Shannon Mitchell
Angie Thomas
1st grade teacher
Kindergarten teacher
Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools
Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools
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Team and Theme
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Our Turn- Presentation Outline:
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Who we are:
Why we do what we do:
The Formula:
Read Aloud
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Quality Children’s Literature
Emphasis on Science and Social Studies themes.
Emphasis on comprehension strategies
Poem
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Poems from various sources
Echo the Science or Social Studies themes from the Children’s Literature.
Emphasis is put on specific literacy skills at a pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade,
and second grade level.
Something for Everyone style of teaching
Writing Activity
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Extends that Science and Social Studies theme.
Springboard to more involved writing
Peer Reading
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“Little books” from various sources are given to each students.
Peers are leveled according to their reading level
Knee to knee and elbow to elbow
“There is a 80% retention of what we personally experience.”
Your Turn to
Team and Theme
The Book – A. Lincoln and Me
Read with your group
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How you would use this book in your classroom?
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What standards could you cover using this book?
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Which comprehension strategies could be used with this book?
Using Schema, visualization, making connections, retelling, making an inference,
synthesis, questioning
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The Poem – Mr. Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
by Helen H. Moore
You know Mr. Lincolnno fancy clothes for him:
A stovepipe hat, a wrinkled coat,
and whiskers on his chin.
You know Mr. LincolnHis face is on the penny.
In life, that face was lined with care,
for troubles, he had many.
That brave Mr. Lincoln
said slavery was wrong.
He led us through the Civil War,
and kept our country strong.
That humble Mr. Lincoln,
had in him something grand- that helped raise him from poverty
to lead our mighty land.
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Some concepts taught and skills readily reinforced through poems:
•love of poetry and language •increase memory skills •develop concepts •rhyme scheme •rhyming
words •word families •endings •contractions •antonyms/synonyms/homonyms •little words within
big words • vowel sounds • figurative language (metaphors & similes) •parts of speech (nouns,
verbs, etc.) •identifying facts •type of poem (couplet, etc.) •handwriting lessons •alliteration
•quotation marks •vocabulary •sequence •counting skills •dictionary & thesaurus use •poet
studies
Something for Everyone:
Enrichment Strategies:
Intervention Strategies:
The Writing Activity
“ I am like Abraham Lincoln…”
Peer Reading – Abraham Lincoln
Ways to pair the peers
Ability
Interest
Common needs
Other ways???
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“There is a 95% retention of what we teach to others.”
Sharing Your
Team and Theme
Idea Share
Prize Presentation
Questions?
I will find all of the team and themes at:
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Notes
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