https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o ELA lesson en-us 2018-09-20 19:17:44 UTC 2026-03-17 04:37:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png marissaminnis13 https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284120505 The students practiced reading, listening and writing in the character four square lesson. My CT started the lesson by reading the book Corduroy.]]> 2018-09-20 19:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284120505 marissaminnis13 https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284122419 As my CT read the story she would stop after every page to write down either a character trait, feeling, action or description. She would model the four square on a poster and the kids were able to copy what she put down in their own writer's journals. She would read a page or a sentence and she would have the class think, pair, share. Below is a good visual example of the character four square.]]> 2018-09-20 19:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284122419 marissaminnis13 https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284124651 After about a third of the book my CT had the students pair off and use their own book to fill out a character four square on their own. ]]> 2018-09-20 19:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284124651 marissaminnis13 https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284126926 I thought this lesson was simple and clear for the students to learn and understand what their learning through listening and writing. Metacognition and comprehension play a big role in this lesson. The students are thinking about their thinking and they were having to comprehend their reading to pick character topics out of the text. ]]> 2018-09-20 19:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/marissaminnis13/x5qpmk2olx7o/wish/284126926