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Age 8-10: Concept 3 - Similarities and Differences: Unit 2

Meet Stanley Yelnats, a boy who is wrongly accused of a crime and sent to a juvenile detention camp, where he meets a variety of interesting characters. Explore the desert biome and the dangerous animals that live in this region. Recognize irony, understand possessive nouns, and correct run-on sentences and sentence fragments.
This unit can be used independently but is designed to be taught in conjunction with the science and social studies unit Rocks and Minerals.
This unit can be used independently but is designed to be taught in conjunction with the science and social studies unit Rocks and Minerals.
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Prerequisites
- Able to read and comprehend chapter books at a 4th or 5th grade reading level
- Able to write an organized paragraph
- Usually used by children in fourth grade
Table of Contents
- Lesson 1: The Texas Desert
- Lesson 2: Camp Green Lake
- Lesson 3: Digging
- Lesson 4: Caveman
- Lesson 5: KB
- Lesson 6: Sunflower Seeds
- Lesson 7: Zero
- Lesson 8: Sam the Onion Man
- Lesson 9: Driving a Truck
- Lesson 10: The Mary Lou
- Lesson 11: The Thumb of God
- Lesson 12: Treasure and Lizards
- Lesson 13: Innocent
- Final Project: Welcome to Camp (2 Days)
Summary of Skills
Moving Beyond the Page is based on state and national standards. These standards are covered in this unit.
- Analyze characters, including their traits, feelings, relationships, and changes. (Language Arts)
- Compare communication in different forms, such as a dramatic performance and a print version of the same story. (Language Arts)
- Compile notes into outlines, reports, summaries, or other written efforts using available technology. (Language Arts)
- Compose readable text in a variety of forms. (Language Arts)
- Consider a character's point of view. (Language Arts)
- Describe how the setting affects the characters and plot of a story. (Language Arts)
- Draw conclusions, make generalizations, and gather support by referencing the text. (Language Arts)
- Gain new insight into text by using evaluative processes. (Language Arts)
- Identify and describe irony within text and situations. (Language Arts)
- Identify and discuss similarities and differences between concepts and ideas. (Language Arts)
- Identify and discuss similarities and differences in events and characters. (Language Arts)
- Identify relevant questions. (Language Arts)
- Identify similarities and differences among characters and stories. (Language Arts)
- Identify the correct use of homonyms in context. (Language Arts)
- Identify the correct use of homophones in context. (Language Arts)
- Identify the musical elements of literary language, including rhymes, repeated sounds, or instances of onomatopoeia. (Language Arts)
- Identify the problem, climax, and solution of a story. (Language Arts)
- Know the meaning of simple prefixes and suffixes. (Language Arts)
- Make inferences and draw conclusions about characters. (Language Arts)
- Put story events in proper sequence. (Language Arts)
- Recognize and use adverbs correctly. (Language Arts)
- Recognize and write similes and metaphors. (Language Arts)
- Recognize distinguishing features of familiar genres, including stories, poems, and informational texts. (Language Arts)
- Recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences. (Language Arts)
- Recognize types of story conflict within novels. (Language Arts)
- Relate plot, setting, and characters to personal experiences. (Language Arts)
- Share written products in a variety of ways. (Language Arts)
- Summarize written text. (Language Arts)
- Take simple notes from relevant sources such as classroom guests, books, and media sources (Language Arts)
- Take simple notes from relevant sources such as classroom guests, books, and media sources. (Language Arts)
- Underline and capitalize book titles. (Language Arts)
- Understand how to use an index and a table of contents within a book. (Language Arts)
- Use correct capitalization and punctuation. (Language Arts)
- Use effective oral communication. (Language Arts)
- Use figurative language in writing. (Language Arts)
- Use logical thinking and reasoning to solve problems. (Language Arts)
- Use oral and written language to answer open-ended questions. (Language Arts)
- Use oral and written language to report information on a topic. (Language Arts)
- Write for a wide variety of audiences. (Language Arts)
- Write in different forms for different purposes such as lists to record, letters to invite or thank, and stories or poems to entertain. (Language Arts)
- Write personal and formal letters that include date, proper salutation, body, closing, and signature. (Language Arts)
- Write to record ideas and reflections. (Language Arts)
- Create models to represent inventions. (Science)
- Identify and discuss different rocks, including their role in geologic formations and distinguishing geologic regions. (Science)
- Identify and record properties of soils such as color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants. (Science)
- Observe and describe how environmental conditions determine how plants survive and grow. (Science)
- Observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem. (Science)
- Analyze changes, which have occurred in communities past and present. (Social Studies)
- Describe how individuals, events, and ideas change over time. (Social Studies)
- Describe similarities and differences among communities in different times and places. (Social Studies)