The Learning Pad

Digging Deeper

Lessons about digging out important information and themes

Lesson
10-1

Lesson: Important things

Lesson
10-2

Lesson: Digging Deeper

==> Show the kids a shovel and a treasure map. What's a shovel used for? To dig deeper than the surface of the soil. Pirates use shovels to find hidden treasure.

==> Readers need to dig deeper too in search of treasures too.

==> Authors have a purpose, a reason for their writing. Often they have a message they want you to discover and understand.

==> When we read it's like we are going hunting for hidden treasure. The treasure is the authors theme or message.

==> We're going to read Miss Rumphius today. I'm going to show you what it looks like when someone uses this strategy of digging deeper. Watch closely so you too can learn to use this strategy.

==> Themes found in the story- love for adventure, following your dreams, making the world a better place, treating others with respect.

Lesson
10-3

Lesson: What's in my purse?

Lesson
10-4

Lesson: Digging for the heart of the author

Lesson
10-5

Lesson: Wrapping it up

Rudi's Pond

Lesson
10-6

Lesson: Authors sometimes plants seeds of wisdom inside their stories

Lesson
10-7

Lesson: Seeds of wisdom part 2

Lesson
10-8

Lesson: Authors weave important lessons into their stories

Lesson
10-9

Lesson: Weaving important information into a story

Lesson
10-10

Lesson: Determining what's really important

Lesson
10-11

Lesson: Determining important information in non-fiction

Select a fictional text and a non-fictional text about the same subject 

Lesson
10-12

Lesson: Looking at captions

Title

Lesson
10-13

Lesson: Looking at headings

Title

Lesson
10-14

Lesson: Looking at Photographs

Title

Lesson
10-15

Lesson: Looking at the table of contents

Any class set of non fiction text with a table of contents.  A science book generally will have this feature.

Lesson
10-16

Lesson: Looking at the index

Title

Lesson
10-17

Looking at types of print

Title

Lesson
10-18

Looking at maps

Title

Lesson
10-19

Putting it all together

 

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