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Day 2
Today,
you will read stories about friendship, which is what we want to write
about!!!
Give
a few minutes to tell about a good friend, lets share our answers and write
them down in journals.
Before
we read, what do you do when you see a word you don’t know? Ask a friend,
raise your hand and ask the teacher, look in a dictionary – try to remember
it, and we’ll put it up on the word list!!!!! (action word, naming word, describing
word, other words)
Now,
you can choose any of the Frog and Toad books you like –BUT – lets keep a
record of it!!! Write down the title, and try to find the friendship in the
story!!!!! --- this will help us later when we make our friendship stories
Let
2 or 3 kids re-tell their stories at the end
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Day 3
Make
groups for reader’s theater (A LOST BUTTON, A SWIM, ICE CREAM) --
show each role: what is that word narrator??? Well, when you read a story,
it’s the one who isn’t speaking, it’s the person telling the story
ML: Quotations – narrator
Re-read
THE STORY – how can you tell that someone is talking???
On
board draw two faces: one has a bubble next to it, and one has quotes; put
some words in the bubble, what should I put in the quotation marks??
Put
into groups, and point out on the sheet, the word NARRATOR – what is this,
when there aren’t any quotes, it’s the person describing the story --- this will be you --- therefore we
need to add two things to the KWL chart: quotation marks, and a narrator
(author).
Each
group read the story, decide on the roles that you will play (fill out and
keep it + one for me)
Review
some rules for good work in groups:
-respect
-listen
to others
-wait
your turn
-praise
people
-try
to help
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Day 4
Read
THE GARDEN in a flat dry voice
ML:
expression in reading and writing
-these
things will help you to tell the emotions or moods that you want to; it
will help the reader make a mental picture!!!
--how
do you know how to express the proper emotion??
-size
of the word: “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
-exclamation
marks:
“Look
at your garden!”
-words
themselves:
“At
last,” shouted Toad; “Drat!”
-repetition:
“Toad, Toad, wake up”
(when you are doing the reader’s theater groups, don’t
forget to look at these parts)
Read
THE GARDEN again, with emotion!!!
Lets
make a Frog and Toad with a mouth- book thingy:
-choose
a story
-find
a part where they are speaking
-write
this in the bubble
-do
the art thing – frog with a mouth
READER’S
THEATER PRACTISE (5 min)
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Day 1
Introduce
story and friendship (what do these things mean?)
What
is a story? How do we write a story? How do we write a story with a main
idea? How do we write a story about friendship?
We
are going to make a big class book about friendship
Need
to know what is friendship + what is a story!!!
KWL
chart: what is a story? Do some crazy examples: is this a story “I like
you”; “farah”; the boy went to the store: etc…
Read THE STORY (can you add anything
to the KWL chart): are there any words that you don’t know???
Journals:
what is a good friend - tell about a good friend
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Day 5
Re-read
THE GARDEN (with emotion)
Now
we know 2 things that authors use to make stories better: quotes, narrator,
emotions
TODAY,
a new one:
adjectives:
what are these?????
Compare:
The
boy
The
fat boy
The
great big fat boy
The
dog
The
ugly dog
The
big ugly dog
(which
ones help the reader make a mental picture?)
Can
you think of anymore??
Read:
CHRISTMAS EVE
Let’s
look for all of the descriptive words
-when
you are writing, use these types of words to make a mental picture for the reader
Journals:
use an adjective to make a new sentence: -- write long and longer additive
adjective descriptions of objects, animals, etc… -- tell how the adjectives
make you feel
READER’S
THEATER PRACTISE (5 min)
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Day 7
All stories have settings
Reread
A LIST
Read
COOKIES
Compare the settings in the 2 stories (one is all over
the place, the other is only in one place)
Choose
one of the 2 stories that we read today, and fill out another character map, on frog or toad
Lets
make a TRIORAMA and paper dolls for a story (make these!!!!!!) – put the
setting and characters together (write on the back: setting: the swamp)
Free
read any of the stories: fill out a response sheet
ML:
print legibly, use the margins
READER’S
THEATER PRACTISE (5 min)
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Day 8
All
stories also have a:
Beginning,
Middle,
End
(AN ORDER!!!!)
