For this flex day, we will practice the same objective from Lesson 10 with a new

text: The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats

Group 1 Focus:
Elaborating using additional examples of how the character used his five senses
and how this made him feel
Mini-lesson Plan: -Teacher reads the story
-Students turn and talk to a partner about 2
different examples of a sense Peter used AND
how this made him feel
-Share out student examples, chart them
-Students complete written response with
rubric posted (1 feeling, 1 sense)

Expected Outcome: 90% of students g

ive 2
or more senses the
character used with correct corresponding
feeling

Group 2 Focus:
Determining the correct sense the character used in the story OR the correct
feeling invoked by the sense a character used
Mini-lesson Plan -Teacher reads the story
-Students turn and talk to a partner about
examples of a sense Peter used AND how this
made him feel
-Teacher introduces a graphic organizer that
shows a breakdown of character sense and
character feelings
-Share out student examples, chart them
-Students complete written response with
rubric posted (1 feeling, 1 sense)

Expected Outcome 100% of students will respond with 1 correct

sense and character feeling that corresponds

Group 3 Focus:
Determining which o f the five senses the character used based on events in the
story AND how this sense made the character feel
Mini-lesson Plan: -Teacher reads the story
-Students turn and talk to a partner about
examples of a sense Peter used AND how this
made him feel
-Teacher conferences with each student about
 their thinking aloud and prompts as needed
-Share out student examples, chart them
-Students complete written response with rubric
posted (1 feeling, 1 sense)

Expected Outcome: 100% of students will respond orally with 1

example of a sense the character used and
how this made the character feel; 75% of
students will respond with both components
through written response using pictures and
beginning sound labels