David Shannon Book Companions | A Bad Case of Stripes, Alice the Fairy, Jangles
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Description
Young readers must be taught to apply skills and strategies to help them comprehend, make meaning, and draw conclusions. This author study is designed to review or introduce the importance of “making meaning” while reading. Throughout this unit students will focus on the statement “I am a super reader, I…” as they apply imperative reading skills to aid in making meaning from the text. I always use this unit to review reading skills and strategies after winter break.
This unit focuses on...
- Determining character traits and understanding how characters change throughout a story.
- Creating Visual Images
- Discovering the Central Message
- Identifying story elements and determining the problem, solution, and steps to solve the problem.
- Inferring
Included books/focus skills:
A Bad Case of the Stripes - character traits/character change
Alice the Fairy - visual images
Jangles: A Big Fish Story - central message
Too Many Toys - story elements
Good Boy, Fergus! - Making Inferences
*Each story includes a lesson plan, focus skill/strategy worksheets, comprehension questions, and a cute craft
