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Making Connections Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for The Watermelon Seed

Making Connections Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for The Watermelon Seed

Students will think critically in this mini lesson by using the text and illustrations in the book along with their own background knowledge to make text to text, text to self, and text to world connections.

 

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  • Making Connections lesson plan for The Watermelon Seed
  • Making Connections worksheet and answer key
  • Making Connections graphic organizer
  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Students will think critically in this mini lesson by using the text and illustrations in the book along with their own background knowledge to make text to text, text to self, and text to world connections.

 

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  • Making Connections lesson plan for The Watermelon Seed
  • Making Connections worksheet and answer key
  • Making Connections graphic organizer
  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
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Book Title:
The Watermelon Seed
Book Author:
Greg Pizzoli
Grade Level:
1
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
H
DRA Level:
14
Reading Recovery Level:
13, 14
Theme(s):
Award Winners, Laugh Out Loud, Summer
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Making Connections:
RL.1.1, RL.1.4, RL.1.9, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, SL.1.5, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Making Connections:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6E, 1.6I, 1.7A, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.10E, 1.13A, 1.13D, 1.13E
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