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Have Journal...Will Travel: Promoting Family Involvement in Literacy

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Title:

 Have Journal...Will Travel: Promoting Family Involvement in Literacy

URL:

 http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/have-journal-will-travel-38.html

Content Source:

 ReadWriteThink
Type: Learning Activity

Overview:

Students take turns taking home a book bag that includes a stuffed toy, a book to read with their families, art supplies, a topic to discuss, and a journal to complete as a family. The students then return the bag the following day and share their entries with the class. After every student has taken the bag home, the journal is bound into a book for the classroom library. The teacher then selects a new topic and book to start a second rotation. The goal is to invite parents to join their children in these literacy activities.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
2. Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
2.
  • Actively engage
  • Teacher-led reading experiences
  • Collaborative discussions
  • Background knowledge
  • Peers
Knowledge:
2. Students know:
  • How to engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge.
Skills:
2. Students are able to:
  • Build background knowledge by actively engaging in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers.
Understanding:
2. Students understand that:
  • They need to build background knowledge to be successful as they learn to read and read to learn.
  • They need to actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and discussions with peers to build their background knowledge.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
5. With guidance and support, present information orally, using complete sentences in correct word order.

a. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

b. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details in a story with three to five events.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
5.
  • Present
  • Orally
  • Complete sentence
  • Word order
  • Guidance
  • Support
5a.
  • Audibly
  • Clearly
  • Express
  • Thoughts
  • Feelings
  • Ideas
5b.
  • Describe
  • People
  • Places
  • Things
  • Events
  • Relevant details
Knowledge:
5. Students know:
  • How to arrange words in a complete sentence when presenting information orally.
  • A complete sentence represents a complete thought.
5a.
  • What audible speech sounds like.
  • Common stems for adding thoughts, feelings, and ideas to conversation (I think..., I feel..., etc.).
5b.
  • Words to describe people, places, things, and events.
  • How to identify relevant details about people, places, things, and events in a story.
Skills:
5. Students are able to:
  • Speak in complete sentences with correct word order when presenting information orally, with guidance and support.
5a.
  • Speak audibly in a variety of settings.
  • Articulate thoughts clearly.
  • Articulate feelings clearly.
  • Articulate ideas clearly.
5b.
  • Orally describe relevant details about the people, places, things, and events in a story containing three to five events.
Understanding:
5. Students understand that:
  • To be understood by others, they should speak in complete sentences.
  • A complete sentence must have a noun (subject) and a verb (predicate) to state a complete thought.
5a.
  • To be understood by others, they must speak in an audible voice and have a clear message.
  • A speaker's message is impacted by his/her technique.
5b.
  • Describing relevant details about the people, places, things, and events in a story help listeners understand the message of the story.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
15. Orally read and reread grade-appropriate decodable texts smoothly, accurately, and expressively, at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
15.
  • Fluency
  • Orally read
  • Grade-appropriate decodable texts
  • Smoothly
  • Accurately
  • Expressively
  • Appropriate rate
  • Comprehension
Knowledge:
15. Students know:
  • Fluent reading requires accurate decoding.
  • Fluent reading is smooth and expressive.
  • Reading at an appropriate rate will support their comprehension.
Skills:
15. Students are able to:
  • Fluently read grade-appropriate decodable texts with accuracy and expression.
  • Read orally at an appropriate rate.
  • Comprehend text that they read aloud.
Understanding:
15. Students understand that:
  • Reading smoothly, accurately, expressively, and at an appropriate rate, supports comprehension, or their understanding of the text.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
33. Express ideas orally and connect these ideas through drawing and emergent writing.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
33.
  • Express
  • Ideas
  • Orally
  • Connect
  • Drawing
  • Emergent writing
Knowledge:
33. Students know:
  • Techniques for using discussion, drawing, and basic writing to express their thoughts.
Skills:
33. Students are able to:
  • Express ideas orally.
  • Connect ideas through drawing and emergent writing to express their thoughts.
Understanding:
33. Students understand that:
  • They can express ideas through discussion, drawing, and basic writing.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
R5. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R5.
  • Writing process
  • Plan
  • Draft
  • Revise
  • Edit
  • Publish
  • Genres
Knowledge:
R5. Students know:
  • The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish.
  • Various genres of writing.
Skills:
R5. Students are able to:
  • Plan writings in various genres.
  • Draft writings in various genres.
  • Revise writings in various genres.
  • Edit writings in various genres.
  • Publish writings in various genres.
Understanding:
R5. Students understand that:
  • The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier.
  • There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
8. Apply previously-taught phoneme-grapheme correspondences to decodable words with accuracy and automaticity, in and out of context.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
8.
  • Phoneme-grapheme correspondences
  • Decodable words
  • Accuracy
  • Automaticity
  • In context
  • Out of context
Knowledge:
8.
  • Phoneme-grapheme correspondences in decodable words.
  • Accuracy is getting something correct, and automaticity is reading the word quickly without having to sound it out.
Skills:
8. Students are able to:
  • Accurately and automatically decode words by applying previously-taught phoneme-grapheme correspondences, in and out of context.
Understanding:
8. Students understand that:
  • Fluent readers use known phoneme-grapheme correspondences to decode words correctly and quickly.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
33. Actively participate in shared writing experiences to compose and develop a well-organized paragraph with a topic sentence, details to support, and a concluding sentence.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
33.
  • Participate
  • Shared writing
  • Compose
  • Develop
  • Well-organized paragraph
  • Topic sentence
  • Supporting details
  • Concluding sentence
Knowledge:
33. Students know:
  • A well-organized paragraph includes a topic sentence, sentences with supporting details, and a concluding sentence.
Skills:
33. Students are able to:
  • Actively participate in shared writing experiences and compose and develop a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.
Understanding:
33. Students understand that:
  • A paragraph is composed of multiple sentences.
  • A well-organized paragraph includes a topic sentence, details that support the topic, and a concluding sentence.
  • Shared writing is a collaborative project.
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