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We are excited to start a new blog series called Reader Ready: Standard by Standard. In this series, we will look at each RL standard. We will show you a resources, books, and ideas for teaching each standard. This blog post features RL .1, Ask and Answer Questions About a Text. The main point we try to get across with this standard is that good readers are constantly asking and answering questions about the text they are reading. We try to emphasize the importance of thinking about the text the whole time they read versus only thinking about it at the end if / when prompted with questions by the teacher. Printable resources shown in this blog post can be purchased in our Teachers Pay Teachers Store. Additionally, we have instructional videos for RL.1 for purchase. You can watch the videos yourself in preparation of teaching RL.1 or you can show your kiddos as as a unit opener, as a self-guided lesson for the kiddos (when you need some down time!), or left with sub plans. Asking Questions Answering Questions The Good Reader Tool for this unit is the Wonder Wheel. Kiddos LOVE the Wonder Wheel! They love to use it as a spinner, landing on a question prompt. When we've used it with kiddos, we have found them enjoy when we ask them questions and they enjoy making up the questions to ask us as well! Good Reader Tool {Wonder Wheel: a reader's mind never stops turning...we ask and answer questions as we read} Anchor Chart We use this anchor chart as a class for a variety of books; here is was used with The Bad Seed. We give students post it notes and each time they have a question during the read aloud, they write it down. We intentionally stop at various points of the text to model questions we might have. This activity can be used whole group or small group! The Bad Seed shows how an action can make you mad or sad, but you can choose to still be happy and do good things! Before starting the unit, we create the anchor chart labels and laminate. This gives us an anchor chart we can reuse for the entire unit! Additionally, using sticky notes helps make the chart easily reused! Wemberly Worried is a favorite read aloud for back to school time! Poor Wemberly worries so much and now she's got to start school! Kiddos will see how finding a way to have fun with others can erase worries! Guided Reading After several whole group read alouds modeling the large anchor chart to model asking and answering questions with students, we begin to use printable task sheets to have students individually practice the skill of asking and answering questions. Making this transition in small guided reading groups helps! We like to give kiddos more guidance in the small group. Using The Digger and The Flower, the teacher wrote the question and the student answered. When ready, students work in partner pairs to alternate asking and answering questions. The Digger and The Flower has a sweet message about caring for other living things! During Guided Reading, we complete a similar task; students are each given one post it note with one of the question words on it (who, what, when, where, why, or how). They write a question they have about the book (during any point); and we put them on the smaller anchor chart that has the question words broken down into sections. We answer the questions together, which is a great way to review the book read. This anchor chart can also be used for students to use independently; they can use post it notes, or just write directly on the paper. My Name Is Yoon is a great book for the beginning of the year when all kiddos are starting a new year and may have some apprehension of the unknown being in a new classroom. You'll be able to show kiddos how they may relate to Yoon. Seeing a lot of sticky notes? We LOVE sticky notes!! They can: - add a pop of color to anchor charts - make anchor charts reuseable for the entire unit - give all kiddos a chance to participate and interact with the anchor chart For a few tasks during this unit, we printed on sticky notes! Here's how you can do it too! Download this file. Print the template sheet first and place a sticky note on each blank square. Then, print the second page with the questions prompt labels. Hooray! You've got nice and neat sticky notes for your lesson! Here's another idea for using sticky notes! If your kiddos aren't able to flip over the sticky and write or draw