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Overview
and Background: Unit: Frog & Toad |
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Name: Joni Watkins |
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Cheney
Elementary : Grades 2 |
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Title: |
Frog &
Toad |
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Topics: |
Reading,
Writing |
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Time Frame: |
Three weeks - (one
week for fiction, one week for expository text, one week to read other books to
see if students can distinguish between the two.) |
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Start Date: |
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Other Designers: |
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Summary: |
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Print Materials Needed: Frog
& Toad books |
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Resources: |
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Resource Attachments: |
Fiction v.
Non-Fiction Graphic Organizer http://www.cheney268.com/Learning/Organizers/fictionvnonfiction.htm |
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Notes: |
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Stage 1: Identify Desired Results |
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Standard: |
KS |
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Title: |
Reading, Writing |
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Standard(s): |
Reading 1.10 Responds to text in a variety of ways. 1.12 Read orally with fluency and expression 1.13 Read self-selected and teacher directed materials
orally and silently. 1.17 Respond to reading in a variety of ways Writing 1.1 Use
graphic organizers, brainstorming and oral discussion as part of the
prewriting process. 1.2 Create
rough drafts to be edited and revised 1.3 Use peer
editing and self editing skills as part of the editing process. 1.4 Use edited copy to create a revised
document |
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Understandings: |
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Different types of literature have different uses. Different types of literature have different
characteristics. |
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Essential Questions: |
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How can you tel How do different types of literature differ from each
other? How do we use different types of literature differently? |
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Knowledge and Skills: |
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K The difference between expository text and fiction. S Determine
if a book is expository or fiction. |
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Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence |
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Assessment Summary: |
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Student Directions: |
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You are a librarian at the Cheney City Library. You are in charge of putting all of the fiction
books in one section and the expository books in another. It is your job to read the books and decide
where they go. Put the name of each book on Fiction v. Non-Fiction Graphic Organizer and then
decide whether it is fiction or non-fiction and why. |
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Rubric: |
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Other assessment evidence to be collected: |
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Fiction v. Non-Fiction Graphic
Organizer used with daily reading activities. |
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Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and
Instruction |
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Learning Activities: |
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Show students pictures on the monitor of frogs and toads.
See if they can tell you which is which.
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Read all of the different stories out of Frog and Toad
are Friends. Have students answer
QAR questions about each story. Do the
first ones together, then with partners, and finally on their own.
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Discuss the stories in Frog and Toad are Friends. Discuss if they are fiction or facts. Discuss what makes a story fiction. Have students brainstorm other stories they
have read that are fiction.
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Teach “quotes”!
Student’s make a Frog and a Toad puppet. Then they write a conversation between Frog
and Toad. Use the book Frog and
Toad are Friends as an example.
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Discuss the story “The Letter” in the book Frog and
Toad are Friends. Have students write
a friendly letter. Discuss the parts
of a letter. Brainstorm ideas for what
you could say in a friendly letter.
Use a graphic organizer as a template and have kids write a friendly
letter to someone of their choosing.
Revise the letter with the help of the teacher. Make a final copy.
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Discuss what was different about the expository facts
they read, compared to the fiction book of Frog and Toad are Friends.
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Choose a variety of other books to read aloud in the next
few days and have students tell you if they are factual books or fiction
books.
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Assessment – Have students read different books and label
them fiction or expository text.
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