3rd+Grade+Active+Reading+Treasures+Series


 * 3rd Grade Active Reading Treasures Series**


 * Class:** Third Grade whole group reading **School:** **[|St. Paul Public Schools]** **Teacher:** Kim Jacobs


 * Materials:** Equipment that allows students to see what you are writing, 3rd Treasures TG or __First Day Jitters__ story, paper, pencil.


 * Unit:** Unit 1, week 1, day 2 in 3rd gradeTreasures Teacher’s Edition by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill p. 14-31. Read __First Day Jitters__ by JulieDanneberg stopping after p. 19, 23, 27 and 31 to model free response (a writetools strategy in active reading, see p. 7-14).


 * Duration:** //I’m guessing since I haven’t tried it yet**.**// **15 min.** Pre Reading Activities, **25-30 min.** Free Response activity. I will actually be splitting these up into two different blocks of time due to scheduling.


 * Standards: LA 3.1.5.b, LA 3.1.6.l**
 * Pre ReadingActivity-Take 2/Take 3 created by Steph Harvey** to learn which vocabulary words students already understand.
 * Pre ReadingActivity-Take 2/Take 3 created by Steph Harvey** to learn which vocabulary words students already understand.


 * Objective:** When given the following list of vocabulary words, downstairs, nervous, fumbled, chuckled, nonsense, trudged, students will pick 2 or 3 words to write in sentences. The students will share their sentences while the teacher marks which words the students have used correctly. Words not used will be noted as ones needing to be looked into more. The teacher can point out the words not chosen and suggest that perhaps after listening to the story those words will make more sense.


 * Pre ReadingActivity-Character Web Prediction**
 * Objective:** After looking at the title page illustration, students will predict who Sarah Jane Hartwell might be. Possible predictions: sick kid, frightened child, main character, girl,bus driver, etc. After the story is read wrong predictions can be crossed off.
 * Objective:** After looking at the title page illustration, students will predict who Sarah Jane Hartwell might be. Possible predictions: sick kid, frightened child, main character, girl,bus driver, etc. After the story is read wrong predictions can be crossed off.


 * Free Response** activity to build comprehension by Carol Santa, see p. 7-14 Write Tools.


 * Objective:** Students will listen to a humorous fiction story in lesson one entitled, __First Day Jitters__ by Juliee Dannegerg. After pages 19, 23, 27, and 31, the students will observe the teacher modeling free response.


 * Teacher Dialogue:**I will be modeling Free Response 4 times during our story today. Good readers think about what they are reading in a variety of ways. Sometimes I will stop and write a complete sentence or a single word, phrase, or maybe even a picture. My objective will be to get my thoughts down on paper in some way and make connections with the text. In this unit I will be modeling free response for the first couple of stories. Then I will guide you through some free response activities in the following stories. By the end of this unit you will be getting your own thoughts down on paper in some way and making connections with the text.

I’m going to stop reading now and write what I’m thinking. This reminds me of my son William. He doesn’t like going to school. (I just made a connection from Text-to-Self.) tunneled (good word choice. This gives the story voice. This person really doesn’t want to go to school.)
 * Possible FreeResponse connections for __First Day Jitters__:**
 * Stop p. 19**
 * Stop p. 19**

Stop p. 23 I’ve never had to move or go to a new school. I would be nervous. Many people feel nervous in new situations (Text-to-World). It is not easy for anyone to start over in a new place. William has the same kind of humor as Sarah when she said everyone will think she’s lucky and wish they were home too.(text to self). Silly game= stopwasting time. (inference) I predict she will get ready and go downstairs since Mr. Hartwell seems like he’s getting mad.

Stop p. 27 New setting -school. Some kids really do make themselves get sick when they worry. It’s a law you have to go to school Text- to- World) I was right, Sarah went to school.

Stop p. 31 What a surprise! Sarah is a teacher who meets her newclass. I was not expecting that. This reminds me of the story about Mrs. Nelson being gone and the sub is really Mrs.Neslon in disguise (Text- to-Text). I
 * Closure:** Have students turn to their neighbors and state two things they learned in class today about the free response strategy.

One of the valuable things I've gained from the Write Tools and Beyond training is the understanding of how important the planning process is in writing. It reminds me of the quote, "You don' plan to fail, you failed to plan."