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Day 1 (35-45 mins)

Go over story elements, make a prediction, record your voice speaking in a complete sentence for your prediction.

Listen to the story.

Identify the characters in the story, sharing with a partner first.  Writing a complete sentence answering who are the characters in the story.

Day 2 (35-45 mins)

Listen to the story again.

Identify the problem in the story, share with a partner.  Write a complete sentence or record your voice using the sentence stems.

Identify the solution in the story, share with a partner.  Write or record your voice to state the solution of the story.

Day 3 (35-45 mins)

Review the characters, problem and solution, share with a partner.

Use the graphic/writing organizer to orally state each section (intro, problem, solution)

Write the retelling of the story

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Collaborative Retell Paper Pencil Option

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Collaborative Retell Paper Pencil Option

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Collaborative Retell Primary Paper & Pencil Option

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Play the story. Decide where you would like to pause the story. Edit the student response templates based on where you decide to stop the story.

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Angled Summary for Highlighting Deeper Ideas in Plot

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The Late Show

As a whole class, discuss and model using the first comic The Late Show.

Have students infer in groups what they think is going on based on the pictures.  Have students share in their groups and call on groups to share their dialogue for each speech bubble.  As a class, decide on what each speech bubble should say.  (The teacher is completing the comic strip and students are watching. Teacher is modeling using a think aloud approach).

Bring attention to the size of the speech bubbles and what that might mean, a large speech bubble means more text. Also, bring attention to a story making sense from one scene to the next by looking at what has been said in previous scenes of the comic/story.

Once you and the class have completed the comic strip read the final product to the students practicing intonation and expression.

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Colin the Cow

Prior to having students complete the activity on their own, have students infer what is going on based on the pictures.

Independently or in groups have students complete, Colin the Cow.

You can print out the comic strip and have students write out each scene prior to completing in Slides.

Once students have completed their comic strip, you can have students peer edit or you can conference with students to edit writing.

An extension activity is to have students record themselves reading their story either in Flipgrid or Screencastify.

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Play the story, 50 Below Zero.  Decide where you would like to pause the story.  Edit the template based on where you decide to stop the story.

Discuss the repetitive language that occurs in the story.  Create an anchor chart with the repetitive phrases that occur in the story.  Bring attention to dialogue, ending marks, and quotation marks.

Provide students with the 50 Below Zero response template. Have students discuss in their group or with a partner what they think is occurring in each picture.

Students can then complete the story using the template on their own or in a group.

An extension activity is to have students read their story in Flipgrid or Screencastify.

Share students stories or allow students to share their story.

Play the entire story for students to hear the ending of the story.

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What happens when Jason follows his father's footsteps? Directions: 1. Click on :add: 2. Use the Illustrations to write the rest of the story. Click on the :label: to add your text. 3. Reread your story. 4. Click on the :mic: to record your voice. 5.

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The story has repetitive phrases. Before having students write their story discuss the repetitive phrases that they could use in their story. This is an example. Once you create the phrases work bank you can print a copy for each student as a resource during writing.

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Read Like a Storyteller Student Activity

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Read Like a Storyteller Student Activity

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Students can listen to a story being read as a model.

Students select one to two pages to record themselves reading.

Students practice reading multiple times before recording.

Students can record in Flipgrid, Screencastify, or Flipgrid.

Students listen to the recording.

Students can practice during the week and re-record at the end of the week to check for improvement.

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This activity can be done independently or in groups.  You can use a story currently being read in class such as your student anthology story of the week, or you can have students choose a book they are reading independently.

Students use the slides template to write a summary for the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

You might include sentence frames along with academic vocabulary for the retell.

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Activity: Angled Summary Student Template

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Students will read or listen to a story. Students will use the organizer to retell the problem and solution.

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Master Activity: Retell What's Most Important Student Template

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Your favorite children’s books read aloud! This channel is for parents and teachers alike and a great resource of children’s literature. With new books always being uploaded, including holiday-centric books, this channel is the go-to resource for many educators. Starting a new unit and don’t see…

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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This website can be use to screen share with students to build words.

