D. Self-monitor reading in meaningful ways (looks right/sounds right/makes sense?) (AL COS)

1. self question (AL COS)
2. reread (AL COS)
3. adjust speed (AL COS)
4. use context clues (AL COS)
5. access prior knowledge and experience (AL COS)
6. make connections (AL COS)

Figurative Language Awards Ceremony
This lesson will have students listening to and reading selected texts as the seek out their favorite literary devices.
 

HarperChildrens:  Site contains writing activities for 3 – 5 students, author studies, favorite fiction, picture books, Beverly Cleary teacher guide, R. L. Stine Classroom Kit, and writing contest.

Strategies Help Reluctant Silent Readers Read to Learn:  This site provides tips to get that reluctant silent reader to read for meaning.

Teaching Students to Self-Evaluate:  Here a printable checklist for self-evaluation during reading.

Between the Lions:  This resource provides online interactive stories, games, and printable resources.

Spectrum:  A series of finely illustrated stories and poems written in progressive reading levels.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

E/B: Identify key characters in short story nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two word responses.
E/B: Respond to simple, orally presented factual questions about an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-two-word responses.
E/B: Create pictures, lists, charts, and graphic organizers to illustrate characteristics of short stories.
E/B: Demonstrate sequence of events from an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two word responses.
E/B: Identify main events of familiar fairy tales and folktales from around the world and express with simple spoken or written sentences; D: Identify main events of familiar fairy tales, folktales, legends, and fables from around the world and express with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Understand basic plots of classic fairy tales, folktales, legends, and fables from around the world.
E/B: Identify main characters within an illustratively supported text and express with simple spoken or written sentences; D: Identify main characters based on their interactions within an illustratively supported text and express with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Describe characters based on events and statements within the text.
E/B: Identify main events in illustratively supported fiction and nonfiction texts and express with simple spoken or written sentences; D: Identify main events in fiction and nonfiction texts and express with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Identify theme in fiction and nonfiction texts.
D: Identify most text and content features of poetry, drama, and short stories and express with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Recognize different types of literature, including poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
D: Identify speaker or narrator in reading selection and express with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Identify speaker or narrator in reading selections.
 

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