Lesson+Plans+-+5th

=5th Grade Lessons.=

**2. American Revolution Battles**
Students are placed in groups of 4 and then assigned one battle to research and become an expert on. After they fill in the battle chart, pass out the jouranl entry and have students figure out what battleis being described.

3. American Revolution

 * [[file:American Revolution Chart_Before_After.doc]] [[file:American Revolution Timeline.doc]] [[file:evaluating websites research intro American Revolution.doc]]
 * [[file:Causes of Amerian Revolution Timeline.doc]]

**4. Genre Studies**
This looks like fun. How do you play it? Does each student have a copy of all of the sheets?

**7. President I-Search**

 * [[file:President I-search.doc]]

**8. Photo Story Lesson on Science Vocabulary Words**
a. Word List b. Example: Cheezy Puppet Show media type="file" key="Cheezy Puppet show.wmv" width="300" height="300" c. Example: Turtle & His Peepsmedia type="file" key="Turtle and His Peeps,Heat Energy.wmv" width="300" height="300"

9. Three Branches of Government
The middle document is a puzzle that you cut up and the students have to figure out.

**10. Persuasive Writing using I Wanna Iguana**
I used this lesson to introduce ways to strategies to use in persuasive writing. Students were going to have to persuade a colonist to move to their colony.


 * 1) Introduced the different strategies with a ppt from Think, Read, Write Website [[file:persuasive_strategies.pps]]
 * 2) Then I read the book I Wanna Iguana
 * 3) Students then used the strategies and examples from the book to fill in the chart in pairs.[[file:Persuasion - I Wanna Iguana.docx]][[file:Persuasion - I Wanna Iguana Answers.docx]]
 * 4) Go over answers
 * 5) Students then brainstroemd three strategies to get a colonist to move to their colony using the attached template. [[file:Persuasive Writing template.docx]]
 * 6) Students wrote their paragraph in the computer lab while making a 13 coloines brochure for their colony,