1. The Sign of the Beaver Novel Study
Fourth Grade ELA
The Sign of the Beaver Novel Study
Week Twelve, Day Two
This session will be recorded for learning purposes.  Learning purposes include: a lesson review for students who are absent, students who want to review for a test, etc. and will be distributed for learning purposes.

2. Review
Throughout this unit we will be covering ALL of the Reading Literature Standards for Fourth Grade!
Let’s Review!

3. Briefly review each standard

4. Briefly review each standard

5. Briefly review each standard

6. Briefly review each standard

7. Briefly review each standard

8. Phonics Phonics Objective: Phonics RF 4.3 Teacher Model: I DO
Ask students to explain the meaning copilot. Tell them that you coteach
Phonics
RF 4.3
Teacher Model: I DO

9. Let’s match the word to the definition!
Ask students to use whiteboard tools to match

10. Getting Ready to Read
Model how to use “somebody wanted” for chapter 1

11. Use Your Context Clues!
Send students into BO with a partner for a few minutes to try to find the definitions to the word using

12. More Vocabulary

13. How is Matt feeling during his first few days alone? RL 4.1
Teacher Read Aloud
How is Matt feeling during his first few days alone? RL 4.1
Reading Skill; Teacher models skill

14. What tasks does Matt have to do to survive? RL 4.2

15. What is Matt worried about? RL 4.1

16. What are the benefits of being alone? What is the downside? RL 4.1
Whom do you think has come to visit Matt? RL 4.1

17. Team Reading
Answer the questions about Chapter 2 using COMPLETE SENTENCES!
Discuss Chapter 3 vocabulary
Begin reading Chapter 3

19. Vocabulary

20. Reading Skill; Teacher models skill

21. Should Matt trust this stranger? Why or why not? RL 4.1

22. What does it say about Matt that he is so welcoming to the stranger?
RL 4.3

23. What would you do if you were Matt? Would you tell Ben to leave?
RL 4.1

25. Are Ben’s stories true? RL 4.1

26. How would you describe Ben? RL 4.3

27. What did Ben steal?
RL 4.2

28. Closure
What would you have done if you were Matt?

29. Homework
Finish reading Chapter 3!