Independent Reading
Standards:R1.1, R1.2, R1.3, R1.4, R1.7

PowerPoint Project
Assignment
Student Self-Assessment
Scoring Rubric
Student Sample A
Student Sample B

Personal Reflections on Reading
Self-assess Genre Selections
Self-assess Independent Reading Habits
Self-assess Strategies Used during Independent Reading
Make Predictions
Summarize
Make Connections

Critical Analysis of Web Pages
Standards: R1.5, R1.6, R1.12, R1.17,R1.16, R2.10, R2.12, RS1.1, RS2.1

Brainstorming Web Page Usefulness
Web Page Evaluation Sheet
Questions: The 5 W's of Evaluation
Sample Web Pages:
Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge

(These links come from a lesson plan by Kathy Schrock.)
(Additional Resource Links from Kathy Schrock)

Making Predictions
Identify Story Elements
Compare and Contrast Story Elements
Identify Theme
Compare and Contrast Themes

Books:
My Prairie Christmas by Brett Harvey
Silver Packages by Cynthia Rylant
The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco (Online Quiz)
Welcome Comfort by Patricia Polacco
The Christmas Candle by Richard Paul Evans
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
The Littlest Christmas Tree by Janie Jasin
An Ellis Island Christmas by Maxinne Leighton
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston
The Legend of the Poinsettia retold by Tomie dePaola
The Christmas Ark by Robert D. San Souci
They Followed a Bright Star by Ulises Wensell
When Mindy Saved Hanukkah by Eric Kimmel
Auntie Claus by Elise Primavera
The Christmas Promise by Susan Bartoletti
Christmas in the Country by Cynthia Rylant

Holiday Literature Unit

Thanksgiving Mini-Unit

Books:
Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
Turkey for Thanksgiving by
The First Thanksgiving by Jean Craighead George

Standards: R1.3, R1.6, R1.7, R1.9, R1.14,R2.1, R2.11, R2.4