their response, keep 2 sticky notes stuck together. Write the question on the top sticky and kiddos can flip up to the bottom sticky and record their response. Bear Snores On is a great books with a friendship theme! Independent Practice We follow a pattern with our Good Reader Tools: 1. teacher modeling through whole group read aloud and anchor charts 2. guided practice in small reading groups using the individual reader tool 3. students use the good reader tool independently while reading books in their book boxes Strictly No Elephants is a sweet books about accepting everyone as a friend! Here the kiddos is create their own questions using their text and individual Wonder Wheel. Your kiddos will love to use the Wonder Wheel as a spinner to create their own questions! Paired Resources Also, be sure to pair our RL.1 Print a Standard Packs with your unit! These packs each include over 10 activities to practice asking / answering questions about the text. The activities can be done whole group, small group, or independently. They are also great for assessments or homework. With all of our Print a Standard packs, we use formats that are easy to use but are engaging to the students. Book Recommendations As with any standard, good read aloud are the MUST! Here are a few of our RL.1 Book Recommendations. Click on the titles below to find them on Amazon. (affiliate links) The Bad Seed // My Name is Yoon // Wemberly Worried // Strictly No Elephants // Mrs. Spizer's Garden // Bear Snores On // The Digger and the Flower More Reader Ready Posts! RL 1.2 Determining the Central Message RL 1.3 Major Events in a Story RL 1.4 Words that Appeal to the Senses and Words that Suggest Feelings RL 1.5 Books that Tell Stories and Book that Tell Information RL 1.6 Identify Who is Telling the Story RL 1.7 Using Illustrations to Describe a Story RL 1.9 Comparing and Contrasting Characters in Stories Need more reading tools? Check out our FREE webinar 'Interactive Reading in the Primary Grades! Use these tools to engage your readers with strategies to interact with texts. We share easy to implement resources to use in the classroom and at home. For attending the webinar, get access to a file with the 5 reading tools featured above so you can make your own classroom sets! Come grab some new ideas to refresh and re-energize your ELA time! Click here to view the webinar!
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Get your students thinking about their thinking with this growth mindset 3D activity. This resource focuses on the differences between fixed and growth mindset. There are 6 panels, each with a different question to answer. There is also a blank template panel if you want to add your own question. Students will answer the questions on each panel, cut out and decorate the panels (we colored only the growth mindset side of each panel for effect), and then assemble the resource into a 3D activity, perfect for display. This resource contains options for two different sizes – one on full sheets (great for display in a larger area or to write longer, more in depth answers), and one on half sheets (great for smaller display areas with a smaller area for writing). Print only the size you need. You need 6 individual panels to create the craftivity. I have included the 6 panels plus a blank template for both sizes – the blank template can be used to add your own question, or use as a cover page in case you want to assemble the craftivity into a flip-book format rather than a 3D resource. A rubric is also included for formative or summative assessment. You have three different options for printing (you want your craftivity to be sturdy enough to stand on its own): - Print on white construction paper - Print on cardstock - Print on regular paper, then glue onto construction paper and cut out around shape For easier completion, be sure students complete each page BEFORE they assemble the craftivity. This resource is included in my Growth Mindset Activity Bundle which contains 3 great activities to reinforce the concept of growth mindset in your students. • Click HERE to see all my craftivities. *** This resource is also included in my HUGE 4th - 6th Grade Essentials Bundle containing 20 of my best classroom resources. *********************************************************************************************************** Follow me on Instagram or Facebook to see more of my classroom ideas!
