Stone Girl, Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt

In Lessons 8-9, students will hear a new text (about Mary Anning's dog).

This independence will help to prepare them for the Unit 1 Assessment in Lessons 8-9. This lesson includes a retelling and character response question that students are asked to complete independently.

Lesson 7 contains the final close read-aloud session.

Prepare alternative work for during the lesson if students feel uncomfortable with the material. Consider previewing the learning with select students ahead of time and finding a time to follow up with them after the lesson. This may be an emotional trigger for some.

In Work Time A, students talk about a portion of the text that deals with Mary's father's death.

Continue to use Goal 1 and 2 Conversation Cues to promote productive and equitable conversation.Īreas in which students may need additional support:.Students practice answering character response questions by filling in more of the Mary's Challenges anchor chart during Work Time A.Students continue to strengthen their retelling skills by retelling new portions of the text.Based on students' performance with these types of questions in previous lessons, emphasize any strategies for answering selected response questions that may be particularly helpful to students. Students continue their practice with selected response questions (SRQs) during the Closing.(RL.2.2, RL.2.5, SL.2.2) Students then transfer their ideas to writing in Work Time C. Students practice retelling the middle of Stone Girl, Bone Girl in Work Time B.Additionally, students identify the habit of character (perseverance or initiative) Mary showed in responding to the events. In this lesson, students identify three challenges faced by Mary Anning, as well as her response to these challenges.

This is the fifth of six lessons in a series of close read-alouds of the text Stone Girl, Bone Girl.

Purpose of lesson and alignment to standards: A. Engaging the Learner: Curiosities Museum (5 minutes)Ī. Close Read-aloud, Session 5: Stone Girl, Bone Girl, Pages 15-18 (30 minutes)ī. Speaking and Listening: Retelling the Middle (10 minutes)Ĭ. Recording Our Thinking: Retelling the Middle (10 minutes)Ī. Exit Ticket: Selected Response #3 (5 minutes)

Stone Girl, Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt