Resources

Materials:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

 8-page book: Fold a piece of paper so that it has 8 boxes.  Cut and staple to make an 8 page book.  For differentiation, you can either fill in headings for each note page, or allow students to do it themself.

                        List of title for 8-Page Book

                                    Title

                                    Waking Up

                                    Car pool

                                    Music

                                    Lunch

                                    Dentist

                                    Dinner

                                    Even in Australia

Markers or crayons

Goals:

Given an 8-page book with headings, students will be able to take notes while listening to the book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Given their 8-page book, students will be able to orally retell their story.

Resource Instructions

Pre Reading   

Today we will be reading a book called Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  I show them the cover and ask if they can guess what it is about. 

 I will show students how to fold 8-page books and tell them that we will be learning a new way to take notes.

 I will model and students will copy me on how to put their headings on the pages.

 

During Reading:        

As we read the story the students will have one task to complete. 

Write a few words to describe what happened in that part of the story.

 

After Reading:           

Students will color and decorate illustrations to go along with their book

Extensions:

Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram with Today was a Terrible Day

Assessment:

Grade notes, oral quiz

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