English Instructional Plan – Story Elements and Plot Grades 4-5 Integrated Strand/s: Communication and Multimodal Literacies
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Caroline Doughty teaches about the comprehension skill, questioning.
Working in groups of two or three, students will identify the meaning of the given suffixes and will list as many words as possible that can be created from each in the allotted time. For each word, students will also write a definition and identify the part of speech of the word. The assignment can also be completed independently but may be more engaging for students if they can work collaboratively.
Create an instagram post from one of the characters in the novel :The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket, inspired by an event, from one of the characters perspective.
This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Chautauqua Hopson teach about fact and opinion.
English Instructional Plan – Summarizing Grades 4-5
English Instructional Plan- Summarizing Fiction Using Sketchnoting- 3-5
This resource provides Summative extension activity options for an existing resource entitled: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry. Teachers work with the original resource first to guide their main unit-instruction: https://goopenva.org/courses/a-raisin-in-the-sun-by-lorraine-hansberry-2/view
Next, they can review the Summative extension options provided in this resource to produce creative sythensis activities designed to extend the depth of knowledge students will gain from this lesson.
This resource provides Summative extension activity options for an existing resource entitled: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry. Teachers work with the original resource first to guide their main unit-instruction: https://goopenva.org/courses/a-raisin-in-the-sun-by-lorraine-hansberry-2/view
Next, they can review the Summative extension options provided in this resource to produce creative sythensis activities designed to extend the depth of knowledge students will gain from this lesson.
This resource is intended as a Summative Extension activity to the resource created by Samantha Gibson entitled "The Fire Next Time." The original source contains a detailed lesson plan that incorporates primary source documents in order to compare and contrast leading figures of the Civil Rights movement. This extension activity is intended to provide a synthesis activity that asks students to consider and explore a modern-day example of social protest and evaluate various approaches to the same issue.
Optional extension activities include a collaborative persuasive presentation that requires research and rhetoric skills to be successful and/or an individual written research paper.
While 4th grade students are learning about space, this is a great resource to enhance students’ understanding of the solar system.
In this unit, students explore the attributes necessary for survival by reading excerpts from Julie of the Wolves, Endangered, Hatchet, and a variety of poems. With each story, students will explore if one needs more physical or mental strength, or a combination of both, in order to overcome an obstacle or problem. Students will also explore how our ability to adapt and make changes impacts our lives and ability to survive. It is our hope that this unit challenges students to think about the way in which they tackle obstacles and the power and influence they have over their own lives.
When analyzing individual stories, students will focus on explaining how scenes fit together and contribute to the overall structure of a story or poem, and summarizing a text and determining theme. After analyzing a story or poem in-depth, students will then practice comparing and contrasting across stories and analyzing the way in which different stories approach similar themes and topics. This unit places a large emphasis on the power of rereading a text in order to build deeper meaning. Over the course of the unit, students will have multiple opportunities to engage with a particular text multiple times in order to analyze and notice author's craft and additional layers of meaning.
English Instructional Plan – Syllable Generalizations: Vowel Teams Grades 2-3
I created this activity to give students extra practice with identifying synonyms and antonyms. This activity keeps students engaged and thinking. I begin teaching synonyms and antonyms at the beginning of the school year. My students play this game throughout the year. Occasionally I add new words so my students are continually being challenged. This is excellent practice for SOL 4.4b.
This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch LaTissha Boyce teach about how to use synonyms and antonyms to determine unfamiliar word meanings
This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Dr. Karen Drosinos teach about the parts of a book and the story inside.
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo Introduction and Character TraitsChapter 1-6
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo - The Mouse CouncilChapter 7-12
This resource is a great way to allow kids to move, communicate, and build anticipation for a novel. It requires minimal work on the teacher's end, but can produce great discussion.
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.