Lesson Activity #4:
Reading: Giving Thanks
Last Updated: November 28, 2012 EDIT 3318-005
Lesson Description: This lesson will allow students to have a better understanding about the holiday Thanksgiving and giving thanks.
TEKS: (b) Knowledge and skills.(1) Reading/Fluency. Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. Students are expected to read aloud grade-level stories with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension.
(3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
(A) compare and contrast the themes or moral lessons of several works of fiction from various cultures;
(B) describe the phenomena explained in origin myths from various cultures; and
(C) explain the effect of a historical event or movement on the theme of a work of literature.
(6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
(A) describe incidents that advance the story or novel, explaining how each incident gives rise to or foreshadows future events;
(B) explain the roles and functions of characters in various plots, including their relationships and conflicts; and
(C) explain different forms of third-person points of view in stories.
(27) Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
(A) listen to and interpret a speaker's messages (both verbal and nonverbal) and ask questions to clarify the speaker's purpose or perspective;
(B) follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps; and
(C) determine both main and supporting ideas in the speaker's message.Project Goal: The aim of this lesson is to give students knowledge about Thanksgiving and a hands on activity.
Learning Objectives:
A.) The students will successfully know what the purpose of Thanksgiving is.
B.) They will know similarities and differences between their families.
C.) They will know what they are thankful for.
D.) Students will know how to construct a paper turkey.
Prerequisites: The students need to have an understanding of that Thanksgiving is about.
Required Materials:
A.) "The Perfect Thanksgiving" By Eileen Spinelli.
B.) Construction paper
C.) Pretend eyes
D.) scissors
E.) glue
F.) markers
Lead-in-Activity: Ask the students to come and join the teacher on the floor (or wherever you read a story) to read a story. Ask the students questions about Thanksgiving and how they celebrate it at their house.
Step-by-Step Process: This lesson will begin with a discussion about Thanksgiving. Once the discussion is finished the book will be read to the students. After the book is read the book will be discussed. Then the students will create a paper turkey and write what they are thankful for.
Assessment: The students will be graded on their behavior and the completion on the turkey.
TEKS: (b) Knowledge and skills.(1) Reading/Fluency. Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. Students are expected to read aloud grade-level stories with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension.
(3) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
(A) compare and contrast the themes or moral lessons of several works of fiction from various cultures;
(B) describe the phenomena explained in origin myths from various cultures; and
(C) explain the effect of a historical event or movement on the theme of a work of literature.
(6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
(A) describe incidents that advance the story or novel, explaining how each incident gives rise to or foreshadows future events;
(B) explain the roles and functions of characters in various plots, including their relationships and conflicts; and
(C) explain different forms of third-person points of view in stories.
(27) Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
(A) listen to and interpret a speaker's messages (both verbal and nonverbal) and ask questions to clarify the speaker's purpose or perspective;
(B) follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps; and
(C) determine both main and supporting ideas in the speaker's message.Project Goal: The aim of this lesson is to give students knowledge about Thanksgiving and a hands on activity.
Learning Objectives:
A.) The students will successfully know what the purpose of Thanksgiving is.
B.) They will know similarities and differences between their families.
C.) They will know what they are thankful for.
D.) Students will know how to construct a paper turkey.
Prerequisites: The students need to have an understanding of that Thanksgiving is about.
Required Materials:
A.) "The Perfect Thanksgiving" By Eileen Spinelli.
B.) Construction paper
C.) Pretend eyes
D.) scissors
E.) glue
F.) markers
Lead-in-Activity: Ask the students to come and join the teacher on the floor (or wherever you read a story) to read a story. Ask the students questions about Thanksgiving and how they celebrate it at their house.
Step-by-Step Process: This lesson will begin with a discussion about Thanksgiving. Once the discussion is finished the book will be read to the students. After the book is read the book will be discussed. Then the students will create a paper turkey and write what they are thankful for.
Assessment: The students will be graded on their behavior and the completion on the turkey.