How
can you tell???
Show
some order puzzles on the board (wake up, eat breakfast, go to school) –
who can order them???
What
are some good order words that will help the reader know when??
(first)
(next,
then, second, third) (last, finally)
Reread
THE GARDEN: how can we order it all? Cut up strips and put in all
together --- sort into beginning, middle, and the end.
ML:
use connecting words to link simple sentences
READER’S
THEATER PRACTISE (5 min)
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Day 9
Remember
the order?? All stories have a beginning, middle and an end
Reread
COOKIES
Do
a beginning middle end sheet together with: COOKIES
Get
into groups and sort out the stories: must read them:
(THE
DREAM, CHRISTMAS EVE, THE CORNER, THE STORY, SPRING)
ML:
use a variety of sentence types
READER’S
THEATER PRACTISE (5 min)
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Day 6
What
do all stories have? Well, we know that they have characters: you need to
have characters, or there wouldn’t be a story
Who
are the main characters in our stories so far?? What are they like? How do
you know? You look at what they do, what they say, what they look like, how
they act!!!!
Read A LIST(On the overhead) -- lets
look for the characteristics of the characters!!!!
Lets
do a character analysis together!!!! (character web) (write on the back:
character: FROG)
Make
some cut out characters on Popsicle sticks
Free
read any of the stories: fill out a response sheet
Look
at KWL chart again – can we fill anything in??
ML:
identify nouns; use capital letters for proper nouns
READER’S
THEATER PRACTISE (5 min)
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Day 10
What
are all of the things that a story needs? (quotes, narrator, adjectives,
characters, setting, order, beginning, middle, end)
TODAY,
another thing that all stories have are:
Problem
and solution
Give
some examples of these
Read:
THE LETTER
Who
can tell the problem and the solution?
Do
the frog and toad DOWN THE HILL reading activity
ML:
use a variety of sentence types
READER’S
THEATER PRACTISE (5 min)
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Day 12
Brainstorm potential story ideas for them, including
friendship and the adventures (problem-solution) that they had
Use
graphic organizers (story structure map) to make the first draft of story:
you need to decide the characters (FROG, TOAD, any others???); the setting;
the problem; the solution; friendship expressed --- try to fill it in, but don’t worry, its just a tool to
help you!!!!!! I MODEL IT FOR THEM
Write
First draft of stories for class book
(first
draft of my story worksheet)
5
centers:
1-graphic
org
2-first
draft
3-read
first draft to teacher
4-edit
5-final
draft
6-reflection
7-illustration
READER’S
THEATER: A SWIM
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Day 13
Read
draft of story to teacher, concentrating on the flow, sense, sequence (will
reader know what happened first? Were words included to help the reader
know the sequence?), should you add, delete, or change any descriptive
words (do words help reader’s form a mental picture?)
Edit
stories --- look for capitals; periods, exclamation marks, question marks;
spelling;
Make
a final draft – meet with kids one on one
Do
the writing reflection
Once
all of this is finished, then work on the illustrations of frog and toad
READER’S
THEATER: A LOST BUTTON
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Day 14
Illustrations
for stories
Decide
on a title for the new frog and toad book!!!
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Day 11
Remember
first day? We are going to make a big class book about friendship. It’s
going to be about FROG AND TOAD
-look
at how the book is set up: General features of books + the discreet
isolated adventures!!! All about friendship. We will make our book just
like this!!!!
We
need a story about friendship, plus illustrations!!!! Just like Arnold
lobel does it!!!!
Let’s
make a rubric for a good story!!!!
-narrator
-quotes
-adjectives
-order
words
-beginning
middle end
(problem/solution)
+
we
also need to pay attention to the “little things” such as capitals, varied
sentences, spelling, connecting words, spaces between words, and legible
writing
READER’S
THEATER: ICE CREAM
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Day 15
Look
at KWL chart again, what can we fill in?
Lets
read the class Frog and toad book!!!!
Write
one more time in journal (like first day): what is a good friend?
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