Erika Griffin

Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Getting to Know You: Developing Short Biographies to Build Community

How well do your students know their peers? Students transform into investigative reporters as they interview a classmate, compile the biographical data into graphic form, and introduce the student to the class.

 

Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Inferring How and Why Characters Change

Students will really get into character when they read short stories and analyze the how’s and why’s of characters’ behaviors.

 

Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards

Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.

 

Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Sharing Favorite Books Using Interactive Character Trading Cards

Using selected characters from a text of their choice, students put their literary analysis skills to work by creating fictional character trading cards.

 

Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson

Talking About Books to Improve Comprehension

This lesson is a conversation-starter! In this lesson, students learn about striking up deep-thought conversations and staying on topic in the form of a book talk.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson

Weekend News! A Weekly Writing Activity

On Monday mornings, you’re likely to be asked, “What did you do this weekend?” In this lesson, students respond to this question in a self-assessed writing assignment about their weekend adventures.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Writing Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic

Students engage in writing workshop, using a timeline to focus in on and write about a specific event.