Skills for each grade

Questions for Lesson Focus

K

· Make predictions

· Sequence events

· Characters

· Setting

Before reading:

· What do you know about turtles?

· What do you think will happen to the turtle on the cover?

During reading:

· What animal do you think Honey and Mama will meet next?

· After she dreams, how do you think Honey will feel the next morning?

After reading:

· Use illustrations of the animals to put in order that Honey meets them.

· Who were the main characters in the story?

· Where did the story happen?

1st

· Real and imaginary

· Compare/contrast

Before reading:

· What animal do you think Honey and Mama will meet next?

· After she dreams, how do you think Honey will feel the next morning?

After reading:

· Who were the main characters in the story?

· Where did the story happen?

· Do you think this story is real? Why not? What makes this story not real?

· What were some of the ways Honey is different from the other animals in the story?

2nd

· Distinguish between literature, informational text

· Make inferences

· Do you think this story is informational or a piece of literature? Why do you feel that way?

· On the page about the gray fox, what do you think I had to research while writing this part of the story?

· Why do you think they gray fox was hiding in the bushes?

3rd

· Fiction/informational

· Descriptive language in writing

· Revise/edit work

· Do you think this story is informational or a piece of literature? Why do you feel that way?

· What descriptive words did you like in the story?

· See below

4th

· Literary or informational text

· Descriptive language

· revise/edit work

· Do you think this story is informational or a piece of literature? Why do you feel that way?

· What descriptive words did you like in the story?

· See below

5th

· Analyze author's use of various elements of writing

· Revise/edit work

· Can you find any examples of similes?

· Do you see any examples of repetition?

What did I have to research to write the story?

· See below

· What did I have to research to write the story?

· Be willing to change your story-fish story

· Show, Don't Tell.

EDITING/REVISING

· Chronology of publishing my book

· In my case, 900 words is not better than 500 words.

· More is not always better.

· Show cross-outs.

· Letter from editor with story elements.

· Writing/Reading intertwined.

Chronology-use illustrations to order to retell the story