Skeleton Friends

10/24/2011    

Boogie Bones & Skeleton Hiccups 

Elizabeth Laredo &  Margery Cuyler

Our Standards

4.1.1 Read, view, and listen for pleasure and personal growth.
4.1.2 Read many different works to make connections with yourself, the world, and what you've read before.
4.4.4 Interpret new information based on cultural and social context.

Websites

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6212/6257109513_75e06a820b.jpg

HOT Questions

                                        

Javelinas, Pigs and the Number 3

10/17/2011    

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Javelinas

by Susan Lowell

Our Standards

AASL 4.1.2 Read many different works to make connections with yourself, the world, and what you've read before.

TN LA Checks for Understanding
0001.2.9 Retell a story, describing the plot, characters, and setting.
0001.8.3 Figure out what will happen next in the story.
0001.8.6 Identify the characters, setting, and events of a story.

Materials we'll need

Felt Storyboard of Three Little Pigs
Three Little Javelinas

HOT Questions

What story does the Three Little Javelinas remind you of?
What things are the same?
Which things are different?
What number is in these stories?
Can anyone think of other fairy tales that we know that also have the number 3?   

Objectives Met

AASL 4.1.2 Read widely and fluently to make connections with self, the world, and previous reading.

TN LA Checks for Understanding
0001.2.9 Retell a story, describing the plot, characters, and setting.
0001.8.3 Make predictions about text.
0001.8.6 Identify the characters, setting, and events of a story.

                                   

Monsters!

10/03/2011

   

Where the Wild Things Are & The Gruffalo
Maurice Sendak & Julia Donaldson 
   

Our Standards
4.1.1 Read, view, and listen for pleasure and personal growth.
4.1.2 Read many different works to make connections with yourself, the world, and what you've read before.
4.1.8 Create something that shows something you learned.


Objectives Met
4.1.1 Read, view, and listen for pleasure and personal growth.
4.1.2 Read widely and fluently to make connections with self, the world, and previous reading.
4.1.8 Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning.

HOT Questions

Why is Max's dinner still warm?

HOT Questions

Why does Mouse want to get away from the animals?
How did Mouse trick the animals?
When Mouse meets the Gruffalo, what does he tell him about himself?
Why does the Gruffalo think all of the animals are afraid of Mouse?
What does this story tell us is important?
Who wins, the smart character or the strong & scary character?"