CC.1.4.1.

A
Write
informative/
explanatory
texts to
examine a
topic and
convey ideas
and
information.

CC.1.2.1.H
Identify the
reasons an
author gives
to support
points in a
text.

March 28
Writing:

March 29
Writing:

March 30
Writing:

March 31
Writing:

April 1
Writing:

Write
informative
text on the
importance of
water.

Develop ideas
into complete
sentences
and continue
to brainstorm.

Begin first draft.

Continuation.

Add additional
facts.

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Shared reading
on how water
helps plants
grow.

Read aloud
Water: What
it is, what it
does.

Read aloud Water

by Our World.

Shared reading on why

water is healthy and
essential for the human
body.

Read aloud Water

for Dinosaurs and
You.

Social studies:

Science:

Social Studies:

Population
density map
activity. Why do
people live near

Different types of
clouds. Continued
observation of clouds
during recess.

What do people
eat in Niger? What does water
have to do with it?

Brainstorm.

Assess
learning with
follow-up
activity every
day these two
weeks.

Science:
Introduce
plant
experiment in
which they

No social
studies/scien
ce period
because of
library.

receive
different
amounts of
water.
Benjamin Bergmans Timeline

CC.1.4.1.A
Write
informative/
explanatory
texts to
examine a
topic and
convey ideas
and
information.

CC.1.2.1.C
Describe the
connection
between two
individuals,
events, ideas,
or pieces of
information in a
text.

water?

April 4
Writing:

April 5
Writing:

Start second
draft.

Add details.
Give the piece a
title.

Reading:

Reading:

Shared
reading on
how water is
collected in
Niger.

Read aloud Rain

by Nature
Books.

April 6
Writing:

April 7
Writing:

April 8
Writing:

Group information
and provide some
sense of closure.
Draw a picture.

Edit final draft, if

necessary. Present
to the class and
publish on wall
outside classroom.

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Shared reading
on the water
cycle.

Shared reading on the

desert.

Shared reading of a
passage which
celebrates water.

Start final draft.

Science:
What is a
drought?
And
introduction
to the rain
cycle.

Social
No social
studies:
studies/science Measure plant
period because size and record
of library.
results in chart.

Science:
Measure plant sizes
and record results in
chart.

Science:
Presentation and
publication of
scientific findings.