ACTIVITIES WORKSHEET

                                                                                Grade Level-1

 

                                                                                  Course-Language Arts

 

                                                                                  Week Taught (2-35) - 33

 

State Standard: * Listen to a selection of literature (fiction and/or nonfiction)

 

St. Marys Standard: * By listening to a literature selection, the students will recognize characterization and tone, predict, relate to previous knowledge and experience, summarize selection and define new words and concepts.

 

Essential Question: How does listening to orally presented materials contribute to the development of active listening skills and the students understanding and appreciation of that selction?

 

Student will know: *1                                             Student will be able to: *1

How to make predictions and retell in                       Make predictions and retell

sequential order                                                        literature selections in sequential

                                                                               order.

                                                                                 

Assessment Question:*

 

1.     Paper/Pencil:** Student will listen to a story being read aloud by the teacher.  About 3/4 of the way through the story, the reading will be stopped and the student will write how they predict the story will end and why they predict that outcome.

 

     Answer:**Logical answers will vary

 

2.     Performance Question:**After listening to a story read aloud, the students will draw a sequence of pictures showing beginning, middle and end of the story.

3.      

     Assessment Tool:** Work sample with scoring rubric.

 

Activity: Read most of the skit "The Backpack Conflict" orally from Don't Laugh at Me, Unit 3, Lesson 2. Students will predict what they think will happen next.  Read the ending and discuss their predictions.  Discuss conflict in terms of an escalator.  Use the script and cut/paste each level of the given conflict onto teacher-made escalator steps.  Discuss what could have been done to de-escalate the argument.

 

Duration: 45 minutes

 

Resources for this activity: Don't Laugh at Me, Unit 3 Lesson 2, teacher-made escalator worksheet

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Code: LS 1.6.1.B                                             Date Developed: 2/15/03

Teacher Assigned: Christine Woodford          Date Approved: 06/03