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Curriculum Night

Explore innovative language arts methods including Monthly Lessons, Reading Strategies, and a Classroom Newspaper to foster literacy skills. Utilize CARS and CROWD techniques to engage students in comprehension and critical thinking. Bridge stories to real-life through Distancing questions. References include experts Dr. David Koppenhaver and Dr. Karen Erikson.

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Curriculum Night

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  1. Curriculum Night Mrs. Woodhull 12/2/15

  2. Unique Learning Systems (ULS) • Review New-2-You: Classroom Newspaper and Weekly Newspaper • Monthly Lessons

  3. Language Arts • Show Books: Start to Finish Literacy Series • Reading Strategies: -CARS -CROWD

  4. CARS: - Lead with a comment -Ask a question -Respond by asking more

  5. CROWD • Completion • Recall • Open-Ended • WH Questions • Distancing

  6. CROWD • Completion: Leave a blank at the end of the sentence and child fills it in (cloze sentence). Example: This book was about_______. • Recall: Question about what happened in a portion of the book that has just been read. Example: “Tell me what the little truck did.”

  7. CROWD • Open-Ended: Questions that do not have specifically right or wrong answers. These questions usually focus on a picture. Example: “Tell me what is happening in the picture.” • WH Questions: Questions that begin with what, where, why, and how.

  8. CROWD • Distancing: Questions that relate what is in the book to experiences outside of the book. • Purpose: From a bridge between books and the real world. Example: “You saw animals at the farm. What animal did you see at the farm?

  9. References: • Four Blocks of Literacy: • Dr. David Koppenhaver, Ph. D • Dr. Karen Erikson, Ph. D

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