Fiction/Nonfiction, Thanksgiving Books for Lower Elementary
November7
Week 10 week of November 12 PowerPoint
Subject/Grade/Teacher:
- Media/Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grades
Unit/Theme:
- Nonfiction/Fiction/Thanksgiving
Standards:
- AASL 4.1.3
Lesson Objective(s):
- Students will respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.
Language Objective(s):
- Express feelings about characters and events in a story.
- Make connections between literature and their own experiences.
Key Vocabulary:
- Review: Nonfiction, fiction
Materials:
- Anderson, Laurie Halse, and Matt Faulkner.Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Print. 394.2649/AND
- Brown, Marc Tolon. Arthur’s Thanksgiving (Arthur Adventure Series) Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. Print. HOL/E/BRO
- Flesher, Vivienne. Alfred’s Nose New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2008. Print. (Personal copy)
- deGroat, Diane. We Gather Together…Now Please Get Lost! New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Print. E/DEG
- Jackson, Alison, and Judith Byron Schachner. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Picture Puffins) New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1997. Print. E/JAC
- Fiction/Nonfiction PowerPoint presentation
- Computer lab
Preparation:
- Links to background
- Links to past learning
- Strategies incorporated
Scaffolding:
- Modeling
- Guided practice
Group Options:
- Whole class
Integration of Processes:
- Reading
- Speaking
- Listening
Application:
- Hands-on
- Meaningful
- Linked to objectives
- Promotes engagement
Assessment:
- Group
- Oral
Transition:
- Open the Fiction/Nonfiction PowerPoint Presentation on the Promethean board.
- Review what students know about the two words.
Anticipatory Set:
- Go through the slides of the presentation including the questions to help students discern the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Instruction/Check for Understanding:
- Show the cover of the book, “Arthur’s Thanksgiving,” or one of the fiction books and review elements of the cover (title, author, etc.).
- Point out the connections between the title and the cover illustration.
- Ask students to predict the story using the cover. Expand to predictions about the story using their prior knowledge of the “Arthur” series.
- Read the book. Review predictions afterwards and gauge accuracy.
- Show the cover of the book, “Thank you , Sarah.” Ask students to predict whether the story is fiction or nonfiction. (Younger children will often predict it is fiction because the illustrations are humorous drawings.)
- Read the book .
If there’s time:
- Read one of the other books.
Closure/Summary:
- Review predictions.
Transition to the computers:
- Use the Promethean Board to demonstrate the change in the desktop with the icon for my school blog (Mrs. Harrison’s Blog at http://iblog.dearbornschools.org/harrisc1/. )
- Show how students click on the icon and the hyperlink in the blog to go to the site for today.
Preview for Next Week:
- Tell students we will continue reading Thanksgiving books next week.