Sunday, March 2, 2014

Happy March! What are we doing during literacy block?

Writing Workshop

ELACC3W2 Text Types and Purposes:  Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

EQ:  How has the Morton Theatre and its owner Pink Morton developed the Athens community?
Vocab:  performing arts, segregation, vaudeville, Hot Corner, venue, heritage, construction, organizational,  information, research, topic, details, main idea

Opening:  Two-minute review on Morton Theatre/What is Hot Corner?   See clip:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mortontheatre/the-soul-of-athens-a-history-of-the-morton-theatre

Google Maps - Where exactly is Hot Corner located?

Mini-Lesson:  How to write a complete paragraph - Ms. Orem and Ms. Buchanan will share their information gathered from the interview questions, so that the class to model what the children will do during the work session.  Then we will model an example of a paragraph on the Smart Board using the results of our interview.  Students will do the same with their interview results during the work time.

Work time: Students will type up the interview responses they got from their person of choice in a clear paragraph focusing on the quotations used.

Closing:  Sharing of typed responses – place them in correct Google Drive writing folder

Assessment:  Interview responses and typed paragraph of the responses

ESOL Accommodations: collab;  word banks, extended time, visual and linguistic scaffolding, Sensory support.
Gifted Accommodations: students may create their own characters, settings, and morals for details as needed


Part I of Daily Cafe

ELACC3RI6:  Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

ELACC3SL1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.

EQ: How do we, as the reader, understand the relationships of ideas?
Vocab: organizational patterns, connection, cause and effect, order of event, support, perspective, details, sequence, informational texts, expository,  purpose, comprehension strategies

Opening:  Discussion Circle - How is Ella Fitzgerald connected to our study of the Morton Theatre?

Focus Lesson: shared reading—nonfiction; Ella Fitzgerald:  http://www.readinga-z.com/books/leveled-books/book/?id=1001

CAFÉ Groups: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Work on Writing, Work with Words, Listen to
Reading, Work on Computer

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