Apr 10, 2014 - In this first unit, students will explore the question: “Why do people seek the power of reading?” Through the study of literature, literary nonfiction, and informational articles from around the...
May 30, 2014 - During work time today, introduce the importance of specific skills during collaborative discussions, and then begin listening to students’ discussion skills and using the Conversation Criteria...
May 30, 2014 - This lesson follows part 2 of the close reading cycle, which students were introduced to in Lesson 3 (with Rain School). Review that lesson.
Jun 14, 2016 - This module uses literature and informational text such as My Librarian Is a Camel to introduce students to the power of literacy and how people around the world access books. This module is...
May 13, 2014 - In this second unit, students will explore their own “powers of reading” that help them access text. In the first half of the unit, students will explore fictional accounts of people who worked hard...
May 13, 2014 - CONTINUED CLOSE READING OF THANK YOU, MR. FALKER: TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTIONS AND VOCABULARY
Students will need materials from Lesson 9: Excerpts from Thank You, Mr. Falker (student copy), anchor chart...
May 13, 2014 - VOCABULARY: FINDING THE MEANING OF WORDS IN CONTEXT IN THE BOY WHO LOVED WORDS
In advance: Pull two sentences from the book The Boy Who Loved Words, each that has a new vocabulary word in it. Use...
May 13, 2014 - CONTINUED CLOSE READING OF WAITING FOR THE BIBLIOBURRO: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA, APPALACHIA, CHAD, AND AFGHANISTAN.
Review the Jigsaw protocol (Appendix 1)
Create “expert...
May 16, 2014 - GROUP DISCUSSION: ACCESSING BOOKS AROUND THE WORLD
Review the Jigsaw protocol (Appendix 1)
Create Jigsaw groups that consist of at least one representative from each country group.
May 30, 2014 - MID-UNIT ASSESSMENT: ANSWERING TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS ABOUT LIBRARIANS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
The entire work time for this lesson is the Mid- Unit Assessment. It is broken into...
Jun 14, 2016 - This module focuses on a deep study of the classic tale Peter Pan. Students will consider the guiding question: How do writers capture a reader’s imagination?
Jan 26, 2016 - This module opens in a similar way to Module 1, with a Carousel Brainstorm protocol. The Carousel Brainstorm protocol is a simple way to engage students with new content, in this case components of...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students begin reading Magic Tree House: Dragon of the Red Dawn together. This lesson includes a new Structural Features of a Chapter Book (Magic Tree House) anchor chart.
Jan 26, 2016 - Students share their Capturing Key Details recording form (Chapter 4), which they completed for homework. This lesson again uses a partner reading structure.
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson begins by introducing a routine for independently reading the remaining chapters in Dragon of the Red Dawn. Students will read a chapter each night and complete the Independent Reading...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this assessment, students pull together the reading, research, and writing skills they have developed to connect literary and informational texts. Students will use the texts about Japan that they...
Jan 26, 2016 - Book Clubs are a key design feature of this unit. Students will work within their Book Clubs to actively practice the SL.3.1 standard. This unit also introduces a new Book Discussion checklist.
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students continue to read, write, and discuss their Magic Tree House books with the Book Clubs established in Lesson 1. In the Opening, students choose one member of their Book Club...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson follows a similar pattern to Lessons 1 and 2 in terms of outcome: Students read a chapter (or two) from their Magic Tree House books and complete a Capturing Key Details recording form...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson follows a similar pattern to Lessons 1–3 in terms of outcome: Students read a chapter (or two) from their Magic Tree House books and complete a Capturing Key Details recording form with...
Jan 26, 2016 - Students will again be given a new Book Discussion checklist and Capturing Key Details recording form for the day’s work. This lesson again requires a chapter to be read for homework. The homework...
