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Owls Math andLiteracy ResourcePack

By Elena Bee

www.beemathandliteracy.com

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TableofContents

TableofContents ..................................................................................................................................1

OwlsMathandLiteracyResourcePackIntroduction ..............................................................3

Objectives .................................................................................................................................................3

Components..............................................................................................................................................3

OwlLiteratureResourceList ............................................................................................................6

Fiction .......................................................................................................................................................6

Non-Fiction ...............................................................................................................................................8

KWLChartActivity ............................................................................................................................10

KWLBarnChart ........................................................................................................................................12

SingAlongwithGuitarChords.......................................................................................................15

GuitarChords .............................................................................................................................................24

GroupListeningQuestions .........................................................................................................................25

ReadingComprehensionActivity.................................................................................................26

RealorNotReal?OwlActivity....................................................................................................................27

RealorNotRealTableSample .............................................................................................................32

CharacteristicsTableSample..................................................................................................................33

RealorNotRealVennDiagramSample ...............................................................................................34

CharacteristicsofaREALOwl.................................................................................................................35CharacteristicsofanOwlthatisNOTREAL............................................................................................36

PaperBagOwlCraft ..........................................................................................................................37

PaperBagOwlCraftPatterns .....................................................................................................................40

LiteracyActivities ..............................................................................................................................41

OwlPictureSequencingActivity...................................................................................................42

OwlPictures............................................................................................................................................43

MyOwlStory ..........................................................................................................................................44

MatchingActivity ...............................................................................................................................45

PrintingPracticeActivity................................................................................................................50

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MathActivities....................................................................................................................................51

Countingto100Activity#1 ........................................................................................................................52

Countingto100Activity#2 ........................................................................................................................53

CountingBackwardsActivity#1 .................................................................................................................54CountingBackwardsActivity#2 .................................................................................................................55

CountingBackwardsActivity#3 .................................................................................................................56

WhichNumberisLarger? ...........................................................................................................................57

OwlShapesCraft ................................................................................................................................58

OwlShapes .................................................................................................................................................59

OwlShapesSample ....................................................................................................................................60

ScienceActivity...........................................................................................................................................61

HowareFeathersSpecial?Activity ............................................................................................................62

FeathersObservationTemplate .................................................................................................................63

TableofContents .......................................................................................................................................67

ThingsThatIlearned ..................................................................................................................................68

ThingsThatIlearned ..................................................................................................................................69

ThingsThatIlearned ..................................................................................................................................70

ThingsThatIlearned ..................................................................................................................................71

MyOwlDiagram .........................................................................................................................................72

OwlsCAN/HAVEActivity.............................................................................................................................73

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OwlsMathandLiteracyResourcePack

Introduction

WelcometoyournewOwlsMathandLiteracyResourcePack.Thisunitplan

includeseverythingyouwillneedtoguideyourstudentsthroughanexcitingtwo-weekunitonowls.Duringthisunit,studentswilllearnaboutowlswhile

practicingtheirliteracyandnumeracyskills.

Objectives

Overthecourseofthisunit,studentswill...

havefunandgetexcitedaboutowls. accessandsharetheirexistingknowledgeaboutowls.

learnaboutowls. practicereadingwithbothfictionandnon-fictionbooksaboutowls. practicespellingandhandwriting. synthesize,record,andpresentinformationaboutowls. developnumeracyandpracticecountingskills.

Components

ThisResourcePackincludesseveralcomponents,eachdesignedtoworkaspartofacompleteunitonowls.Wesuggestusingthecomponentsintheorderlistedbelow,butyou

maywishtorearrangeorselectfromthevariousactivitiesaccordingtotheneedsofyour

students.

ResourceList

Hereisalistoffictionandnon-fictionliteratureresourcesthatyoucanusewithyour

children.TheyareallwonderfulbooksandIhaveincludedaURLfromAmazonifyourschooldoesnotalreadyhavethem,oriftheyaremissingfromyourpersonalcollection.

Manyofthemcanbehadusedforlessthanadollar.InmyclassIkeepmultiplecopiesofsomebooks,soIcanbreaktheclassintogroupsandhavemyteachingassistantorparents

workwithsomestudents

K.W.L.

TheK.W.L.chartisanongoingpartofthisunit.Thepurposeittohelpstudentsidentifywhattheyalreadyknow,determinewhattheywanttolearn,andrecordwhatthey

discover.Thischartshouldbedisplayedprominentlyintheclassroomatthebeginningoftheunit.

Startbyfillinginthe"know"and"want"sections.The"learn"sectionshouldbeupdatedon

adailybasisasyourstudentslearnnewinformation.

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SingAlong/ListeningComprehensionActivity

Theoriginalsing-alongstoryincludedwiththisResourcePackisagreatwaytogetyour

studentsanimatedandexcitedaboutthetopictobeexplored.Wordsandguitarchordsare

provided,sothewholeclasscanparticipate.Showthewordswithaprojectororwrite

themontheboardsothewholeclasscanlearnthesongtogether.Agreatwaytoliven

thingsupevenfurtheristocreateasetofactionstogoalongwiththewordsofthesong.

Thenyourstudentscansingandperformtheactionstogetherasawholeclass.

ReadingComprehensionActivities(Fiction/Non-HandwritingPracticeSheet

Forthefollowingactivitiesyoucanchooseanyraccoonreadingresourcesthatyouhavein

yourclassroom.Igenerallyreadfromaselectionoffictionandnon-fictionbooks,andwe

workontheactivitiesasaclassorinpods.TheRealorNotactivityisdesignedtohelp

yourchildrenconceptualizethedifferencebetweenimagesthatarerealandthosethatarenot.Yourclassshouldnotfindittoodifficulttospotwhatisrealandwhatisnot,butthe

exerciseisreallyabouthavingyourchildrenlearntoidentifywhysomethingsappeartobe

realwhileothersdonot.Puttingthesedifferencesintowordshelpstosolidifyconcepts.

Craft(PaperBagOwl)

ThePaperBagOwlcraftisagreatwaytohelpyourstudentsshowtheircreativitywhiledevelopingfinemotorskills.Thiscanbeafunbreakfrommoreacademicwork.

Instructionsandtemplatesareincludedwiththeassignment.

LiteracyActivities

Thissectionofyourresourcepackagecontainsaseriesofactivitiesthatintegrateliteracy

intoyourchildrensexplorationofraccoons.IhaveincludedthreeactivitiesthatIuse

duringthisunit.Thefirstisasequencingactivity,thesecondisawritingpracticeactivity,

andthethirdisamatchingactivityactivity.

MathWorksheets

Severalmathworksheetsareincludedwiththisunit.Insomecasestherearemultiple

copies,eachwithadifferentlevelofdifficulty.Thesearetobeusedperiodicallyduringthe

courseoftheunit.Ifyoudetectthatyourstudentsarefeelingalittletoobouncyandboisterousforclass,givethemaworksheettocalmdownwith.