A Look at Home AND SHELTERS

The overall rationale for this text set is it supports the Kansas First Grade Social Studies Standards, specifically History.

Students will evaluate how different families meEt/MET their need for shelter and other basic needs.
  • Home by Carson Ellis
  • Candlewick Press, ISBN: 978-07636-6529-6, 32 pages
  • Fiction, Storybook, Visual/illustrated
  • Summary: Describes different home, interweaving real homes, such as houses and apartments with fictional shoes and underground lairs.
  • Rationale: Provides a connection between the various genres in the text set. Allows students to compare and contrast elements of reality and fantasy homes. I would use as an introduction to the Unit.
  • Teaching points: Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension
  • RL.1.5 – Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
  • Student will be able to identify which portions of the book are telling a story and which part is information
  • Additional resources: A great review of Home by Carson Ellis https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/09/carson-ellis-home/
  • Come over to my house by Dr. Suess, Illustrated by Katie Kath
  • Random House, ISBN 978-0553536652, Visual, Illustrated, 64 pages
  • Summary: Dr. Suess describes the differences between houses in different parts of the world
  • Rationale: Students see that different houses, place and customs are not so different.
  • Teaching points: Phonemic awareness, Phonics
  • RL.1.2 – Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
  • Students will be able to recount key details in the story and identify the main idea
  • Additional resources: Insightful Psychology Today Article: Come Over to My House: Democratization of technology brings a new world view
  • Who goes there? By Karma Wilson, Illustrated by Anna Currey
  • Simon and Shuster, ISBN:978-1-4169-8002-5, 32 pages
  • Fiction, Storybook, Illustrated
  • Summary: The main character must solve a mystery of who is scratching at his door. He discovers there is more room in his home and heart for a friend.
  • Rationale: The story allows for identifying emotions and prediction throughout.
  • Teaching points: Fluency and comprehension
  • RL.1.4 – Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
  • Students will be able to describe the emotions of the characters
  • Additional resources: Meet the Author: Karma Wilson's website
  • If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen
  • Penguin, ISBN: 978-0-8037-3751-8, 30 pages
  • Fiction, Futuristic Science Fiction
  • Summary: The main character, Jack, is not too thrilled with is boring and bland house and describes his futuristic dream home.
  • Rationale: Jumping off point for discussing ideas for their own dream rooms and homes. I would use this book to encourage creative writing and idea generation.
  • Teaching points: Comprehension and Vocabulary
  • RL.1.1 – Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • Students will be able to retell key details in the story
  • Additional resources: Listen to a Read-Aloud
  • Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
  • First Second Books, ISBN: 978-1-59643-866-8, 32 pages
  • Fiction, Fantasy
  • Summary: Julia's house settles on the sea and she beings to get lonely and invites any and all creatures to stay with her.
  • Rationale: The book is good for themes such as inclusivity and intimacy. Can be used to describe what makes up a family and what intangible characteristics make up a "home".
  • Teaching points: Fluency, Comprehension and Vocabulary
  • RL.1.3 – Describe character, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
  • Student will be able to describe the setting of the story using key details
  • A Parent's Review of Julia's House for Lost Creatures
  • Home Around the World by Max Moore
  • DKPublishing, ASIN: B00QPBN2C6, 46 pages
  • Non-fiction
  • Summary: Pictures, descriptions and facts about Homes around the World. Targeted for beginning readers.
  • Rationale: DK Readers target beginning readers and contain great pictures and lots of clues about vocabulary words.
  • Teaching points: fluency, vocabulary and comprehension
  • RI.1.4 – Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text
  • Students will be able to define vocabulary words in context.
  • Additional Resources: DK publishing website
  • Tepees by Jack Manning
  • Capstone Press, ISBN: 978-1-4914-0316-7, 24 pages
  • Non-fiction
  • Summary: Descriptions and information about the Tepee shelters used by Native Americans of the Central Plains
  • Rationale: Specifically details shelter used by American Indians (e.g., grass lodge, tipi, earth lodge, frame house) called for in the Social Studies Standards
  • Teaching points: Fluency, Comprehension and Vocabulary
  • RI.1.5 – Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text
  • Students will be able to locate the glossary and new vocabulary items in an informational book
  • Additional resources: Kansas Museum of History in Topeka : American Indian Homes in Kansas (a field trip would meet Kansas Standard SL.1.3: The student will ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood).
  • Plank Houses by Riley Flynn
  • Capstone Press, ISBN: 978-1-4914-2055-3, 24 pages
  • Non-fiction
  • Summary: Details about the Pacific Northwest Native Americans and their shelter Plank Houses
  • Rationale: Native Americans along the Pacific Northwest used a different construction that the Central Plains Native Americans, which better fit the climate, terrain and environment and met the needs of the lifestyle of their people.
  • Teaching points: Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension
  • RI.1.10 – With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade
  • Students will be able to summarize the text of a non-fiction book
  • Additional resources: A website with many different Native American Shelters. Students can compare the design and investigate the reasons they used the materials and structures they did.
  • Castle by Christopher Gravett
  • Penguin Random House, ISBN:978-0-7566-3769-9
  • Non-fiction
  • Summary: A detailed picture book/encyclopedia of information on Medieval Castles
  • Rationale: This is a higher level book with a great deal of information. It can be used as an informational text or a reference style book.
  • Teaching points: Comprehension and Vocabulary
  • RI.1.6 – Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
  • Student will be able to compare details from text to details in illustrations
  • Additional resources: CD materials provided with book DK Findout!
  • Minecraft for Education
  • Mojang and Microsoft Studios
  • Students will be able to read directions and work to build a city.
  • Summary: Minecraft for Education is a version of the open ended building game that is popular online.
  • Rationale: Provides students with a familiar game that can be used with the pre-created lesson or the lessons and game can be modified to meet the classroom objectives.
  • Additional Resources: Specific Lesson plan that could be used or modified for the unit https://education.minecraft.net/lessons/raihyyd-city-building/

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