(s) or plot (1-3). (14) Writing/purposes. The student writes for a variety of audiences and purposes, and in various forms. The student is expected to: (A) write to record ideas and reflections (K-3); (B) write to discover, develop, and refine ideas (1-3); **<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Notes: **<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Reading: ** in <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> TPRI and DRA testing, cause and effect <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Monday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || MLK Day, No School ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Tuesday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Discuss the use of characters in a piece of fiction. Make a list of favorite characters with reasons why they are memorable. Model creating a character web. Students create their own character web. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Wednesday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Discuss the five parts of a fiction story; setting, characters, problem, solution, ending. Model planning for a fiction story. Students create their own plan for a fiction story. Tie to character web ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Thursday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || Reintroduce lesson from beginning of year about beginnings that hook the reader. Model beginning of fiction story using plan and character web. Students begin their own fiction storie ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Friday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || Discuss the importance of setting in a story. Review story beginnings to check for a descriptive setting. ||
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Objectives: The student will read independently. **
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">TEKS: **<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * Cause and Effect**
 * ** 2.10A ** distinguish between fiction and nonfiction
 * 2.4A ** read aloud grade-level appropriate text with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension ||

<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">read independently for a sustained period of time and paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning ||
 * **2.12A**


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Monday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> no school! ** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Tuesday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Read the story If You Give A Mouse A Cookie (or one of the books in that series). Point out the cause and effect within the story. Brainstorm some altogether, then have the students write some of the cause and effects within the story in their Reading Response Journal. ** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">**Wednesday** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **Find Your Partner. Give each student a slip of paper. They will have to walk around the room to find their match. Discuss who is the cause and who is the effect. Point out the key words like** because, so, when, and why**. Have the students come up with their own cause and effects with a partner.** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Thursday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Review the key words in a cause and effect sentence. Have the students complete 'Find the Clues' and 'Sound Effects'. ** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Friday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The students will partner up. Give them each an index card. One person will write a cause and one will write the effect, and draw a picture to go along with it. They need to do their neatest work. Their work can become a center for cause and effect. Laminate and play! ** ||  || <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Math: Number sense to 999 ** **<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Assessment: **<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Envision: Numbers to 999 test <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Envision: 11-1 ||  || Envision: 11-3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || Envision: 12-1 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || Envision: 12-3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * Additional activities:** <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Objectives: Students will use models to represent numbers to 999, show and use place value, and compare large numbers. **
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">TEKS: **<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
 * **//2.1 Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student understands how place value is used to represent whole numbers. The student is expected to://** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman;">Use concrete models of hundreds, tens, and ones to represent a given whole number (up to 999) in various ways. 2.1A Use concrete models of hundreds, tens, and ones to represent a given whole number (up to 999) in various ways ||
 * 2.1B Use place value to read, write, and describe the value of whole numbers to 999. ||
 * 2.1C Use place value to compare and order whole numbers to 999 and record the comparisons using numbers and symbols (<, =, >). ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Monday **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> No school || <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Tuesday **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Materials: 100's chart, base tens, dice. Play Get to 300, or so on. Roll the die, gather ones, continue, trade ones for tens, and tens for hundreds. Periodically ask the children what number they have. Show them that 100+40+2=142, so on.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Wednesday **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Play the game that you show 10 more/less, 100 more/less.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Thursday **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Play Blast Off! Need gameboard, number cards. Order numbers to get the largest number. The game for topic 12 is also great.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Friday **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> CGI large numbers, or play games from the week.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Notes: Take the test next Monday, in case you feel ready this week. That will only put off regrouping one day. **

**Science:**
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Seasons ~ <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Weather varies with the seasons. Daily temperature varies ( <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol; msoasciifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msochartype: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: Arial; msosymbolfontfamily: Symbol;">° <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">C), but trends are evident in temperature and precipitation. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Life cycles of organisms are often tied to seasons. In general — <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Spring—new growth of plants, many animals have their babies <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Summer—plants mature and produce fruits and seeds, animals grow, develop, and store food for winter <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Fall—plants disperse their seeds and begin to lose leaves, animals continue to store food for winter and develop winter coats <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Winter—plants are dormant, many animals hibernate or are less active <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun. The earth DOES NOT experience seasons because it is closer or farther from the sun during its elliptical orbit. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduce the “Tilt of the Earth” song to begin to explain seasons. Show with a flashlight and a globe, tilting the globe so the st. can visualize. Display the PPT section of TAKScopes and explore the seasons’ pictures with weather and clothes changes evident. Discuss. Use the clothing page to have the students ‘sort’ by season to wear in. In Science Journal label page at top with SEASON & definition ( in ‘explain’ PPT section), next, name of each Season & definition of each season, and then have students glue in the clothes for that season. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Another assessment: sts make a Seasons brochure from a folded piece of manila (4 sections). On each labeled Season name the st will draw an illustration depicting some kind of appropriate weather, clothes, plants, activities, and anything else that would be plausible. The student needs to write a complete sentence describing his pic, including length of day. A rubric is available ||
 * 2.7D** Observe, measure, and record changes in weather, the night sky, and seasons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Monday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> : Holiday || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(Could give out week before “Celebrate the Seasons’ & each day the st. dresses in clothes appropriate for that season) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Tuesday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Wednesday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Play the game “Four Corner Seasons”. Designate each corner of the classroom as one of the seasons. Deal out the strips to the sts and the sts will decide which season they need to go to. Discuss each seasonal ‘fact’. Distribute Journal entry pg: Types of change: seasons. (This will go into Sci. Journal) Sts will choose a season to play in. They will write what month it starts and ends (see activity pg. ‘Months of the year’ to complete if you wish to connect w/months) They will use pics to show clothing, weather, activities, etc. Write in a sentence below what is the weather like during their season. On temperature entry pg, sts will write how it feels for each season using words given. Graph the given Celsius temps on the bar graph for each season. Complete the ‘explain’ the graph page ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Thursday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Evaluate Sts play the computer “Interactive Review Game”. Sts also complete the TAKS Focused Assessment. If possible plan these both for the computer lab during one day of the week. See Friday for another focused assessment which you may wish to begin. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Friday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">