• AUTHORS AND THE WORLD OF PRINT

     Middle School

    Story: Different Types of Books

     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education): 
    CCELA: Audience and purpose influence the writer’s choice of organizational pattern, language, and literacy techniques. 
    CCELA: Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning. 
    SOCIAL: Awareness of self provides a foundation for an understanding of people and engagement in social, personal, and academic environments. 
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):  
    +different *many, *people, *like, *to *look, *learn, *+make, *+that, *+some, *which, *us, *+what,  *of, *family, *friend(s), *+that, *how, *something, *use, *book(s) *+tell(s) *is word(s), *kind(s) *food, *a, *us, *+what,*word(s) *people, *use

    Story: Teacher, Teacher What Do You See?

     
    Big Idea from PA Voluntary Model Curriculum (Connection to General Education): 
    CCELA: Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding and evaluating. 
    CCELA: An expanded vocabulary enhances one’s ability to express ideas and information. 
    SOCIAL: Recognizing thoughts, feelings, and perspectives of self and others enables one to cooperate, communicate, and constructively interact with others.
     
    Vocabulary (* Brigance Subtests, + Core Vocabulary):  
    What *+ You*+ I*+ Me*+ In*+ Teacher See A Yellow Pencil Front Of Red Purple Brown Scissors Fish Blue Many Children