Week 1
READINGSTREET UNIT 6 Reading Street Story: My Brother Martin Theme: Goals and Dreams
Focus
Web Address
Webpage Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Comprehension.html
Comprehension
Into the Book: Questioning/Evaluating
Comprehension strategies: questioning and evaluating
Writing
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
GameGoo: Monkey Business Game
Sentence structure
Spelling
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Spelling City: spelling practice and games. Unit 6 Week 1
Spelling words with schwa
Grammar
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Grammar.html
Grammar
Balloon Joining
Conjunctions
Vocabulary
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Reading.html
Reading
Free Rice
Vocabulary/synonym practice
Create
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Create.html
Create
WetPaint: Answer Questions on MLK Jr. Page Animoto: Students will create a bio video of MLK Jr.
Writing, critical thinking, research
Research
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ MLK_Jr..html
MLK Jr.
MLK Jr.: Students will visit various links and research MLK Jr. with timelines, biographies, and pictures.
Research, note taking
1 Kelly Tenkely 2009
Week 2
READINGSTREET UNIT 6 Reading Street Story: Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path Theme: Goals and Dreams
Focus
Web Address
Webpage Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Comprehension.html
Comprehension
Into the Book: Visualizing/Inferring
Comprehension strategies: visualizing/ inferring
Phonics
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Pyramid Puzzle
Prefixes
Spelling
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Spelling City: spelling practice and games. Unit 6 Week 2
Spelling words with prefixes mis-, non-, re-
Grammar
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Grammar.html
Grammar
Punctuation Paintball
Capitalization and conventions
Vocabulary
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Reading.html
Reading
Free Rice
Vocabulary/synonym practice
Create
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Create.html
Create
WetPaint: Answer Questions on Jim Thorpe page Kerpoof: Create a comic of Jim Thorpe
Writing, critical thinking, research
Research
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Athletics.html
Athletics
Athletics: Students will play games on Go for the Goal and learn about the history of the Olympics and Jim Thorpe.
Research, note taking, analyzing a picture
2 Kelly Tenkely 2009
Week 3
READINGSTREET UNIT 6 Reading Street Story: How Tia Loa Came to Stay Theme: Goals and Dreams
Focus
Web Address
Webpage Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Comprehension.html
Comprehension
Into the Book: Prior Knowledge/Making Connections
Comprehension strategies: Prior Knowledge/ Making Connections
Phonics
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Spark Island Suffix Spin
Suffixes
Spelling
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Spelling City: spelling practice and games. Unit 6 Week 3
Spelling words with suffixes: -less, -ment, ness
Boggle: spelling practice
High frequency words
Grammar
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Grammar.html
Grammar
Comma Confusion
Commas
Vocabulary
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Reading.html
Reading
Free Rice
Vocabulary/synonym practice
Create
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Create.html
Create
WetPaint: Answer Questions on Tia Loa page
Writing, critical thinking
Grammar
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Grammar.html
Grammar
Grammar: nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives
Parts of Speech
3 Kelly Tenkely 2009
Week 4
READINGSTREET UNIT 6 Reading Street Story: To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers Theme: Goals and Dreams
Focus
Web Address
Webpage Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Comprehension.html
Comprehension
Into the Book: Synthesizing/ Summarizing
Comprehension strategies: Synthesizing/ Summarizing
Phonics
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Short Circuit
Suffixes
Spelling
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Spelling City: spelling practice and games. Unit 6 Week 4
Spelling words with suffixes: -ful, -ly, -ion
Grammar
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Grammar.html
Grammar
Odysseus and Cyclops Speech Marks (quotation marks)
Quotation Marks
Vocabulary
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Reading.html
Reading
Free Rice
Vocabulary/synonym practice
Create
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Create.html
Create
WetPaint: Answer Questions on Wright Brothers page
Writing, critical thinking
Research
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Wright_Brothers.html
Wright Brothers
Students will explore virtual model of Wright Brother’s Airplane and Kitty hawk, read bios, timeline, and make paper airplane
Research, note taking, critical thinking
4 Kelly Tenkely 2009
Week 5
READINGSTREET UNIT 6 Reading Street Story: The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon Theme: Goals and Dreams
Focus
Web Address
Webpage Name
Activity
Skills Gained
Comprehension
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Comprehension.html
Comprehension
Into the Book: 8 Strategies
Comprehension strategies: Using all 8 comprehension strategies together
Phonics
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
I Know That Word Builder Silent Consonants
Silent Consonants
Spelling
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Phonics_Spelling.html
Phonics/ Spelling
Spelling City: spelling practice and games. Unit 6 Week 5
Spelling words with silent consonants
Grammar
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Grammar.html
Grammar
Power Proof Reading
Conventions
Vocabulary
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Reading.html
Reading
Free Rice
Vocabulary/synonym practice
Create
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Create.html
Create
WetPaint: Answer Questions on Moon page
Writing, critical thinking, research
http://web.me.com/ jtenkely/Reading/ Wright_Brothers.html
Space
Research
Voicethread: create slideshow of moon facts
Virtual tour of the moon, pictures taken by NASA, moon facts, interactive solar system, Apollo 11
Research, note taking, critical thinking, exploration, analyze a picture
5 Kelly Tenkely 2009