Monday

March 16
8:30-9:15
Morning Meeting
(introduce unit
theme)
9:15-9:45
Phonics*
9:45-10:45
Read Aloud
TBD where are you
from (text to self
connections)
use Google
Earth/Google maps
to see where
students families
are from

Tuesday
March 17
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting
(new wiggle
song- roots, stems,
and leaves)
8:50-9:45
Phonics*
9:45-10:45
Penny Silver- CLI*

Wednesday
March 18
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting

Thursday
March 19
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting

Friday
March 20
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting

8:50-9:30
Phonics*
9:30-10:15
Read Aloud
Momma, Where
Are You From?
What does the girl
learn about her
mothers past?
(four square:
school/fun
activities/food/chor
es)
Why do you think
she wants to know
about where her
mother is from?
Have you ever
asked an adult in
your family about
where theyre
from?
10:15-10:45

8:50-9:15
Phonics*
9:15-10:00
Art

8:50-9:30
Phonics*
9:30-10:15
Read Aloud
TBD family tree
book
Consider the
question: How are
families like trees?
Based on what we
know about roots,
what would the
roots represent?
(text to world
connections)

10:00-10:45

10:15-10:45

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:15
Gym

12:15-1:00
RAN chart about
roots (what do we
think we know
about roots- what
do they look like,

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:30
Science
how to write
detailed
observations
sticker game
draw a new
illustration and
write observations
in science
notebooks (carrots)
12:30-1:00
Centers

Writing:
Choose an adult in
your family, what
do you know about
where theyre
from?
(will serve as
reference to assess
how much students
learn later on from
interviews)
10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:15
Spanish

Come up with 5
interview questions
to ask a family
member about
where theyre from
interview activity:
106 classroom talk
show

Writing
pre-assessment:
why do you think
its important to
learn about your
familys roots?

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:00
Library

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:15
Music

12:15-1:00
Science
observations in
science notebooks
(lilies- fibrous roots)

12:00-12:15
finish interview
questions
(students will have
until next Tuesday
to complete

12:15-12:45
revisit RAN chart
compare and
contrast (using a
Venn Diagram?)
two kinds of roots-

where are they,

what is their job,
etc.), introduce
science observation
notebooks (let
everyone see two
kinds of roots and
touch them- draw
one illustration and
write one
observation)
Close- what
questions do we
have about roots
that we want to
investigate over
the next two
weeks?
1:00-1:45
Centers
(journal topic for
the week: How
would you describe
your family? Why?
1:45-2:30
Math*

interviews)

use observations in
science notebooks
as a reference

1:00-1:45
Technology

1:00-1:45
Centers

12:15-1:00
Centers

12:45-1:15
Centers

1:45-2:30
Math*

1:45-2:30
Math*

1:00-1:45
Art

1:15-2:00
Math*

1:45-2:30
Math*

*leave extra time

for Lea Store

before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud

before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud

before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud

*water terrariums if
time
before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud

Monday
March 23
8:30-9:15
Morning Meeting
(Introduce family
tree project in more
detail, go over
rubric, look at
lingering questions
on RAN chart, ask
how interviews are
going)
9:15-9:45
Phonics*
9:45-10:15
Read Aloud
Whos Who in Your
Family?
talk whole group
about students
family members
and how theyre

Tuesday
March 24
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting

Wednesday
March 25
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting

Thursday
March 26
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting

Friday
March 27
8:30-8:50
Morning Meeting

8:50-9:45
Phonics*
9:45-10:45
Read Aloud
This is the Rope
How has this family
changed over time?
What stayed the
same? What did
her family

8:50-9:30
Phonics*
9:30-10:45
finish first drafts
and edit writing
mini lesson on
editing- use fab 5
checklist
students ready for
editing will turn and

8:50-9:15
Phonics*
9:15-10:00
Art

8:50-9:30
Phonics*
9:30-10:45
Presentations:
each student will
present their family
tree, talk about
who is on their
family tree, who
they interviewed

before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud

related, emphasize
there are different
kinds of families,
just like there are
different kinds of
trees/roots
10:15-10:45
Writing
model how to place
family members on
family tree
have students put
their family
members names
on a family tree
template
share whole group
10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:15
Gym

members pass
down to her?
What did you learn
from your
interviews about
how your family
has changed over
time?
Turn & Talk

talk to a friend
before making
revisions

10:00-10:45
Writing
Publish family tree
writing

*if time before

lunch, water
terrariums

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:30
Writing
First Draft- My
Family Roots
students will
describe their
family roots using
information
collected from
interviews
(What did you learn

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:15
Spanish

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:00
Library

from their family,

and what they
learned about their
roots
after each student
presents, there will
be time for one
question/comment

10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:15
Music

12:15-1:00
(finish writing if
needed)
plant terrariums
go over roles for
each person in
small group
(make an
illustration if time)

1:00-1:45
Centers

about where your

family is from?guiding questions:
how was life
different when they
grew up? How was
it the same? What
lessons have your
family members
passed down to
you?)
12:30-1:00
Centers

1:00-1:45
Technology

12:15-1:00
12:00-12:30
Read Aloud
Science notebooks
What Are Roots?
and observations
Go over RAN ChartWhat do we already
know about roots?
after reading- add
one new piece of
information to what
we learned section
Is there anything
we still want to
know/are confused
about?

1:00-1:45
Centers

12:30-1:00
Centers

12:15-1:00
Whole group
discussion
What did we learn
about roots these
past two weeks?
Family roots? What
new things did you
learn about your
friends roots?
Independent
reflection:
Why do you think it
is important to
learn about your
family roots?
1:00-1:45
Math/Centers*

(journal topic for

the week: What is
your favorite family
memory? Why?)
1:45-2:30
Math*
before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud

1:45-2:30
Math*

1:45-2:30
Math*

before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud/water
terrariums

before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud/water
terrariums

1:00-1:45
Art
1:45-2:30
Math*
before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud/water
terrariums

1:45-2:30
Lea Store
before dismissal
*end of day family
read aloud/water
terrariums