Katherine Brou Here In Space By: David Milgrim GLE’s:
Shared Reading Lesson Plans
45. Speak clearly at a speed and volume appropriate for purpose and setting (ELA-4-E1) 49. Retell stories with the following included: • sequential order using vocabulary from the story • descriptive words to answer questions about characters, settings, and events Introduction
Monday, March 21, 2011 Activity Comments ‐Introduce title and author of book. ‐Talk about picture on the cover and the title… ‐What to the children think this is going to be about?
Modeling Read
Use pointer when reading through the book. Point to each word as you read it. Use pointer and read through book with the children. Point to each word as you read them together out loud. ‐Is the planet earth in
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Discussion
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Activity Comments ‐Reintroduce title and author of book. ‐Talk about how you read the book on Monday and if anyone remembers what it was about. ‐Tell how you will read the book together again and do an activity. Use pointer when reading through the book. Point to each word as you read it. Use pointer and read through book with the children. Point to each word as you read them together out loud. ‐How is the author
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Vocabulary
Mini Lesson
space? ‐Does it sound like he is living in space? / all of the things that are being described, are they in space or on earth? ‐So do you think the character actually lives in space? WHY? (bc he is living on earth?) ‐Mysterious ‐Core ‐Eerie ‐Frontier No mini lesson. Focus on how to read (modeling), the meaning of the story/poem and vocabulary…
describing space? ‐I hear a lot of adjectives in this story! Who remembers what an adjective is? ‐Did you hear any adjectives on this page?
Reviewed the words the children asked about on Monday. ‐Man‐made ‐Rambling ‐Thundering Adjectives or Nonadjectives ‐Go through the pages of the book and have each child pick out a word that is on the sticky paper from the book and place it on the chart in the appropriate column (adjective or not an adjective). Have the rest of the children in the class check the student.
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