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Generating Ideas with Strong Feelings

January 25th, 2010 | posted by crazycatgirl
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Even though it's January, some of my third and fourth graders still frequently struggle with generating or brainstorming ideas on what to write about.  (We did do a "detour" from Lucy's plan and do expositiory writing for a while.  So, we're just getting back into the swing of narrative writing.)  I know part of the problem is that many of my students have so much to worry about every day that they see many stories in their life as being too old and therefore not relevant.  But I cannot do anything about that.

The Miracle of the First Poinsettia Read Aloud

January 1st, 2010 | posted by crazycatgirl
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Lesson Subject: 
Language Arts
Lesson Topic: 
Visualization, Inferring
Grade Level: 
Grades 1-2
Learning Target(s)/Objective(s) for This Lesson: 
SWBAT crete meaning with the story using visualizing, connections and inference.

David Shannon's Duck on Bike: Mentor Text for Inner Thinking

March 12th, 2009 | posted by crazycatgirl
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I love the author David Shannon, who's well known for No, David. Yesterday, I read his book Duck on Bike to model writing a WASL (Washington's state assessment) short summary with three main events. As I read I emphasized the inner thinking and thought to myself, "This would be a great mentor text to show inner thinking. There's inner thinking on almost every page!" :-) All the animals have their own opinions about Duck's trick, which they only share in their thoughts.Want to try it?

Mentor Text: How the Mentor Text Mini-lesson Tends to Go

February 11th, 2009 | posted by crazycatgirl
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Lesson Subject: 
Language Arts
Lesson Topic: 
Mentor Text in Writer's Workshop Mini-lesson
Grade Level: 
Grades 3-5
Learning Target(s)/Objective(s) for This Lesson: 
SWBAT notice an aspect of writer's craft

A Walk in The Park

January 24th, 2009 | posted by renga
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Lesson Subject: 
Math
Lesson Topic: 
Understand and apply estimation strategies to predict or determine the reasonableness of answers in situations.
Grade Level: 
Grades 3-5
Learning Target(s)/Objective(s) for This Lesson: 
Given the problem and necessary materials students will gain and understanding of the word balance (relate this to the concept of equals or same as) and be able to apply it in situations.

Writing: Mentor Text Lesson & Microteaching Lesson Plan

January 24th, 2009 | posted by renga
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Lesson Subject: 
Language Arts
Lesson Topic: 
This lesson uses mentor texts to illustrate that good writing makes a point.
Grade Level: 
Grades 3-5
Learning Target(s)/Objective(s) for This Lesson: 
Stutents will learn that good writing often makes a point.

Everyone's Playing Basketball

January 19th, 2009 | posted by renga
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Lesson Subject: 
Math
Lesson Topic: 
Problem Solving
Grade Level: 
Grades 3-5
Learning Target(s)/Objective(s) for This Lesson: 
Understand and apply concepts and procedures from number sense, numeration, computation, and estimation. Construct solutions by choosing the necessary information and using the appropriate mathematical tools

Evens-Odds Game

January 19th, 2009 | posted by renga
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Lesson Subject: 
Math
Lesson Topic: 
Introduction to Probability
Grade Level: 
Grades 6-8
Learning Target(s)/Objective(s) for This Lesson: 
EALR 1.4 Understand and apply concepts and procedures from probability: “Know how to list all possible outcomes of simple experiments” “Understand and use experiments to investigate uncertain events”

Personal Narrative Unit of Study: Launching Writer's Workshop

December 19th, 2008 | posted by crazycatgirl
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My school received training in the Lucy Calkin's style writer's workshop by staff developers from the Columbia University Teacher's College Reading and Writing Project. The week of training was of course phenomenal. We also got either the K-2 or 3-5 Units of Study. These are my teaching notes straight from my plan book for the third graders I taught. My lessons are --eventually-- adjusted to meet the needs of these students in their first year of writer's workshop. The class had a large bilingual and high poverty population. Most of my notes are organized as teaching points (TP) or the day's writing goal/objective.

Writer's Workshop: Pre-launch for 3rd Grade

December 11th, 2008 | posted by crazycatgirl
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Lesson Subject: 
Language Arts
Lesson Topic: 
Mini-lesson: Paper Selection
Grade Level: 
Grades 3-5
Learning Target(s)/Objective(s) for This Lesson: 
SWBAT: choose appropriate paper to use for writing
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