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Tech Connected Activities to Support Treasures - 4 [[image:4_treasures.jpg align="right" caption="Return to All Units" link="Treasures 4"]]
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Unit 1: Growing Up
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Theme Activities

 * Unit 1 Theme Slideshow GREAT! Interview with Aurthor/Illustrator Mark Teague (creator of //Dear Mrs. LaRue,// Unit 3, story 2)
 * **Unit 1 Opener (Anna Schroeder):**
 * Discuss pages 4/5 (Unit Opener)
 * Have students brainstorm an experience that has changed them.
 * Play [|Voicethread]
 * Each student writes about an experience that has caused them to change - they also should draw a picture to represent this experience.
 * Scan and upload each student's picture to the Voicethread, and then have them record their story. Allow students and parents to comment on each other's stories.

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 * Unit 1 Famous Person Place
 * Unit 1 Theme Video
 * Research Toolkit
 * Oral Language Activities
 * Newcomer Games

Weekly Stories
>> Make a wordle for short vowel sound A, E, I, O, or U >> Use your Spelling Words (sum, flat, plum, bell, grim, plot, band, bluff, dock, blot, odd, left, cash, mill, past, shelf, wealth, crunch, hint, build) >> and add words of your own! >> >> >> >> Making Inferences >> Record your answer to this question using [|www.vocaroo.com] >> How do you think Amada is feeling about the move? How do you know? >> >> CLICK TO HEAR AN EXAMPLEmedia type="custom" key="9856573" > > > > >
 * Week 1: My Diary From Here to There
 * Phonics & Word Study Lesson with Spelling Words[[image:irving4thgradereading:short_vowel_A_sound.JPG width="240" height="131" align="right"]]
 * __Extension Activity__: [|Lino It Post]: write a post-it with advice for a friend moving to Oak Park
 * __Spelling City__: 30 minutes/week of spelling and vocabulary practice (All 3 spelling lists and vocabulary list are posted - search "Anna Schroeder" - spelling lists have color code attached to name - ie, From Here to There - Orange Spelling)
 * Week 2: The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstei
 * Week 3: Kid Reporters at Work
 * Week 4: The Astronaut and the Onion
 * Week 5: Because of Winn-Dixe

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