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Reading Ali Brock Unit Overview

Overview Throughout the year we will be learning about books and reading. In the next few weeks we plan on doing many lessons that will teach students how important books and reading are in the classroom. Student Audience This unit will be covering second grade reading. Timeframe These lessons will need to be broken up into ten different lessons using about a hour of class time for each lesson. These lessons will be taught in about two weeks, with one being taught each consecutive day. Students will also need to use homework time for some of the lessons such as blogging and researching. Rationale This unit is being taught to encourage kids to read and to better their understanding of how books are written, etc. If a parent asked me why I was teaching this unit I would say because reading and incorporating technology into reading is so important in the 21st century. Teaching reading by using technology gives ki ds a new way of looking at reading. Unit Objectives After this unit, students will be able to See how stories come together, are created, how to interpret readings, develop listening skills, see that silent reading has a purpose, learn creative ways for doing book reviews, learn that reading is fun, learn that books are valuable, understand the content of books, learn how to read and write their own stories, and learn the meaning of words. Unit Standards // STANDARD 1: // // Students read and understand a variety of materials // // STANDARD 2: // // Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences // // STANDARD 4: Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing // // STANDARD 6: Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience // Variations or Adaptations It is very important to make adaptations in the classroom. For those students with special needs or disabilities, assignments and homework will be altered to fit their needs.
 * // Use comprehension skills such as previewing, predicting, inferring, comparing and contrasting, re-reading and self-monitoring, summarizing, identifying the author’s purpose, determining the main idea, and applying knowledge of foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, symbolism, and other figures of speech //
 * // Write and speak for a variety of purposes such as telling stories, presenting analytical responses to literature, conveying technical information, explaining concepts and procedures, and persuading //
 * // Plan, draft, revise, proofread, and edit written communications //
 * // Use reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing to define and solve problems //
 * // Identify the purpose, perspective, and historical and cultural influences of a speaker, author, or director //
 * // Read literature to understand places, people, events, and vocabulary, both familiar and unfamiliar //

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