Stone+Soup+-+Teaching+Plan

//What lessons about our actions and behaviors in school can we learn from traditional tales?//
focus on theme and characteristics of a traditional tale (friends come in all "sizes", a kind deed is never wasted) ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1] [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2] || glossary and your background knowledge. What traditional tales have you read or heard? ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.9a] || changed from the beginning to the end of the story. Support your answer with important and specific details from the story. (cruel, disrespectful, boastful, mean to humble, appreciative, cooperative, friendly) ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.9a] || lessons to learn about life. How can we apply the lesson from //The Lion and the Mouse// to our actions and behaviors in our classroom and school? ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2] || and watch the two versions of //Stone Soup.// Discuss, using the questions on the site. Add a post about the theme of //Stone Soup// and how it might apply to behaviors and actions in school. (cooperation, kindness, sharing, responsibility to others) Stone Soup - Parent & Student Home Connection //**Formative Assessment:**// read posts ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2] [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.9] [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.2] || from the beginning to the end of the story. Support your answer with important and specific details from the story. (Include a handout of the //Stone Soup// text.) (self-centered, stingy, unfriendly, prejudiced to friendly, cooperative, appreciative) ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.9a] || from //Stone Soup// to our classroom and school? by having partners share out each others' ideas. ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.2] || in Northampton ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.7] || especially fables and folk tales, with lessons/ morals about human interactions and behavior. Interested students may create short skits or songs to present to other school classes to teach these lessons. ||< [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4] || Stone Soup - Common Core Connections Stone Soup - References
 * ==Date== || ==Activity== ||< ==Standards== ||
 * 11/12 || **Interactive Read Aloud**: //The Lion and the Mouse//
 * 11/12 || **Readers' Notebooks**: Define traditional tale using the
 * 11/13 || **Modeled Open Response Writing:** Describe how the lion
 * 11/14 || **Discussion:** The themes of many traditional tales are
 * 11/14 || **Homework:** Go to //Stone Soup// wiki page, with a parent,
 * 11/15 || **Open Response Writing:** Describe how the villagers change
 * Summative Assessment:** Open Response Rubric
 * 11/15 || **Think, Pair, Share:**How can we apply the lesson
 * //Observational Assessment//:** Checking for understanding
 * 11/18 || **Culmination:** Travel to see //Stone Soup// at the //Academy of the Arts//
 * || **Extensions:** Students will read additional traditional tales,