Reading Enrichment Unit

I Need My Monster
Author: Amanda Knoll
Lesson Plan by: erri yner
itle o! Unit Monsters "rade
Le#el
First Grade
$urriculum Area English/Language Arts ime
%rame
4 Days
&e#elo'ed (y Terri Tyner
Identi!y &esired Results )*tage +,
$ontent *tandards
ELACC1W6: With guidance and suort !ro" adults# use a $ariety o! digital tools to roduce and u%lish
&riting# including in colla%oration &ith eers'
ELACC1(L): As* and ans&er +uestions a%out *ey details in a te,t read aloud or in!or"ation resented
orally or through other "edia'
ELACC1(L4: Descri%e eole# laces# things# and e$ents &ith rele$ant details# e,ressing ideas and
!eelings clearly'
ELACC1L-: With guidance and suort !ro" adults !ro" adults# de"onstrate understanding o! &ord
relationshis and nuances in &ord "eanings'
AA(L1'1'6: .ead# $ie&# and listen !or in!or"ation resented in any !or"at in order to "a*e in!erences
and gather "eaning'
AA(L/'1'4: 0se technology and other in!or"ation tools to organi1e and dislay *no&ledge and
understanding in &ays that others can $ie&# use# and assess'
AA(L/'1'6: 0se in!or"ation and technology ethically and resonsi%ly'
AA(L4'1'/: .esond to literature and creati$e e,ressions o! ideas in $arious !or"ats and genres'
Understandings Essential -uestions
.#erarching Understanding o'ical
(tudents &ill understand22
The i"ortance o! %eing a%le to retell a story'
What is a "onster3
What are the arts o! a "onster3
Kno/ledge
(tudents &ill *no&2
*0ills
(tudents &ill %e a%le to2
ho& to co"lete a s"art note%oo* 4le
ho& to create a story using a &e% )'5 tool
Add in!or"ation to a s"art note%oo* 4le to
sho& understanding
Create a story using descriti$e &ords in a
&e% )'5 tool
Assessment E#idence )*tage 1,
Per!ormance as0 &escri'tion
"oal
(tudents &ill %e a%le to create an online story %ased on in!or"ation a%out the
"onsters in the %oo* 67 8eed My Monster9
Role
To gather in!or"ation !ro" the story that is read to %e a%le to &rite a story a%out
one o! the "onster in the story
Audience 1
st
Grade students
*ituation (tudents &ill &rite a story to share &ith other 1
st
grade students
Product2Per!orman
ce
(tudents &ill create an online story a%out a "onster they ha$e read a%out
*tandards
ELACC1W6# ELACC1(L)# ELACC1(L4# ELACC1L-# AA(L1'1'6# AA(L/'1'4#
AA(L/'1'6# AA(L4'1'/
Learning Plan )*tage 3,
&ay +:
Media (ecialist &ill dislay so"e ictures o! "onsters on the s"art %oard' (he &ill then as* the
students i! "onsters are real or "a*e %elie$e' Media (ecialist &ill "a*e sure that students understand
that "onsters are "a*e %elie$e and not real' (he &ill then as* students to descri%e &hat they thin*
"a*e %elie$e "onsters loo* li*e' The Media (ecialist &ill &rite the descriti$e &ords as students raise
their hands to ans&er' A!ter students ha$e co"lete the s"art note%oo* a%out descri%ing a "onster the
"edia secialist &ill read the story :7 8eed My Monster:' Discussing the story as she reads' The "edia
secialist &ill "a*e sure to dra& students attentions to the di;erent "onsters and discuss each one o!
the the"'
A!ter the story the "edia secialist &ill then ha$e students co"lete an acti$ity &here students la%el a
"onster' A!ter the &hole grou acti$ity students &ill use lato co"uters to co"lete an acti$ity &here
they la%el their o&n "onster'
&ay 1:
Media (ecialist &ill use a s"art note%oo* to re"ind the students o! the the story :7 8eed My Monster:'
(tudents &ill then co"lete a s"art%oard acti$ity &here they lace the "onsters in the correct order
according to the story' A!ter the s"art%oard acti$ity students &ill then oen a lin* to a &ord docu"ent
and lace the correct nu"%er under the icture that aeared in the story'
&ay 3:
Media (ecialist &ill tal* and sho& a icture o! Monster Ga%e in the story :7 8eed My Monster:' Media
secialist &ill then dra& a icture o! Monster Ga%e and &rite / &ords that descri%e Monster Ga%e'
(tudents &ill then dra& their o&n icture o! Ga%e and &rite / &ords that descri%e Gage the "onster'
(tudents &ill oen a %lan* &ord docu"ent and tye / sentences using the &ords they &rote that
descri%e Ga%e'
&ay 4:
Media (ecialist &ill tal* a%out all the "onsters in the story :7 8eed M< Monster:' The students &ill then
&rite / sentences that descri%e one o! the "onsters' A!ter the student has &ritten / sentences they &ill
oen =hoto (tory and create an electronic story a%out the "onster they create'
Resources:
("art 8ote%oo* File > located on Wi*i
Docu"ents: La%el a Monster# .etell the (tory > located on Wi*i
Lato Co"uters
Access to =hoto (tory
.eading Enrich"ent Wi*i 0.L ? htt://%esreadingenrich"ent'&i*isaces'co"/7@8eed@My@Monster
Fro": Wiggins# Grant and A' Mc Tighe' B1CCDE' Understanding by Design# Association !or (uer$ision and Curriculu" De$elo"ent
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