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Instructional Ideas

The Ella Collection believes it is important to build reading, reading comprehension, and writing skills. Below are instructional ideas related to My Letter to President Barack Obama. All tasks are appropriate for students aged 5-10 (Kindergarten to grade 5). These strategies, skills, and graphic organizers will facilitate student understanding of the text and can be implemented based on your grade level standards in English Language Arts.


Before Reading

Anticipation Guide
Ask and Answer Questions
KWL Chart
Prediction Frames

During Reading

Author’s Purpose
Cause-Effect Chart
Sequence Chart
Story Map
Think and Mark Strategy

After Reading

Ask and Answer Questions
Book Discussion Questions
Character Description
Character Web
Compare and Contrast Ella and yourself
Fact and Opinion
Reader’s Theatre
Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions Answer Key

Reading Strategies

Verbal Responses for Reading Strategies
Making Connections
Making Connections: Pictures and Quotes
Asking Questions
Questioning
Visualizing
What I See
Inferring
Inferring from Pictures

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Building
Vocabulary Word Map
Word Bank
Word Castle

Writing

Letter to the President
Literature Log Responses
Tic-Tac-Toe Writing
Writing Ideas

Websites

Do Something
White House
Earth Day Network
Kids F.A.C.E.
Global Youth Service Day


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Kevin Simpson created the Curricula for The Ella Collection. Kevin is a Global Education Consultant (KDSL - Know.Do.Serve.Learn) who partners with organizations working to increase student achievement and teacher knowledge. He has worked in a variety of teaching, administrative, and consultant capacities at parochial, public, charter, and international schools located in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Michigan, Virginia, Laos, Qatar, and Dubai.

For more information on KDSL email KDSL07@hotmail.com
or visit kdsl.wordpress.com

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