1. Week Six, Day One: Novel Unit: The Tale of Despereaux
Fourth Grade ELA
Week Six, Day One:
Novel Unit: The Tale of Despereaux
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. Daily Review RL 4.1 Making Predictions about Text
Read blurb aloud

3. Daily Review RL 4.1 Making Predictions about Text
Place students into ind BO rooms to complete. Save a few student examples to share whole group

4. Phonics RF 4.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Objective: Identify prefixes and suffixes and their meanings.
Intro each prefix and ask students to brainstorm words containing these prefixes in the chat

5. Vocabulary
litter = a group of young animals born to an adult animal at one time
speculation = the forming of a theory without evidence
Ask students to read definitions on mic and discuss meanings WG

7. Teacher Read Aloud How would you describe Despereaux (RL 4.3)?
Why is Despereaux’s mother disappointed (RL 4.1, 4.3)?

8. Teacher Read Aloud How did Despereaux get his name (RF 4.3)?
What do you notice about this scene (L.4.5)?
Students should begin recognizing how light and dark are used throughout the book

9. Teacher Read Aloud What do you notice about this scene (L.4.5)?
Why do you think the author uses the imagery of light through the story? Do you think that the light helps us learn more about Despereaux as a character (L.4.5, RL 4.3)?
Students should begin recognizing how light and dark are used throughout the book

10. Teacher Read Aloud
Will Despereaux live (RL 4.1)?

11. Teacher Read Aloud
What do you think will happen to Despereaux (RL 4.1)?
Do you think his family will ever see him as anything other than a disappointment (RL 4.1)?
Ask students to respond in chat and microphone and record student’s responses on board

12. Teacher Read Aloud
In what ways is Despereaux different from the other mice (RL 4.3)?

13. Teacher Read Aloud
Do you think it bothers Despereaux that he different (RL 4.1)?

14. Teacher Read Aloud
What do you think Despereaux is hearing (RL 4.1)?

15. Describe Antoinette, using evidence from the text to support your answer. Draw your own illustration of Antoinette with a caption.
Place students in BO rooms to complete; save student examples to share WG

16. Closure
What do you think of the story so far?
Do you like Despereaux?

17. Homework
Discussion board?