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Visualizing Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for The Polar Express

Visualizing Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for The Polar Express

The Polar Express is ideal for supporting readers who need practice visualizing while reading. This book works well because students can easily identify the words and descriptions that help them create mental images of the story sequence. If any of your students have seen the film, they can apply some of those images to aid their comprehension as well.
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  • Visualizing worksheet and answer key
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  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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The Polar Express is ideal for supporting readers who need practice visualizing while reading. This book works well because students can easily identify the words and descriptions that help them create mental images of the story sequence. If any of your students have seen the film, they can apply some of those images to aid their comprehension as well.
  • Included in this resource
  • Visualizing lesson plan for The Polar Express
  • Visualizing worksheet and answer key
  • Visualizing graphic organizer
  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
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Book Title:
The Polar Express
Book Author:
Chris Van Allsburg
Grade Level:
3
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
N
DRA Level:
30
Reading Recovery Level:
30
Theme(s):
Adventure, Award Winners, Christmas, Winter
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Visualizing:
RL.3.7, RL.3.10, RF.3.3, RF.3.4, SL.3.1d, SL.3.2, SL.3.3, W.3.8, L.3.6
Visualizing:
3.1A, 3.1C, 3.1D, 3.1E, 3.6A, 3.6D, 3.6E, 3.6I, 3.7A, 3.7B, 3.7C, 3.7E, 3.7F, 3.10C, 3.13C, 3.13E, 3.13H
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GRADE 3 | GRL N
Comprehension Assessment
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Inflectional Endings
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Running Record
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Vocabulary Connections
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Writing
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