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"My Side of the Mountain"
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Track #59556
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The stated learning gap is my students are having difficulty writing in complete thoughts or in an organized fashion. This unit relates to the curriculum standard: The student will develop the structural and creative skills necessary to produce written language that can be read and interpreted by various audiences. This unit will address the survey item of using the Internet to research topics. I chose this unit "My Side of the Mountain" because it follows along with the book and assigns various writing activities that relate to the story that can be done by students individually or with groups. This unit is based on the book "My Side of the Mountain". During this unit the students may go to various internet sites and find out information about the Catskill Mountains, the peregrine falcon and other information that is presented in this book. There are a lot of writing activities from keeping a journal, to writing a school newspaper, and writing reports.
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<i>Cricket in Times Square</i>
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Track #46801
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The story of "The Cricket In Times Square" takes place at a newsstand in a subway station in Times Square, as well as visiting other places in New York City. Utilization of this story will address the learning gap of students in identifying the setting of a story. Students who do not travel are introduced to places they may never see in real life. In teaching this unit I utilize not only the Internet sites that view literal places in New York City, I bring in tourist brochures, 3-D puzzles, and background information on the cricket itself. In reading the story, the students learn to appreciate the written text, gain comprehension skills, and learn new words. The students obtain hands own experience in using the computer to research, interpret, analysis and evaluate what they read and see.
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