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Really Great Reading Letter Tile Freeplay

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Jake spends most of his time playing video games indoors until his mother decides to give him a present.

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Waiting to board the train, an old lady just wants to eat her cookies in peace, but hijinks ensue when a teenager on the platform next to her seems intent on sharing them, too.

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TAIKO Studios presents the story of Luna, a Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut.

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CGI Animated Short Film: "One Small Step" by TAIKO Studios | CGMeetup

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We are thrilled to share Moonbot Studios' Emmy-nominated short film inspired by the life and heritage of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon.
We invite you to watch as a small boy’s day with Grandpa transforms into an epic adventure.

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A different view of bullying from the perspective of a porcupine that, due to its spines, is rejected by the rest of its peers. Through empathy and friendship on the part of his environment, he manages to be accepted by receiving a curious gift from his friends.

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To be honest with the people around you, you first have to be honest with yourself. This value is manifested through a game of chess in which an old man plays against himself. Who will win? It is essential to show students the value of not deceiving themselves and showing themselves as they are.

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Original and interactive designs, completely customizable and easy to edit. Whether you use Google Classroom or another LMS, these templates will get your students attention. Take your lessons to the next level with these engaging free templates.

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Distance Learning is it Good for Kids? *Just make a copy of the template.

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Distance Learning - Is it good for kids?

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Collection of sight word videos

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Collection of Sight Word Videos

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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A collection of phonic videos

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Resources for: Long a sound (a with magic e, ai, ay) Long e sound (y, ee, ea) Long i sound (i with magic e, ie, igh) Long o sound (o with magic e, oa, ow) Long u sound (u with magic e, ue, oo, ew) u and oo (as in pup and wood) General phonics games

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Language video collections

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Phonics Songs

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Phonics songs for children to take the first steps on the road to reading.

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Number Songs

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Math Collection Playlist

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Reading is the single most important tool for an early learner. The quicker children learn to read, the faster they will accelerate in all areas of education. Reading is that important.

Your child will learn fast with KidsVsPhonics for the following reasons:
1. Your child can easily follow the gradual introduction of sound-spelling patterns, the building blocks of reading. These are introduced in carefully selected groups.
Each group makes up a level, and each level only includes sound-spelling patterns from that level or already introduced levels.
e.g. Level 1 includes only Level 1 patterns (a, d, s, t, etc.)
Level 2 includes Level 2 and Level 1 patterns.
Your child will be able to follow along the entire way.

2. Your child will have FUN with interactive books, videos and songs!

The stories are fun. The characters are fun. And each book comes with a video and song, so your child can reinforce his or her knowledge of each pattern.

3. Your child will get detailed information, as each pattern has its own book! No other series introduces all of the sounds!

4. The series places the focus on early learning:

Each book starts with Dolch words, the most common words in early-learning stories. These practical words will accelerate understanding of familiar childhood stories. In addition, we introduce phonetically correct onomatopoeia - words that represent sounds - to increase the fun level for kids and reinforce decoding of the language.

5. A familiar format will build your child's confidence, so that your child gets excited about reading.

Alphabet phonics books each have 10 pages, and follow a common format, so that it becomes familiar.
After the alphabet phonics books, the books each feature 15 pages, but keep the same familiar format.

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Reading is the single most important tool for an early learner. The quicker children learn to read, the faster they will accelerate in all areas of education. Reading is that important. Your child will learn fast with KidsVsPhonics for the following reasons: 1.

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Jamboard & Seesaw Templates Made By: Kris Szajner's

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Jamboard & Seesaw Templates Made By: Kris Szajner's

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These pre-made templates can be used in Seesaw or Jambaord. You can either snip the image or upload from the Google Slide.

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Boost reading and writing confidence across all types of content and devices, in class, at work, and at home.

