How to choose a good book
Valid reasons to abandon a book
Strategies good readers use
Quia Genre Review

 

Focus Skills:
* Describing characters Character Map
* Analyze setting
* Making predictions
* Summarizing
* Make connections Connection Tool
* Analyze cause and effect
* Fantasy genre
*Theme

Variety of Genre (PowerPoint)

Author Study: Chris Van Allsburg (Introduction)

Standards To Be Addressed:
R1.1, R1.2, R1.3, R1.4, R1.5, R1.7, R1.11, R2.1, R2.4, R2.8, R2.12, R3.1, R.3.3, and R3.6

 

 

 

Research Sites:
Chris Van Allsburg, Scholastic
Chris Van Allsburg, Eduplace
South Carolina State ELA Standards

Word Study:
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, Prefixes, Vowel Patterns, Analogies, and Word Webs
Stems Chart

Self-selected reading lessons:
Selected Books:
Wreck of the Zephyr
The Stranger
The Wretched Stone
Jumanji
Zathura
The Sweetest Fig
Inspiration Web: Compare and contrast 2 Van Allsburg books
Book Blog

Grammar:

Daily Language Review
Capitalization Rules

Types of Sentences

 

 

Sentences, Fragments, Run-ons

Capitalization PowerPoint
BrainPOP Types of Sentences
Kinds of Sentences/Smart Notebook Lesson
Sentence Clubhouse Interactive Practice
Quia Popup
Quia Multiple Choice
Complete Sentences PowerPoint
Foolish Fragments PowerPoint
Run-on Sentences PowerPoint
W1.4, W1.5
"Pioneer Girl" by Andrea Warren
Standards: R1.3, R1.7, R1.9, R1.12,R1.18, R2.8, C2.4
Genre: Memoir (Autobiography)
Vocabulary Development E-Word Game
Propaganda Techniques (Definitions, Lesson)
Propaganda PowerPoint/Smart Notebook Lesson
Fact and Opinion (Smart Notebook Lesson)





Inference
Drawing Conclusions
Making Connections
Online Tutorial
PowerPoint
Easy Online Quiz
Quizdom Activity
Quia Quiz
Harper Collins
Personal Narrative Writing
Introduction/Smart Notebook Lesson
Writing Sample
Ideas for Personal Narrative Stories
Persuasive Writing
Standards: W1.1, W1.2, W1.6, R1.18
Examine Ads




Publisher Project: Create an Ad
Writing a Good Advertisement
Student Sample
Online Student Samples
Project Rubric

Books:
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Memory Box by Mary Bahr
The Memory String by Eve Bunting
The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff

Author's Purpose:
PowerPoint Lesson
Quia Popup Review

Curriculum Topics - Reading

First Nine Weeks

 

 





 

 

 

 

Writing Workshop:

Writing Workshop Procedures
Writer's Notebook
Collecting Ideas

SC State Standards
W1.1, W1.2, W1.4, W1.5, W1.6.4 W2.2, R3.1

Choices Writers Make
Writing for a Purpose
Writing for Blogs and Email
Word Choice -Vivid Vocabulary