Wilson+Sat+Alone

== **//Wilson Sat Alone //**** by Debra Hess **
 * //__Vocabulary __//****//: amazing, clustered, gathered, raced, wandered //**
 * //__Strategies __//****//: Predictions, Connections //**
 * //__Phonics/Phonemic Awareness __//****//: -at, -ate word families, compound words (review) //**
 * //__Genre __//****//: Realistic Fiction //**
 * //__Grammar Focus __//****//: Nouns, Sentence Structure //**
 * //__Books for all Learners __//****//: Letters from Lila, Show and Tell, Jenny’s Wish, Yes You Can, Kerry //**

//Jenny’s Wish //: Draw a picture of Jenny, adding details to the picture to show the setting. Make sure to include a star in the picture and have them show Jenny wishing on the star (cartoon bubble). //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Yes You Can, Kerry //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Tell your own version of the story, using a different animal than a fish. A fun way to do this would be in comic strip format. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Letters from Lila //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Think about what Lila’s next letter might say to her grandmother. Write and illustrate the letter. Read it out loud to a friend. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Show and Tell //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Draw a map of our classroom. Write 3 sentences to describe different parts of the room, telling its name and what we do there.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Literacy Center/Reading Group Activities: __**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">1. (Phonics): //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Make flip strips for -at, -ate. Write word on sentence strips, think of rhyming words and write the beginning letters on squares. Stack all beginning letters together and staple them to the strip. **//(Words to use: sat, ate, acrobat, flat, that, fat, gate, appreciate, create, state).//**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">2. (Phonics): //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Make and use letter cards for word building/blending activities with -ate. Record words on a template.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">3. (Phonemic Awareness): //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Give a cheer! Using the words cat, hat, bat, sat, date, gate, late, and rate, fill it in for the following cheer:
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">"Give me a /m/! Give me /at/! What have you got? You've got mat!" //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">4. (Syllables): //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Clap out syllables with compound words. Use the following words: cheerleader, doormat, bookbag, wallpaper, teammate, and backyard.[[image:kid sitting alone.jpg align="left"]]
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">5. (Phonics): //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Students do a word hunt for -at and -ate words, recording them in their journals to share with a group.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">6. (//Phonics//): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Create a word wheel for “at” and “ate” words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">7. (//Grammar//): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Using magazines to cut out pictures, stickers, or student drawings, students create a collage of nouns (people, places, things), placing them under the right heading.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">8. (//Phonics//): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Show students a picture of a butterfly, airplane, or other compound word. Have the students tell you what two words create the compound. Students either list the words they create, or they can write and draw the words (depending on time available). If students have difficulties, pair them up to work together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">9. Books for All Learners: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">* **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">5-10 Minute Journal Prompts: __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;"> //give students 5-10 minutes to write about a given topic in their journals. After, make time for volunteers to share what they wrote. These are suggestions and can be changed, based on your unit of study at the time.// __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Monday __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Have you ever felt like Wilson? How do you think Wilson felt sitting alone each day? __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Tuesday __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Describe what makes a good friend. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Wednesday __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Write about something you are thankful for. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Thursday __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Make a list of your favorite activities/things to do. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Friday __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Draw a picture of yourself. Then, list ways you can be a good classmate and friend to others.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Grammar Focus __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">: Nouns/Sentence Structure
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;"> Label nouns around the room using sticky notes. After, collect and create an anchor chart with the students on different examples of nouns, including those outside the classroom.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Write several simple sentences on the board. Student volunteers circle the noun(s) in the sentence. Take “out” the noun and have a volunteer use a sticky note to add in another noun. This is also a good opportunity to go over what makes a “good sentence”: capital letter, punctuation, who/what (subject/predicate) parts.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;"> Focus each day on a different type of sentence: statement (declarative), question (interrogative), exclamation (exclamatory). Show examples, as well as having students in small groups and individually creating examples.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Go on a “sentence hunt.” Pairs look through books and write several examples of what they feel are good sentences on sentence strips. Using highlighter tape or sticky notes, have students “highlight” what makes a good sentence: subject/predicate, capital letter at the beginning, and correct punctuation at the end.

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