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VERSES: Luke 12:16-21 MEMORY VERSE: Luke 12:21 "So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." BOOK TO REMEMBER: James. Write "James" on small slips of paper for the students to take home and memorize another book of the New Testament. Practice saying all the books of the New Testament together as a class or sing the song, The Books Of The New Testament, found under March - Songs We Sing In Bible Class #3 as review. PRAYER: Pray that we will always put God first in our lives and place everything else below Him. SPECIAL SONG: Jesus Taught By Parable And Miracle (see March - Songs We Sing In Bible Class #4 on this blog. Click on orange circle to hear tune.) VISUAL AID: Make a large Activity like the one below under Activity. LESSON POINTS: As Jesus daily walked around Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, there were always a crowd of people who gathered around Him. Perhaps they were waiting for Him to perform a miracle and they wanted to see Him make a lame person walk, maybe they had heard about Jesus and were curious to see what He looked like, or maybe they wanted to hear what He had to say. Whatever their reasons, the people followed Jesus as He visited their towns. Sometimes there were just a few people following, but many times, there were great crowds of people. Because microphones and speakers had not been invented yet, the people had to be quiet and listen closely and remember what Jesus had said because there were no tape recorders or smart phones to record what He was saying. No, the people--all the people--listened quietly to Jesus as He spoke. When Jesus preached to the people, sometimes He said exactly what the people should do. He commanded them like He did when He taught on the Sermon on the Mount. Sometimes He would heal someone who everyone in the town knew to get their attention, then He would teach the people. Sometimes He told the people stories or parables to paint a picture in the people's minds, so they could remember the lesson and also understand the lesson. One thing remained true: Jesus always taught by His example. He lived what He taught. In the lesson today, Jesus taught a parable about a very rich man who forgot something. Jesus taught the people lessons by talking about something they knew, like farming for example, then he would apply the lesson to something spiritual. He told the story about a man who farmed land and his land grew a great amount of fruit. We don't know what kind of fruit it was, but there was a lot of it and the rich man put it in barns. God had blessed the man's land so much that the man began thinking about what he would do with all the fruit. He thought to himself, "What will I do? I have so much fruit that I don't have enough room for it all. I know! I will tear down all of my barns and I will build much larger barns and then I will put all of my fruit inside. I will say to myself--I have much fruit stored up for many years, so I will eat, drink, and be merry." BUT...the rich man forgot something! He forgot God and he forgot that he was going to die. God said to the rich man, "You fool! Tonight your soul is required of you! Then who will own all those things that you have stored up?" At the end of the parable, Jesus said, "Someone who stores up treasures on this earth and is not rich towards God is just like that rich fool." Jesus did not want us to be like that rich man who forgot God. He wanted us to always put God first in our lives, then God would always give us everything we need. (Matthew 6:12). What does that mean, "Put God first?" That's right! It means to always do spiritual things before we do the earthly things. First, we go to Bible class, then we can play soccer or go to the mountains. It means that whatever we do in life--get a job, play sports, etc.--we need to put God above those things. "Older Student" Tips: Discuss what a 'fool' is. Someone who is not smart. Talk about how smart Jesus was to tell parables about the things that the people knew: farming, cleaning house, finding a treasure, losing a sheep, etc. The people He taught could understand what the meaning was to His lessons. Have everyone open their Bibles to Luke 12:16-19 and count how many times the rich man said the words, "I" or "my". Then, count how many times he said anything about helping others or giving back to God. ACTIVITY: Parable of the Rich Fool Materials needed: 6" x 9" red construction paper, 5" x 12" light brown construction paper, 4.5" x 8" dark brown construction paper, 3" x 3" dark brown construction paper, glue, scissors, marker, crayons. Hand out light brown paper. This is the roof. Cut edges off two short sides of light brown paper to resemble a roof. Hand out red paper. This is the barn. Glue top edge of red barn. Place the bottom of the roof on top of the barn. Hand out dark brown paper. This is the barn door. Cut in half. Fold one edge of each dark brown square. Glue only the small folded edge. Place glued edges of two barn doors away from each other on top of the red barn. The doors should open. Hand out small dark brown paper. This is the hayloft. Cut in half. Fold one edge of each small dark brown square. Glue only the small folded edge. Place glued edges of two hayloft doors away from each other on top of the roof. The doors should open. Write "The Rich Fool" and "Luke 12:16-21" on top of the roof. Open large barn doors. Inside the large barn doors on the red barn, write "The rich fool said, 'I will build greater barns...I will eat, drink, and be merry.' But..." Open small brown doors of the hayloft. Write "...but he forgot God." On both sides of each of the barn doors, make a large "X". On the small hayloft doors, make black or brown lines to resemble wood. On the roof, make lines to resemble a roof. Before leaving class, have the students read what it says inside all doors.
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