Indian in the Cupboard
It's Omri's birthday, but all he gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic Indian brave. Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeleton key that once belonged to his great-grandmother. Little does Omri know that by turning the key, he will transform his ordinary plastic Indian into a real, live man from an altogether different time and place! Omri and the tiny warrior called Little Bear could hardly be more different, yet soon the two forge a very special friendship. Will Omri be able to keep Little Bear without anyone finding out and taking his precious Indian from him?
Overview of Topics
Character Analysis
Summarizing Fiction
Elements of Fiction
Context Clues
Student Objectives: "I Can"
I can use specific events and ideas from the text to explain what happened and why.
I can determine the meaning of words and phrases by using context clues.
Standards
4.RF.1 - Apply foundational reading skills to build reading fluency and comprehension.
4.RL.1 - Read and comprehend a variety of literature within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 4-5. By the end of grade 4, students interact with texts proficiently and independently at the low end of the range and with scaffolding as needed at the high end.
4.RV.1 - Build and use accurately general academic and content-specific words and phrases.
4.RV.2.1 - Apply context clues (e.g., word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph clues) and text features (e.g., charts, headings/subheadings, font/format) to determine the meanings of unknown words.
4.RL.4.1 - Describe how visual and multimedia presentations and representations can enhance the meaning of a text.
Student Resources
In-class student resources are teacher-based novel units. They are available upon request.
Indian in the Cupboard Chapter Read Alouds
Blooket
EdPuzzle
Google Apps
Interactive Notebook Materials
Baamboozle
WordWall
Reading Counts