A. Read and respond using variety of materials

1. functional (menu, catalog, (schedule, directions) (AL COS)
2. textual/informational (diagrams, tables, charts, classroom texts) (AL COS)
3. literary/recreational (student-authored work, trade books, self-selected work, multi-cultural literature, author/illustrator studies)

Native American Myths
Students will review some Native American myths and write their own myths to explain how the geologic features of Yellowstone came to be.

Shel Silverstein Unit
This unit uses the poetry of Shel Silverstein to further develop the narrative, expository, and poetic writing skills of elementary students.

Technology Lesson Plans
This site offers lesson plans on a variety of subjects.  They require reading a variety of materials and the use of technology.
 

Virtual Field Trips:  Take virtual trips to various places around the world without leaving the classroom. These multimedia-rich sites include video, audio, panoramic views, and live Webcams.

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

E/B: Create pictures, lists, charts, and graphic organizers to illustrate characteristics of fictional short stories.
E/B: Demonstrate the sequence of events from an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one or two word responses.
E/B: Respond to orally presented, simple, factual questions about an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two-word responses, simple spoken or written sentences.
E/B, D: Respond to simple factual questions about simple literature and express with simple spoken or written sentences.
E/B: Identify key characters in a short illustrated story nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one or two word responses, or simple spoken or written sentences; D: Identify key characters in simple literature with simple spoken and written sentences.
E/B: Distinguish between fantasies, legends, and fairy tales when read aloud by using simple spoken sentences; D: Read different and simple literature (fantasies, fables, myths, legends, fairy tales) and orally identify each genre and its basic qualities with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Describe most characteristics of fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales.
E: Identify the main events of a plot and the impact of each event on the plot.
E: Identify actions of characters in fiction and relate to the plot or theme.
E: Identify and generally define figurative language, including similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification.

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