Elementary School - Language Arts

1. SAY:

MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT ANY WORD OR IDEA THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

2. READ YOUR ASSIGNED PART OF THE LESSON TO THE CLASS:

And so it happened that when the children came back to taunt the old woman and to steal her fruit, she stood at her window watching them. Several of them shimmied up the trunk of the pear tree and immediately got stuck to it as if with glue. She let them cry and beg her for a long time before she gave the tree permission to let them go, on the condition that they never again steal her fruit or bother her.

3. ASK:

WAS THE PREDICTION CORRECT?

4. ASK:

WHO HAS CLARIFYING CARD #1?

IS THERE A WORD OR PHRASE THAT YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND? (IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WORD, CLARIFY ONE WORD AT TIME).

5. ASK:

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION?

6. ASK:

WHO HAS THE MAKE A PICTURE IN YOUR MIND CARD #1? PLEASE TELL WHAT PICTURE CAME TO YOUR MIND WHEN I READ THIS PART OF THE LESSON.

7. ASK:

WHO HAS TEACHER-LIKE QUESTION CARD #1?

PLEASE ASK A TEACHER-LIKE QUESTION.

8. ASK:

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A TEACHER-LIKE QUESTION?

9. ASK:

WHO HAS SUMMARY CARD #1? PLEASE SUMMARIZE THIS PART OF THE LESSON IN ONE SENTENCE.

10. ASK:

WHO HAS PREDICTION CARD #2?

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT PART OF THE LESSON?