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Monta Ece661 Lessons Alaska Lesson
Monta Ece661 Lessons Alaska Lesson
Monta Ece661 Lessons Alaska Lesson
Candidate Name: Katrina Monta Host Teacher Name: Mrs. Dawn Shlaudeman
School: Point Higgins Elementary School Grade Level: 1 # of Students: 21
Date & Time of Lesson: TBA Length of Lesson: (day or days) 45 minutes (each lesson)
Topic of Unit: Alaska Lesson Content Area: Literacy
Materials: Include all materials including types of technology used:
Sitka Rose by Shelley Gill; flash cards (see attached); hand Alaska map; Reflection about Alaska handout; pencils;
coloring utensils
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Pre-Requisites: What is the prior knowledge students have to have before starting this lesson?
*Students will need to have previous knowledge of writing, reading and drawing
*Students will have some previous knowledge that we live in the same state as Sitka Rose (we all live in Alaska)
Overview/Introduction/Main Hook (Make a connection with students’ backgrounds using an authentic situation to start
them thinking about the objectives and the essential question the lesson addresses.)
We live in a very beautiful and mysterious place, Alaska! We read a lot in the course of the day, and many of the
things that we read are stories that teach us information, some of that information may be used to solve questions or
tell us stories. I am hoping that this lesson will get us thinking about what we gain by reading.
Action/ Mini-hook/connection to Process: Teacher does/ Student Does Product: Assessment/
Lesson prior learning/knowledge Evidence of Learning
Lesson 1 – Our lesson today looks We will begin by reading the story all the way Performance
Dialogic at a book about Alaska! through the first time. Then the story will be read Assessment: The
reading of again and these questions will be asked. students will work
Sitka Rose Are all stories true? together with me to
with Stories in many Formative: The students will be asked questions help retell the story
Differentiated cultures are passed throughout the story. Some of those questions will of Sitka Rose while
Projects down through the include: using their hands as
generations orally. 1. [Before the story starts] Sitka? Does maps of the State of
Telling stories from the that sound familiar to anyone? (Sitka is Alaska. The students
elder generation to the a town in Alaska, in southeast Alaska who were in the hand
younger generation is a not too far from where we live) map group will
common way that 2. [On page 1 – after ‘with hair the color demonstrate to the
stories are passed down of flame] What is the color of flame? rest of the class
through many Alaskan (Reds, gold, oranges) (along with help
Cultures. Today we will 3. [On page 5 – after ‘Rose was raised from me) how to
be reading a legend grander than the average child’] What make the map. The
from Alaska. were some of the fun things that you retell should include
can remember doing, or have done that Sitka Rose came
Pre-Assessment: recently that made your life fun? from Sitka, she was
Students will be asked: 4. [On page 12 – after ‘The whale headed strong and tough.
“What is a legend?” North and swam all night’] What She knew a lot about
animal would you ride all the way to the land, but was
Nome? seeking adventure.
5. [On page 23 – after “The Alaska She wanted to go to
Sweepstakes..’ That sounds familiar, Nome to look for
what do you think that race is also gold. In the process
called? Have you heard of it before? she formed
6. [On page 28 – after ‘See her braids in mountains (Denali)
the rivers…’ Can we actually see her and the Yukon River.
She can still be seen
braids? Or is that just part of the
in the northern
legend?
lights.
7. [On page 29 – after ‘dancing ‘cross the
sky in the Northern Lights’] Have any of
Lesson Closure:
you seen the Northern Lights?
We have done a lot
We are now going to break into groups and do today, we have read
different activities. Please come see through our story
me as we get to choose our groups twice, answered a lot
for the project. of questions, thought
about different words,
Students will differentiate into groups by the places and what we do
teacher, based upon interest and on a daily basis in
skill level for the particular Alaska. More
activity. exploring to come!
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*Differentiated Groups:
1. Syllable Group – This activity can be done
in three small group (preferably pairs). See
attached image of the flash cards that have
been created for the students. The students
will look at the words from the story
(Legend, Sitka Rose, Salmon, Mammals,
Trails, Tame, Huskies, Gal, Miners, Bay,
Cage, Crawl, Shovel, Mold, Lassoed) The
syllable chunks are written below the
typed word. And on the back is a simple
image of the word to show the definition as
well as a way to make sense of the word
when trying to figure out the word.
2. Map Group – See attached Alaska Hand
Map. The students will be taught (if not
already known) how to make the shape of
the map of Alaska with their right hand. I
will point out where we live, and other
notable places in Alaska and the story of
Sitka Rose. The students will then get to
color the map and see the places on the
map from the story.
3. Reflection Group – See attached Alaskan
Reflection paper. The students will
complete a drawing and a few sentences
describing what activities they enjoy doing
in Alaska, much as Sitka Rose enjoyed
doing activities
Lesson 2 –
Lesson 3 –
Closure: Bring it all together with the focus of the lesson and the Objective. Tie the closure for each lesson in with the
Main Hook, the Objective, and the Essential Question.
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Alaska is a TOUGH place to live!