After using the graphic organizer, students will complete the paragraph frame and then finally rewrite this frame as their published piece. As a motivational tool, teachers decided they would staple an apple to the corner of the completed pieces and reward the students for their efforts.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Common Core: Main Topic and Key Details
After planning with our first grade teachers for Johnny Appleseed, we decided that we wanted to have our students summarize what they read by identifying the main topic and key details.
I wanted kids to put the events on a numbered timeline, so kids could easily transfer this information onto a paragraph frame using ordinal words as transitions. So, I was sure to number each section where they would write the key details in.
After using the graphic organizer, students will complete the paragraph frame and then finally rewrite this frame as their published piece. As a motivational tool, teachers decided they would staple an apple to the corner of the completed pieces and reward the students for their efforts.
After using the graphic organizer, students will complete the paragraph frame and then finally rewrite this frame as their published piece. As a motivational tool, teachers decided they would staple an apple to the corner of the completed pieces and reward the students for their efforts.
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