Download This Full Lesson: Wild Blueberry Silly Sentences – Fact or Fiction
Lesson Description: This activity pairs with the book Wild Blueberries for ME and helps students understand sentence construction and statements that are fact or fiction. In this activity students will construct silly wild blueberry themed sentences, choose a favorite, and illustrate it. They will write their blueberry silly sentence (fiction) and a blueberry fact (non-fiction) from the book Wild Blueberries for ME.
*The book is available online at www.TeachMEFoodandFarms.org/resources for your computer or smart board if you do not have it in your classroom.
Objectives:
The student will:
- Construct 8 silly sentences using the flashcards.
- Illustrate one silly sentence.
- Write their silly fiction sentence and a true nonfiction sentence.
- Present their learning
Materials:
Silly Sentence Cards & Silly Sentence Drawing Handout
Time: 60 minutes
Correlations to State of Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction
ELA = English Language Arts, HE/PE = Health Education and Physical Education, MA = Mathematics, SCI = Science, SS = Social Studies, VPA = Visual and Performing Arts
Common Core
Speaking & Listening: SL.1.K, SL.3.K.B, SL.4.K, SL.1.1, SL.4.1, SL.3.1.B, SL.4.2
Writing: L.1, L.2, L.3
Language: L.1.K.E, L.2.K.A, L.3.K, L.1.1.B, L.2.1.B, L.3.1, L.1.2.F, L.3.2
Maine Learning Results
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS – A1.K, A1.1, B.3.K, B.3.1, B.3.2