Procedures
Focus: Personal Connection
Day 8: Wednesday, April 14, 201X
6) Attention-Getter: (5 min)
- The teacher will read the picture book Fox Song written by Joseph
Bruchac.
- The students will collaborate with the teacher to make a chart about
the personal connections to the story.
- The story is about a young girl remembering the stories of her grandmother.
- The students will share their connections to the story and how it
helps them understand the story better.
7) Activities; model → guided practice → independent practice:
A. Model (15 min)
- The teacher will read the story and model personal connections by telling
stories he or she remembers from his or her childhood.
- The students will write their personal connections down on post-it
notes. This
will make it a more private and personal activity for the students. For
students who wish to share their connections, they can stick their
post-it on the chart paper, and tell the class what they were thinking.
- The students will then mingle with others in the classroom to discuss
their personal connections to their novel.
- Five students will participate in the video "Book Talks" to
share about the personal connections to the novel.
B. Guided Practice (35min).
- Students will bring post-its with them.
- Students will move throughout stations.
- Some students will meet with the teacher to discuss "My questions",
"Problem Path", or "What's the message?" strategies.
- Some students will work with a partner on "Context Clues"
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Some students will read quietly with their group.
C. Individual (30 min)
- Some students will read independently, or work on skills such as
"Writing Prompt: Personal Connection or Book Review", Spelling
activities,
"Self Talk" and "Character Changes".
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