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Happy Grinch-mas Day!

November20

 

Mrs. Harrison’s blog (what students see)

Week 13, First week of December

Grade/Class/Subject:

  • Media Skills, K – 3rd Grade

Unit/Theme:

  • Christmas in books and on the web

Standards:

  • AASL Shared Foundation V: Explore
    • Learners develop and satisfy personal curiosity by:
      • Reading widely and deeply in multiple formats and write and create for a variety of purposes.
      • Reflecting and questioning assumptions and possible misconceptions.
      • Engaging in inquiry-based processes for personal growth.

Lesson Objective(s):

  • Students will respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.

Language Objective(s):

  • Students will express feelings about characters and events in a story.
  • Students will make connections between literature and their own experiences.

Key Vocabulary:

  • Review: Holiday, Fiction, Nonfiction, Bookmark

Materials:

    • Nelson, S., Rollins, J. & Chowdrey, R. (2004). Frosty the Snowman. New York: Scholastic.

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:

  • Meaningful
  • Linked to objectives
  • Promotes engagement

Assessment:

  • Group
  • Written

Transition:

  • Review the Key Vocabulary words above.

Anticipatory Set:

  • Review what students remember about the organization of books.
  • Review elements of the cover and title page.
  • Review what students remember about the organization of the media center.
  • Review why students use browsing sticks.
  • Point out the letters on the spines of the books and the Christmas sticker.

Instruction/Check for Understanding:

  • Read “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and interject questions to promote listening and interacting with the text.
  • Following reading the book, introduce today’s computer lesson which reviews navigating using a bookmark.

If there’s time:

  • Read/sing “Frosty the Snowman” and/or ” Here Comes Santa Claus”

Preview for Next Week:

  • Tell students we will read more Christmas books next week.
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