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Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
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Theme: |
Understanding and Overcoming Being Worried; Writing Skills: Beginning Paragraphs, Using the Writing Process and Graphic Organizers
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Grades: |
K - 2
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
2-3 class periods
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Standards
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New Jersey State Core Curriculum Standards
Standard 2: All students will listen actively in a variety of situations to information from a variety of sources.
Standard 3: All students will write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.
Standard 4: All students will read various materials and texts with comprehension and critical analysis.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read and/or listen to the story Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes and discuss it literally and analytically
- List 3–5 things that Wemberly worried about and what she could do or think about to help herself not to feel worried.
- Brainstorm a time when they were worried about something and how they overcame their fear/worry.
- Understand the basic format of a paragraph.
- Complete a graphic organizer as a prewriting strategy.
- Use a graphic organizer as a prewriting strategy to write a five-sentence paragraph about their experience to include an introductory sentence, three detail sentences and a wrap up sentence.
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