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Select text, right-click, and Microsoft's Immersive Reader will help you read it

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This is a culmination of my own anchor charts, plus the best anchor charts that I could find online. This is a great place to find effective charts that get to the heart of what you are teaching in workshop. If you have a favorite chart that you'd like to add, please contact me!

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I love using short films to teach reading comprehension skills, and my students love watching them!

Why do I love using them?
Show a short film and students are engaged! Visual learners and students who typically struggle with reading comprehension, including English language learners (ELLs), have greater success practicing comprehension skills with shorts. Most shorts do not have dialogue, they're all action. My students, regardless of their level of language proficiency, "get" the lesson more easily because the shorts are visual.

Where can you find short films?
My go to place to find great shorts is YouTube. Be careful to always view films before showing them in class. You don't want any unexpected surprises! Also, sometimes there is an advertisement to get through at the beginning, so I always set it up beforehand, that way it's all ready to go for the lesson.

Which reading skills can be taught using shorts?
Just about ANY reading skill can be taught with shorts: making connections, asking questions, sequencing, predictions, drawing conclusions, plot, character development, theme, and this list goes on and on!

Learning what the skill looks like visually, and practicing with a media kids are already familiar with, is an effective first step in students applying the skill to their reading.

One of my absolute favorite lessons to teach is "theme." Last year, my fifth graders were having trouble grasping the concept, so I searched for a good short film to visually "show" them theme, and I found the perfect one!

I describe theme as the heart of the story. I then share common themes found in stories, such as, perseverance, family, friendship, hope, honesty, self determination, courage, etc. For this lesson, my students watched the film twice. The first time was simply to enjoy the story. After their first viewing, I asked them to share what they noticed about the film. Then I asked, "What do you think the message or big idea was in this film?" They shared lots of thoughts, and I noted the common ideas the group came up, which were love and hope. Then I showed the film again. This time I set the purpose to look for symbols of love, and evidence of hope. After the second viewing they shared many of the symbols of love, and they noticed that the song lyrics sang about having hope. Discussions got pretty deep, which made my teacher heart happy;) To support my beginning ELLs, I printed pictures of the different scenes that symbolized love (couples- turtles, birds, whales, clouds).

By the end of the lesson my students had a good understanding of the skill, and they were ready to practice looking for a theme in their own reading. We continued to practice during guided reading, and spiraled back to theme as we read throughout the year.

Day and Night: Compare/Contrast, Author's Message

Home Sweet Home: Asking Questions This short is a bit long (10 minutes).

Kiwi!: Drawing Conclusions (Warning- this one is sad.)

Joy and Heron: Problem/Solution, Story Elements, Lesson/Message (Compare with "Dustin")
Take Me Home: Inferring

Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou: Compare and Contrast

Soar: Predictions, Plot, Story Elements

Sweet Cocoon: Story Elements, Drawing Conclusions

Changing Batteries: Drawing Conclusions, Inferring (This one is sad too.)

A Fox and a Mouse: Plot, Character Development, Setting, Conflict

Snack Attack: Flashback

Dia De Los Muertos: Character Development, Symbolism (blue flower)

One Small Step: Plot, Theme, Character Development

The Box: Making Inferences, Making Prediction, Character Development, Story Elements

Spring: Making Inferences, Plot, Mood

The First of Spring: Compare/Contrast, Character and Plot Development

The Present: Character Development, Asking Questions, Cause and Effect

Monsterbox: Plot, Asking Questions, Drawing Conclusions

La Luna: Theme, Character Development, Plot, Symbolism (hat)

Pip: Character Development, Story Elements

Wings: Theme, Making Inferences, Draw Conclusions

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The comprehension skills listed above are simply suggestions; there are many more skills that could be taught with each of the films listed.

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Using Short Films to Teach Comprehension Skills

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I love using short films to teach reading comprehension skills, and my students love watching them! Why do I love using them? Show a short film and students are engaged! Visual learners and students who typically struggle with reading comprehension, including English language learners (ELLs), have greater success practicing comprehension skills with shorts.