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Day 2: Maps and Millions

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The day, step by step

1. 10–15 min Morning meeting SL.5.1

   1. Greet everyone and review the class norms.
   2. Calendar: How many days are left in September? Count them together.
   3. Question of the day: If you could visit any state, which one would you pick and why?
   4. Fluency warm-up: partners read yesterday's words (basket, napkin, problem, picnic) as fast as they can, accurately.

2. 15–20 min Word study RF.5.3a

   1. Write robot. Point out that only one consonant sits between the vowels (V/CV).
   2. Teach: try splitting before the consonant first. The first syllable is open and ends with a long vowel: ro-bot.
   3. Practice: pilot, music, open, silent, tiger, student (pi-lot, mu-sic, o-pen, si-lent, ti-ger, stu-dent).
   4. Mix in 3 VC/CV words from yesterday. Students sort words by whether the first syllable is open or closed.

3. 35–45 min Reading workshop RL.5.3

   Frindle by Andrew Clements (or similar)

   1. Review Nick's traits from yesterday.
   2. Read aloud chapter 2, which introduces Mrs. Granger and her love of the dictionary.
   3. Make a two-column chart for Nick and Mrs. Granger. Add traits with a detail from the text for each.
   4. Setting: Where and when does the story take place? Find two clues in the text.
   5. Students write 3 sentences describing Mrs. Granger with details from the text.

4. 50–60 min Math 5.NBT.1

   1. Write 300 and 3,000. Ask: How many 300s make 3,000? (10)
   2. Rule: a digit is worth 10 times what it would be worth in the place to its right.
   3. Show 44,000: the 4 in the ten thousands place (40,000) is 10 times the 4 in the thousands place (4,000).
   4. Practice: compare the two 7s in 77,000 and the two 5s in 550,000.
   5. Word problem: A stadium holds 60,000 people and a school gym holds 6,000. How many times as many people does the stadium hold? (10 times)

   Math center: Millions Mountain on a device.

5. 30–40 min Social studies C3 D2.Geo.1.3-5

   1. Show a U.S. map and find its title, compass rose, key and scale.
   2. Review cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) and intermediate directions (NE, NW, SE, SW).
   3. Use the scale: if 1 inch = 200 miles and two cities are 3 inches apart on the map, they are about 600 miles apart.
   4. Students add a title, compass rose, key with 3 symbols and a scale to a blank U.S. map.
   5. Partners ask direction questions, such as Is Texas northeast or southwest of Ohio? (southwest)

6. 30–40 min Writing W.5.4

   1. Explain the purpose: a letter that helps your teacher get to know you.
   2. Model the parts of a friendly letter: date, greeting, body, closing and signature.
   3. Students write 2 paragraphs: what I love to do, and what I hope to learn in fifth grade.
   4. Reread: Did you include at least 3 specific details?

7. 25–30 min Centers and independent practice

   1. Map station: label 10 states you have visited or want to visit on a blank map.
   2. Open or closed? Sort 12 word cards by the first syllable.
   3. Reading nook: 15 minutes in a self-chosen book.

   Device time (15 min): play Millions Mountain (place value to the millions).

   Today’s game: Millions Mountain

8. 5–10 min Closing circle SL.5.1

   1. Which map tool helped you most today?
   2. How is Mrs. Granger different from Nick?
   3. How many times as much is 50,000 as 5,000?

Short day? Keep the 10 times lesson and the map tools; finish the letter tomorrow.