Holiday Read Aloud Read Aloud Research / Present Focus: Houston Focus: Landmarks Focus: Notable People Students can present Conduct a read aloud a read aloud with Students can research the their information. using accountable talk using the person school is The Birth of Houston (Appendix F) or the History Cypress PPT and script named after. This can be id Sam Rayburn Day. of Houston PPT (iXplore). located in iXplore. done in partners or groups. See PPT in iXplore. During the read aloud, the read aloud, have Create a foldable with have students think about students think about the information such as; the information and people mentioned during the complete a graphic trip” and how they Name “field organizer in their ISN shaped the community. Why they were chosen similar to the one below. Have students turn and talk Contributions to the Students can place about if they have ever seen community chunks of information in any of these Cypress Events in their life the correct box. (%) landmarks. Appendix G has a list of other famous people from Cypress.
Holiday Read Aloud Read Aloud Research / Present Focus: Houston Conduct a read aloud using The Birth of Houston (Appendix F) or the History of Houston PPT (iXplore). During the read aloud, have students think about the information and complete a graphic organizer in their ISN similar to the one below. Students can place chunks of information in the correct box. (%) Focus: Landmarks a read aloud with accountable talk using the Cypress PPT and script located in iXplore. the read aloud, have students think about the people mentioned during the “field trip” and how they shaped the community. Have students turn and talk about if they have ever seen any of these Cypress landmarks. Focus: Notable People Students can research the person school is named after. This can be done in partners or groups. Create a foldable with information such as; Name Why they were chosen Contributions to the community Events in their life Appendix G has a list of other famous people from Cypress. Students can present their information. id Sam Rayburn Day. See PPT in iXplore.
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