You will work individually, with your partner, with your team, and meet with your teacher. There are activities involving reading, researching, analyizing, concluding, summarizing, illustrating, and presenting.  And, of course their will be assessments.

Your Mission
Explore all the links on the lesson page to obtain the tools you will need, and to review relevant information to complete the journey.  Meet all your appointments.  The outcomes are designed to take you a step closer to your particular needs for graduation. You will learn more abut these Reading Tools, be able to identify and name the Tools, and be able to select, read, and explain them. 

Step 1 - Monday

     1. Print and complete Questionaire 1 called What in the World is a Text Feature?

     2. Explore the displays furished by the teacher. You will find the answers to your first questionaire by 
          studying the displays
     3. Be prepared for a 9:45 a.m. debreifing with your teacher. Bring your questionaire and a KWL sheet.
     4. Complete the KWL, as instructed, during the debreifing. File your worksheet, KWL, and notes in your
         Reading binder.

Step 2 - Tuesday
   
     1. Group monitors will pick up copies of the two worksheets for each team member. These are stored  
          in the Reading Tub. They  are named: What Did You Say to Do First? and How Did It Happen?
     2. Bring your completed worksheets to the debreifing at 9:30 a.m.
     3. Preview the illustrations in your America Will Be text on pages 102-103 and 112-113.  Be prepared 
         to share your observations at the debreifing.
     4. Files your worksheets and notes in your Reading binder.

Step 3 - Wednesday

     Partner Activities
     1. Using your Coast To Coast text, make a comparison between pages 138-148.
     2. Using your America Will Be text, study the map on page 111 and describe what can be 
          learned from it.
     3. Discuss your findings with your partner, agree on your conclusion, and write your opinion. 
         Make a duplicate copy for each of you.

     Team Activities
     1. From your America Will Be text, find a series of pages to illustrate the Text Features.  
     2.  Each member of your team will represent one of the Text Features and present two visual 
          examples. One will be from the textbook and the other will be from an electronic source 
         (CD-Rom or Selected WEB sites listed below.)
     3. Each team member will record the accomplishments of the team and file this record it the 
         Reading Binder.

Step 4 - Thursday
   
     1. Meet with the teacher, share team accomplishments.

     2. Each student will retell an episode of a story learned from the History or Reading text.  This story 
         will incldue at least one Text Feature and will be mounted on a 12" x 18" sheet for display. (see 
         sample provided by the teacher)

Step 5 - Friday

     1. Debriefing at 8:30 a.m. to review the standard and the objectives for these weeks lessons.
     2. Review the results of the individual, partner, and team activities.
     3. Complete the KWL chart.
     4. Print and complete the final Questionaire2.
     5. Score the final Questionaire and file it in your binder (Monitors will put binders in the 
         Reading Center.)
 

Web Links

World map
        -http://eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/wrldatl.html

Biographies
        -http://eduplace.com/ss/hmss/bib.html#unit2 (bibliographies)

Native American Cultures
        -http://eduplace.com/ss/hmss/5/unit/5.2html (Internet Resources)
        -http://www.hbschool.com/ (HarcourtBrace-Reading-Signatures-Grade 5)
        -http://www.sci.mus.us/sin/ma/sites.html (Native American Cultures)

The Belle Surfaces at Matagorda Bay
        -http://harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/lasalle.html

La Salle Shipweck Project
        -http://www.thc.state.tx.us/belle/index.html 

Picture of Christopher Columbus
        -http//picture-of-christopher-columbus.Isprewell.com

Caribbean-Connection.com
        -http://carubbean-connection.com/christopher-columbus/

National Maritime Museum 
        -http://nmm.ac.uk/education/facts-columbus.html

Encyclopedia's
        -http://www.encarta.msn.com/ (free)
        -http://www.encyclopedia.com/ (free)
        -http://www.britannica.com/ 
        -http://www.worldbook.com/  (sign-up for 30 day free trial)