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As students navigate through the Characters unit, they will...
As students navigate through the Characters unit, they will...
📚Continue to practice procedures
📚Continue to practice procedures
📚Continue to build their reading stamina through setting goals and implementing refocusing strategies
📚Continue to build their reading stamina through setting goals and implementing refocusing strategies
📚Continue to practice proper fluency
📚Continue to practice proper fluency
📚Engage in partnerships for sharing and rereading
📚Engage in partnerships for sharing and rereading
📚Think deeper about literary language
📚Think deeper about literary language
📚Write longer and stronger post-its
📚Write longer and stronger post-its
📚Identify character traits, feelings, problems, and solutions
📚Identify character traits, feelings, problems, and solutions
📚Provide evidence for character feelings and traits
📚Provide evidence for character feelings and traits
📚Build inferential skills by attending to what a character does, says, and thinks
📚Build inferential skills by attending to what a character does, says, and thinks
See the charts below to track our latest learning!
See the charts below to track our latest learning!
We want to broaden our "feelings" vocabulary, so we are sure to pick descriptive words for our jots..never just happy, sad, or mad!
We want to broaden our "feelings" vocabulary, so we are sure to pick descriptive words for our jots..never just happy, sad, or mad!
Now that we have practiced paying attention to character feelings, we will track those feelings through the beginning, middle, and end of books. Our class example, below, tracks Walter's feelings through Chris Van Allsburg's Zathura. Tracking and reflecting help us build inferential thinking and accumulate text.
Now that we have practiced paying attention to character feelings, we will track those feelings through the beginning, middle, and end of books. Our class example, below, tracks Walter's feelings through Chris Van Allsburg's Zathura. Tracking and reflecting help us build inferential thinking and accumulate text.
We always need to remember to include proof from the text! Don't pull those ideas out of thin air!
We always need to remember to include proof from the text! Don't pull those ideas out of thin air!
(Character name) feels (strong feelings vocab. word) because (proof from text).
(Character name) feels (strong feelings vocab. word) because (proof from text).
Students are meeting with one another in partnerships to share, reread, and practice important second grade skills. Students have access to this chart as a bookmark so they always know their options!
Students are meeting with one another in partnerships to share, reread, and practice important second grade skills. Students have access to this chart as a bookmark so they always know their options!
Second grade readers are beginning to determine the difference between character feelings and traits. Seeing them side by side in the chart to the left helped students understand that feelings are not our usual behavior--traits are!
Second grade readers are beginning to determine the difference between character feelings and traits. Seeing them side by side in the chart to the left helped students understand that feelings are not our usual behavior--traits are!
Then, we took characters from movies and our favorite books to represent certain personality traits. This way, we can question if our character is more of a bossy Kristabelle or a brave Merida.
Then, we took characters from movies and our favorite books to represent certain personality traits. This way, we can question if our character is more of a bossy Kristabelle or a brave Merida.
Favorite Characters Trait Chart.pdfCharacterTraitsCategories.pdfCharacterTraitDictionary (1).pdfAfter getting a handle on the vocabulary (through the use of our character trait charts and dictionary seen above), readers learned to post-it about the traits using proof from dialogue, inner thinking, or actions.
After getting a handle on the vocabulary (through the use of our character trait charts and dictionary seen above), readers learned to post-it about the traits using proof from dialogue, inner thinking, or actions.
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