Aug 09, 2016 - Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Interdependent Roles in Colonial Times
Students learn about what life was like in Colonial America. They go on to study the many roles people...
May 30, 2014 - BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE: LIFE IN COLONIAL AMERICA
In this unit, students learn to answer inferential and literal questions as they build their background knowledge about what life was like in...
May 23, 2018 - TAKING NOTES USING A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER: INFERRING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION IN COLONIAL AMERICA
For the partner reading of an unfamiliar and complex piece of informational text, pair stronger...
May 23, 2018 - PARAGRAPH WRITING: THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN COLONIAL AMERICA
This lesson builds on students’ background knowledge with writing strong paragraphs that they developed during Module 1. For their writing...
May 23, 2018 - TAKING NOTES USING A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER: INFERRING ABOUT WORK AND PLAY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
For the partner reading of an unfamiliar and complex piece of informational text, pair stronger readers with...
Jun 02, 2014 - CASE STUDY: CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON COLONIAL AMERICANS
In the second unit, students further develop their ability to comprehend informational text by hearing and reading a variety of nonfiction...
May 23, 2018 - SHARED READING: LEARNING ABOUT COLONIAL TRADES
In this lesson, each student reads about at least two colonial trades to build their knowledge about Colonial America. This lesson is designed to...
May 23, 2018 - Research Synthesis and Science Talk: Freaky Frog Research Matrix and Science Talkabout How Freaky Frogs Survive
This lesson will be students' second Science Talk in this module. Review Lesson 9 in...
May 23, 2018 - Publishing: Facts and Image Side of the Freaky Frog Trading Card
In this lesson, students use the Internet to select images for the Facts and Image side of their Freaky Frog Trading Card. Bookmark...
May 23, 2018 - Planning Writing: Generating Criteria and Making a Plan for the Paragraph Side of the Freaky Frog Trading Card
The research-based narrative paragraph that students write for the back of their Freaky...
May 23, 2018 - Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Writing a First-Draft Freaky Frog Trading Card Narrative Paragraph
This lesson involves modeling for students, based on teacher writing of a Freaky Frog Trading Card narrative...
May 23, 2018 - Revising: Using Vivid and Precise Verbs and Adjectives
In advance: Review students' first-draft writing (from their mid-unit assessment, Lesson 7) to identify words for the Words That Work activity....
May 23, 2018 - Editing: Polishing Our Writing
In advance: Prepare Draft Model paragraph (see Lesson 9 teaching note). A model has been provided in supporting materials. However, you will need to handwrite this...
May 23, 2018 - Writing the Final Draft of My Freaky Frog Trading Card
Review Module 1, Unit 3, Lesson 10 for language about Craftsmanship. Review the Criteria for craftsmanship anchor chart (made during Module 1)....
May 23, 2018 - On-Demand End of Unit 3 Assessment and Freaky Frog Trading Card Celebration
Review Part A of Work Time carefully; be clear with students that for this on-demand assessment, they are writing about a...
May 23, 2018 - WORD CHOICE: USING ACADEMIC VOCABULARY TO APPLY FOR A COLONIAL TRADE JOB
In this lesson, students apply for a job for a trade they are interested in studying for the rest of the unit. Build up the...
May 17, 2014 - DOCUMENTING RESEARCH: SORTING AND RECORDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHEELWRIGHT
In this lesson, students reread the text about the wheelwright from Lesson 5. The specific purpose of this lesson is to...
May 23, 2018 - RESEARCH: IDENTIFYING CATEGORIES FOR OUR RESEARCH ABOUT THE WHEELWRIGHT
Students read a text about the wheelwright in this lesson. They then reread this same text again in Lesson 6 and practice...
May 23, 2018 - MID-UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT: INFERRING ABOUT THE SILVERSMITH TRADE IN COLONIAL TIMES
Students will be assessed on being able to locate specific information, sort the information into categories, answer an...
May 23, 2018 - RESEARCHING AND NOTE-TAKING: BECOMING AN EXPERT ON A COLONIAL TRADE
In this lesson, students formally launch their research in expert groups. The knowledge students will build about their particular...
May 23, 2018 - READING AND TAKING NOTES ON COLONIAL TRADES
In this lesson students read and take notes on their trade from their Colonial Trade texts for a third time and independently.
May 23, 2018 - LISTENING CLOSELY AND TAKING NOTES: COLONIAL TRADE PODCAST ABOUT THE WHEELWRIGHT
To prepare for this lesson, download the following podcast for students to listen to as a whole class: http://podcast....
May 23, 2018 - LISTENING CLOSELY AND TAKING NOTES IN EXPERT GROUPS: COLONIAL TRADE PODCAST
In advance: This lesson focuses on students’ listening skills, and is dependent on technology so students can hear podcasts...
May 23, 2018 - SUMMARIZING AND SYNTHESIZING: PLANNING FOR WRITING AN APPRENTICE WANTED AD
This lesson is the first of two lessons that build up to students’ Apprentice Wanted ads. Be sure that students understand...
