Thursday, December 2, 2021

Thursday, December 2, 2021

by Valerie Williford

​Read Aloud

​Complete your agenda.

​Enjoy the story today.

​Learning Targets

​I am learning to identify real-life connections between words and their use.

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I am learning to create mental images to deepen understanding of a text.

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​Glue your words into your vocabulary book.

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​Work in your table group to highlight the key words in each sentence-style definition.

​Glue your words into your vocabulary book.

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​Work in your table group to highlight the key words in each sentence-style definition.

​As we read the new text today, think about what the characters are experiencing through their 5 senses.

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​Remember, the sense of feel can be about texture, temperature, or even emotions.

​Reading

​Turn to pages 284-285 in your myBook.

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Genre: Historical Fiction​

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​ Plot:

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Characters:

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Details:

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​Reading

Turn to pages 286-287

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​Here the author introduces the fictional family.

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Even though they are not real people, they are based on the typical farm family at that time in American history.

​Reading

​Continue on pages 288-292.

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​This section tells a story from the lives of this family.

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It focuses on Willy as the main character.

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Using an anecdote from the fictional family's life lets readers understand a little better how hard a whole family worked on a farm in the 1840s.

​Reading

Read pages 293-296.

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​This section still tells about the Robertson family.

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​However, the perspective changes. This is told by a narrator and gives more factual information about farming in the 1840s.

Open Ended

Share a sentence explaining a part of the story in which the author used sensory description to help readers understand the life of a pioneer farm family.