Dixie Elementary Magnet School Jan Ross, Library Media Specialist "Make Me Laugh - Reading Humorous Books" |
Dixie Elementary Magnet School Jan Ross, Library Media Specialist "Make Me Laugh - Reading Humorous Books" |
Grade Level: First Grade
Objectives:
6. Students will use drawing and writing to retell a story.
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ELA Reading P 23 1.2 Students make sense of the variety of materials they read. |
Program of StudiesELA-P-R-20 Students will use predictions and confirming predictions to make sense of text. |
Core Content for Assessment RD-E-2.0.9 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on what is read. |
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ELA Reading P 35 1.2 Students make sense of the variety of materials they read. |
Program of Studies ELA-P-R-28 Students will summarize what happened in a story by telling and/or drawing. |
Core Content for Assessment
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Resources: various humorous books, humorous streamed videos, the video Books Are Boring, from Human Relations Media.
Lesson Plan:
Week #1: Students will be introduced to humorous books by viewing the video "Books Are Boring". They will then choose and check out their library books.
Weeks #2, 3 and 4: Students will listen to the book "Freckle Juice", by Judy Blume. Students will be asked to make predictions. Then they will create illustrations to tell the story in the computer lab. The illustrations will be displayed in the library. They will then choose and check out their library books.
Week #5: Students will listen to "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", by Mo Willems and "Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday", by Judith Viorst. They will then choose and check out their library books.
Week #6: Students will view the streamed video "Chrysanthemum", by Kevin Henkes. They will then choose and check out their library books.
Week #7: Students will listen to "If I Ran the Zoo", by Dr. Seuss and "Penny Lee and Her TV", by Glenn McCoy. They will then choose and check out their library books.
Assessment: Students will be holistically assessed on their prediction and summarizing skills.
Libskill 1.6 Make Me Laugh - Reading Humorous Books
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