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Hello! My name is Paige Petty. I am 21 years old. I just recently got engaged and I am getting married May 28, 2011. My hobbies include fishing, shopping, spending time with my mom and family, and watching movies and football. I am a Senior at the University of South Alabama and will I graduate May 14, 2011. I am going to school for Elementary Education. I graduated from J. U. Blacksher in Monroe County and then went to Faulkner State Community College for two years. I graduated from Faulkner in the Spring of 2009 with honors. I was a member of Phi Theta Kappa. That Summer I worked as a youth counselor at Poarch. That was definately an experience. It showed me that I wanted to be a teacher. In the Fall of 2009, I started my first year at the University of South Alabama. I moved from Uriah, AL, which is in Monroe County, to Spanish Fort, AL to be closer to school. In the Spring of 2009, I was at Daphne Elementary School in 2nd grade for pre-sequence. This was a great semester. I learned so much from my cooperating teacher. For sequence, I am at Delta Elementary School in 5th grade. The school, staff, and children are great. This school is small and reminds me so much of the school I went to.

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Reading Block and Small Group Lesson Plan

Reading Block Planning Sheet
Name : Paige Petty                School : Delta Elementary School               Grade: 5
Reading Street – Unit 2, Week 3, Day 2
Objectives:
  • Use word structure to identify Greek and Latin roots in unknown words
  • Compare and contrast people, events, and cultures
  • Use compare and contrast to predict what will happen next in a story

Evaluation: 
  • Have students complete Practice Book p. 75
  • Ask students the following question: How is Hsiang-ling’s life similar to your life? In what ways is it different?
  • Ask students to find the statement below that provides a contrast between Hsiang-ling and her servant
    • Both are from the same household
    • Hsiang-ling and her servant are Chinese
    • The servant works for the family
  • Ask students the following questions:
    • What does Hsiang-ling do that lets the reader know that she is a kind person?
    • How has Hsiang-ling’s life changed? Why did it change?
    • Based on the selection, what do you think will happen next?
  • Read the fourth sentence on p. 192, paragraph 4, that contains the word tradition. Have students look up tradition in the dictionary to find out its Latin roots. To asses, have students explain how the meanings of the original Latin roots related to the modern meaning of tradition.

Materials:
  • Reading Street Book
  • Practice book, pp 71-80
  • Leveled Readers
  • Fresh reads for Differentiated Test Practice pp. 43-48
  • Word Study and Spelling Practice Book pp. 29-32
  • Selection Test pp. 29-32
  • Additional activity: The Magic Tapestry: A Chinese Folktale by Demi

Whole Group Instruction: 
  • Discuss the Question of the day.
  • Have students popcorn read “The Meaning of Tales,” paying attention to how vocabulary is used.
  • Model using word structure to find Greek and Latin roots to determine the meaning of benefactor. Discuss strategy for word structure using the steps on p. 188.

Independent Activities:
  • While I am in small groups, the rest of the class will do one or more of the following:
    • Visit the Library/Reading Center
    • Listen to AudioText for “The Ch’i-lin Purse”
    • Finish Words to Write, p 189
    • Complete Practice Book pp 75-76

Small Group Plans for Tuesday 11-09-10
Group:
Title of Text: The Ch’i-lin Purse
Author: Retold by Linda Fang                            Level: Strategic Intervention
Strategy/Skill Focus:
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read Story

Vocabulary(Word Work Focus):
  • Astonished
  • Behavior
  • Benefactor
  • Distribution
  • Gratitude
  • Procession
  • Recommend
  • Sacred
  • Traditions

Extension Activity: Tell students that a symbol is something that stands for something. The Ch’i-lin Purse is a Chinese symbol of promising male offspring. Ask students to write why might this be important? What might the purse symbolize? Also ask students to fill out a story map.

Professional Reflection: The students enjoy reading so much. The reading block went excellent. There are so many resources in the book. The whole group went well. They love popcorn reading. They liked the story “The Meaning of Tales” and finding root words. These groups of students are really good at comparing and contrasting. They have very unique predictions, which I found out during my Read Aloud. They are so creative. Small group was the best. The students needed a bit more help, but it felt so great when they got it and understood. If I was to teach this lesson again I would add more questions and work with the other groups. I would of loved to of done more small groups than one, but it is not my classroom. I plan to meet with more than one small group when I have my own classroom.

Small Group Plans for Friday 11-12-10

Group:
Title of Text: China: Now and Then
Author: Kelly Kong                                            Level: Strategic Intervention
Strategy/Skill Focus:
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Predict
  • Reread Leveled Reader China: Now and Then
  • Retell China: Now and Then

Vocabulary(Word Work Focus):
  • Astonished
  • Behavior
  • Benefactor
  • Distribution
  • Gratitude
  • Procession
  • Recommend
  • Sacred
  • Traditions


Extension Activity: Ask students to complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast China now and China then using the text they read.


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