Branson Elementary West, Branson, Missouri

Diary of...5 Week Project Overview
August 30th-September 3rd: Project Introduction

Week 1: August 29-Sept. 2 (Cover steps 1 and 2 in the Diary of an Animal WebQuest)	Monday Science Block Whole Group: Watch food chain brain pop in Step 1 in Diary of WebQuest Partner explore on computers: Step 1 #2 in Diary of WebQuest.	Tuesday Science Block Whole Group: Adaptations Creature Features	Wednesday Science Block Use picture cards to explain how different animals survive in different habitats (small group-cooperative activity) Picture cards (print, cut-out, and laminate)	Thursday Science Block Use biome link to complete the "Surviving in Someone Else's Habitat" activity page	Friday Science Block Located in West library: Read aloud, Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad: A Book about Decompostition- or show the Magic School Bus video located in library shared folder Think aloud: producers, consumers, and decomposers	Library Lesson: Finish research planner
	Genre Study Day 1 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Genre Study Day 2 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Genre Study Day 3 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Genre Study Day 4 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Flexible Completion Time	Flexible Completion Time
Week 2: Sept. 5-9 (Finish science supplemental information)	Monday Science Block Classify animal pictures using the herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore chart herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore link	Tuesday Science Block Whole Group: Have a picture slam about the human pollution power point	Wednesday Science Block Complete the, "Hey, quit wrecking my house!" powerpoint "Hey, quit wrecking my house!" letter writing activity	Thursday Science Block Use to finish the letter writing activity from the previous day	Friday Science Block Use for flexibility to complete week 2 activities or work on research	Library Lesson: SW learn how to take ABC notes and research.
	Genre Study Day 5 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Genre Study Day 6 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Genre Study Day 7 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Genre Study Day 8 of Diary/Journal mode of writing study	Genre Study Day 9: Flexible Completion Time	Flexible Completion Time
Week 3 : Sept. 12-16 (Allow students time to finish researching)	Monday Science Block Go over how to navigate through an encyclopedia: research animal	Tuesday Science Block Use World Book for Kids Online to research animal	Wednesday Science Block Finish up research	Thursday Science Block Complete all source cards	Friday Science Block Finish up all research and source cards	Library Lesson: SW learn how to write a good diary entry.
Week 4 : Sept. 19- 23 (Work on writing diary entries)	Monday Writer's Workshop Mini lesson: How to incorporate facts in a diary entry, begin writing	Tuesday Writer's Workshop Mini lesson: Writing in correct tense and point of view	Wednesday Writer's Workshop Mini lesson: Revising writing with powerful words	Thursday Writer's Workshop Write diary entries	Friday Writer's Workshop Write diary entries	Library Lesson: SW have time to write/type their diaries.
Week 5 : Sept. 26-30 (Work on writing, typing, or illustrating)	Monday Teacher decides when and how students finish their illustrations.	Tuesday Teacher decides when and how students finish their illustrations.	Wednesday Teacher decides when and how students finish their illustrations.	Thursday Teacher decides when and how students finish their illustrations.	Friday Teacher decides when and how students finish their illustrations.	Library Lesson: SW learn how to create great illustrations. Do not all your students to illustrate until they have had their library lesson.