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An Educator’s Guide to Savvy by Ingrid Law Lesson PlanAn Educator’s Guide to Savvy by Ingrid Law Lesson Plan
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Penguin Books
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4th - 6th
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An Educator’s Guide to Savvy by Ingrid Law

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Literature circles give learners a chance to explore a novel in a unique way. An educator's guide for the book Savvy uses literature circles as part of the novel study. Additional activities cover elements of figurative language and journal writing.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

children's literature, novels, reading comprehension

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Conduct more research about students' backgrounds to create more extensive family trees
  • Keep agree/disagree signs up around the room and use them as key questions arise while reading

Classroom Considerations

  • Content aligns with Common Core State Standards for grades four and five

Pros

  • Provides creative extension activities
  • Promotes peer collaboration with many group activities

Cons

  • Contains a variety of generic activities rather than those specifically based on the text

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.4.5 RL.4.7 RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.5 RL.5.7 RL.5.10 RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.5 RI.4.7 RI.4.9 RI.5.1 RI.5.5 RF.4.3.a RF.4.4.a RF.5.3.a RF.5.4.a W.4.1.a W.4.2.a W.4.3.a W.4.3.d W.4.4 W.4.5 W.5.1.a W.5.2.a W.5.3.a W.5.4 W.5.5 SL.4.1.a SL.4.2 SL.4.3 SL.4.4 SL.4.5 SL.5.1.a SL.5.3 SL.5.4 SL.5.5 L.3.1.a L.4.1.a L.4.4.a L.4.5.a L.5.1.a L.5.4.a L.5.5.a

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