Good-bye, Curtis
(p. 178-195)
Student Sites
Background: mail
Spelling: contractions
Vocabulary: addresses, clerk, grown, honor, pour, route (p. 176-177)
Preview, predict, picture walk, read story aloud and discuss
Story: Choral Read, partner read, independent read, listen to story on tape
Poetry: The Postman (p. 176p)
Writing: Sentence Fluency: Write a letter or postcard to a friend
Word Building: shouldn’t
Centers
Cool Computers: Madison Website/Ed. Resources/Reading Units
Awesome Artists: Look at postcards from around the world; design your own
Word Wizards: Contraction practice with macaroni and letter cards
Rockin’ Readers: Kevin Henkes books (Sheila the Brave 19-20, Chrysanthemum 21-22, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse 23+)
Any Job at All poem
Flap Book—Stages of Life
Letter and envelope writing
Postcards template
Contraction practice/literacy folder game
