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Learning Center Descriptions
(2006-2007)
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Week
of May 21, 2007
Novel Study:
Call It Courage by Armstrong
Sperry |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Current Events Center
Students will read the weekly
Time for Kids
newspaper and complete a
three-paragraph critique.
Technology Center
Students will conduct research related
to their research papers.
Writing Center
Students will summarize their findings
based on their most recent research.
Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
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Week
of May 14, 2007
Novel Study:
Call It Courage by Armstrong
Sperry |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Current Events Center
Students will read the weekly
Time for Kids
newspaper and complete a
three-paragraph critique.
Technology Center
Students will conduct research related
to their research papers.
Writing Center
Students will prepare three additional
source cards based on their in-class research.
Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
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Week
of May 7, 2007
Novel Study:
Call It Courage by Armstrong
Sperry |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Current Events Center
Students will read the weekly
Time for Kids
newspaper and complete a
three-paragraph critique.
Technology Center
Students will conduct research related
to their research papers.
Writing Center
Students will prepare three source
cards based on their in-class research.
Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
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Week
of April 30, 2007
Novel Study:
Call It Courage by Armstrong
Sperry |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Current Events Center
Students will read the weekly
Time for Kids
newspaper and complete a
three-paragraph critique.
Technology Center
Students will conduct research related
to their research papers.
Writing Center
Students will read about the research
process and summarize their findings.
Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
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Week
of April 23, 2007
Novel Study:
Call It Courage by Armstrong
Sperry |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Current Events Center
Students will read the weekly
Time for Kids
newspaper and note it on their
reading logs.
Technology Center
Students will research and answer
questions regarding coral reefs.
Writing Center
Students will choose from three
writing experiences related to our current reading: an excerpt from
Exploring the Titanic.
Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
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Week
of April 16, 2007
Novel Study:
Call It Courage by Armstrong
Sperry |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Current Events Center
Students will read the weekly
Time for Kids
newspaper and respond to the
following question: was the article related to cyber-bullying realistic?
Technology Center
Students will continue their work for
their literary magazine submission.
Writing Center
Students will continue to work on
their submission to the sixth grade literary magazine.
Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
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Week
of March 26, 2007
Novel Study:
Sounder by
William H. Armstrong |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Current Events Center
Students will read the weekly
Time for Kids
newspaper and complete a
five-paragraph article review.
Technology Center
Students will continue their research
related to the conflict in Darfur.
Writing Center
Students will continue to work on
their submission to the sixth grade literary magazine.
Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
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Week
of February 19, 2007
Novel Study:
Letters from a Slave Girl by
Mary E. Lyons |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will write a short persuasive
piece related to nicknames that they have received throughout their lives.
This experience is drawn from our recent short story:
Names/Nombres by Julia Alvarez.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
learn about Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks. Students will create a
venn
diagram comparing and contrasting both women.
Writing Center
Students will write a journal entry based on our current theme
(Topic: Dealing with loss). |
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Week
of February 12, 2007
Novel Study:
Letters from a Slave Girl by
Mary E. Lyons |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will read the latest
Time for Kids
Weekly Reader and complete the corresponding
handout.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
complete a handout with questions related to lightning and other weather
occurrences noted in the text.
Writing Center
Students will write persuasive essays
based on our current theme (Topic: Is it better to look back or look
forward?). |
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Week
of February 5, 2007
Novel Study:
Letters from a Slave Girl by
Mary E. Lyons |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will read the latest
Time for Kids
Weekly Reader and complete the corresponding
handout.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
learn and organize information about slave life during the nineteenth
century.
Writing Center
Students will write persuasive essays
based on our current theme (Topic: How does literacy affect your future
success?). |
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Week
of January 29, 2007
Novel Study:
Letters from a Slave Girl by
Mary E. Lyons |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will read the latest
Time for Kids
Weekly Reader and complete the corresponding
handout.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
study key vocabulary terms for our current unit. Students will
complete the corresponding handout.
Writing Center
Students will write personal essays
based on our current theme (Topic: Would you have acted as Rosa Parks
did?). |
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Week
of January 15, 2007
Novel Study:
Tuck
Everlasting
by
Natalie Babbitt |
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Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will read the latest
Time for Kids
Weekly Reader and complete the corresponding
handout.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
learn about the differences between frogs and toads.
Writing Center
Students will prepare persuasive
letters (The Topic: Convince the Tuck family to share their water with
you ...) |
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Week of December 18, 2006
Novel Study:
Hatchet by
Gary Paulsen |
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Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will read the latest
Time for Kids
Weekly Reader and complete the corresponding
handout.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
conduct research and attempt to answer research questions about the polar
areas of the world.
Writing Center
Students will use the charts created
during last week's tech center to write a descriptive passage about an
animal from
Hatchet. |
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Week of December 11, 2006
Novel Study:
Hatchet by
Gary Paulsen |
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Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will create a paper doll
based on one of the characters from
Hatchet.
Students will also write a brief description of the character.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
learn about animals discussed in
Hatchet.
Students will complete an imagery chart and a figurative language chart to
assist them in a future writing activity (Source).
Writing Center
Students will prepare a persuasive
piece on the following topic: can television help in preparing people for
unexpected situations like those found in
Hatchet. |
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Week of December 4, 2006
Novel Study:
Hatchet by
Gary Paulsen |
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Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will read the latest
Time for Kids
Weekly Reader and complete the corresponding
handout.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
answer questions about bears indigenous to North America. Students
will also develop and answer their own questions about bears.
Writing Center
Students will draft a speech after
reading a new short story:
Zlateh the
Goat. From Aaron's point of view,
students will have to convince Aaron's father to keep Zlateh rather than
sell her. |
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Week of November 27, 2006
Novel Study:
Hatchet by
Gary Paulsen |
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Literature Circle Center
As in previous weeks, students will choose a
literature circle role and participate in a
discussion with their classmates.
Reading Center
Students will read for at least 30 minutes and
complete an exit slip (fiction
or non-fiction).
Teacher Center
Students will read the latest
Time for Kids
Weekly Reader and complete the corresponding
handout.
Technology Center
Students will use the internet to
define and identify the parts of an aircraft and label the drawing that is
available in class.
Writing Center
Students will work with partners to
draft a dialogue between Brian and his mother; these are characters from
our novel. |
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