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Benjamin Bergmans Timeline

In the morning the students practice their writing. This is followed by a prep period during which the
students go to music or gym. Then the students come back for their reading period. After reading is lunch,
followed by a long block of math. And at the end of the day students do either social studies or science.

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CC.1.4.1.A Write
informative/
explanatory texts
to examine a topic
and convey ideas
and information.

March 28
Writing (8:40
- 9:40 daily):
Write informative
text on the
importance of
water.

March 29
Writing:

March 30
Writing:

March 31
Writing:

April 1
Writing:

Develop ideas into


complete
sentences and
continue to
brainstorm.

Begin first
draft.

Continuation.

Add
additional
facts.

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Read aloud Water:


What it is, what it
does.

Read aloud
Water by Our
World.

Shared reading on
why water is
healthy and
essential for the
human body.

Read aloud
Water for
Dinosaurs and
You.

Social
studies
(2:30 - 3:05
daily):

Science:

Social
Studies:

Brainstorm.
CC.1.2.1.H Identify
the reasons an
author gives to
support points in a
text.

Reading
(10:40 -12:15
daily):
Shared reading
on how water
helps plants
grow.
Assess
learning with
follow-up
activity every
day these two
weeks.

Science (2:30
- 3:05 daily):
Introduce plant
experiment in
which they
receive
different
amounts of
water.

No social
studies/science
period because
of library.

Different types
of clouds.
Continued
Population
observation of
density map
clouds during
activity. Why recess.
do people live
near water?

What do
people eat in
Niger? What does
water have to
do with it?

CC.1.4.1.A Write
informative/
explanatory texts to
examine a topic and
convey ideas and
information.

CC.1.2.1.C Describe
the connection
between two
individuals, events,
ideas, or pieces of
information in a text.

April 4
Writing:

April 5
Writing:

April 6
Writing:

April 7
Writing:

April 8
Writing:

Start second
draft.

Add details.
Give the piece a
title.

Start final
draft.

Group
information
and provide
some sense of
closure.
Draw a
picture.

Edit final draft, if


necessary. Present
to the class and
publish on wall
outside classroom.

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Shared reading
on how water is
collected in
Niger.

Read aloud Rain


by Nature Books.

Shared
reading on
the water
cycle.

Shared reading
on the desert.

Shared reading of a
passage which
celebrates water.

Social
studies:
Measure
plant size
and record
results in
chart.

Science:
Measure plant
sizes and
record results
in chart.

Science:
Presentation and
publication of
scientific findings.

Science:
What is a
drought? And
introduction to
the rain cycle.

No social
studies/science
period because
of library.

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