Nim's Island
Nim's Island
A girl. An iguana. An island. and e-mail.
Meet Nim--a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she's not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island. Besides, it's not as if no one's looking after her--she's got a sea lion to mother her and an iguana for comic relief. She also has an interesting new e-mail pal. But when her father's cell phone calls stop coming and disaster seems near, Nim has to be stronger and braver than she's ever been before. And she'll need all her friends to help her.
Visualization
Timeline/Sequencing
Character Analysis
Context Clues
I can summarize fiction texts.
I can use visualization to help me understand the story.
I can use context clues to define unknown words.
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.
In-class student resources are teacher-based novel units. They are available upon request.
Nim's Island Chapter Read Alouds
Blooket
EdPuzzle
Google Apps
Interactive Notebook Materials
Baamboozle
WordWall
Reading Counts