Lesson Parts
Step 1 - Brainstorming about what Narrative writing looks like with students
Step 2: Use graphic organizer to write rough drafts and share ideas with friends.
Step 3: Decide how we will measure success in the project - Designing a rubric together
Teacher Resources for the lesson
Problem Solution Graphic Organizer - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Narrative-Writing-Graphic-Organizer-ProblemSolution-643834
NewsELA Article "To Get to the Other Side" - https://newsela.com/read/elem-bears-and-roads/id/38779/
NewsELA Article " Fish Tale on the Columbia River" - https://newsela.com/read/natgeo-fish-tale/id/44654/
NewsELA Article "Decline in krill threatens Antarctic wildlife, from whales to penguins" https://newsela.com/read/antarctic-whales-penguins-need-krill/id/40542/
Crash Course Kids Video - Big Trouble in the Big Apple - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyE4_D6Fb_w
Crash Course Kids Video - Big Changes in the Big Forest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fkGqO0Xk94
Scratch - https://www.scratch.mit.edu
Code Club Projects - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub