Lesson 1:  Who is Stone Fox?

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Subjects:  English/Language Arts; Vocational/Technical

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will make inferences based upon story characters and actions.
• Students will use story content and personal background to make predictions.
• Students will respond to comprehension questions after hearing a story selection.
• Student will use context clues to gain meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Write complete sentence(s)/paragraph using capitalization and punctuation rules.

Materials:

• Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
• Prediction Chart
• Writing Journal
• Computer with Internet access

Teacher Notes:

• Visit your school or community library and check out a copy of Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner to have available for the class read aloud
• Have internet permission slips filled out and available.

1. On the first day, display the Stone Fox book for the children and read the title aloud.  Have each student predict what the book will be about based on this information and fill that in their prediction chart.
2. Read the first two chapters of Stone Fox aloud to the class.
3. Have each student revisit their prediction chart to see if their prediction was correct.
4. Have the students answer the comprehension questions for chapters 1-2 (Stone Fox Comprehension Lessons - lessons 1-2).
5. Have the students write in their Stone Fox Journal in response to the prompt "After hearing these two chapters, what careers did you hear people in the story having?"  Draw a picture to accompany the journal writing.

1. Based on the previous day's reading, have each student write in their prediction chart what they think will have next in the story.
2. Read the next two chapters of Stone Fox aloud to the class.
3. Have each student revisit their prediction chart to see if their prediction was correct.
4. Have the students answer the comprehension questions for the chapters read that day.
5. Have the students write in their Stone Fox Journal in response to the prompt "After hearing these two chapters, what careers did you hear people in the story having?"  Draw a picture to accompany the journal writing.

• Journal writing can include closed sentences and a word bank for students who need assistance.
• Tape record the oral reading of Stone Fox so that those who need to hear it again may do so, or for those who are absent.
• Teachers could do a teacher guided answering of comprehension questions.
• Provide individual copies of the book for those students who are visual learners.

• More difficult comprehension questions can be found at www.mce.k12tn.net
• Have students make vocabulary activities using vocabulary lessons found at www.mce.k12tn.net at Quia.com.

West Virginia IGO's:
English Language Arts
1.40, 1.42, 1.43, 1.44, 1.55, 1.70, 1.92, 1.93, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.40, 2.43, 2.44, 2.67, 2.95, 2.96, 2.99, 3.18, 3.28, 3.29, 3.44, 3.45, 3.57, 3.58, 3.59
Process/Workplace Objectives
PW9, PW10, PW27, PW46

National Standards:
Language Arts
1.  Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
3.  Uses grammatical and mechanical  conventions in written compositions
4.  Gathers and uses information for research purposes
5.  Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
7.  Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Technology
2.  Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs
6.  Understands the nature and uses of different forms of technology

References:

• Garden of Praise Reading Lessons
• Quia.com
• Amazon.com
• Stone Fox book page

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Created by:  Debbie Conover
                   Barb Haney
                   Margie Suder