Book Study - Chapter 6 - Pacing

 1. Amount of time for each activity in Hey Little Ant lesson.

Give students link and time to pull up the Nearpod lesson online (3 minutes)

Introduce Point of View “Today I want to teach you that readers pay attention to the character’s thoughts, words, and actions. One way to do this is by keeping track of who is speaking, how they feel, and what it might sound like. All of these things help us understand the character’s point of view.”
(2 minutes)

Define point of view “A point of view means a person’s way of thinking about or approaching a subject. Different people’s point of view about one event or thing may be very different. An example would be a disagreement between friends. Think about how your point of view might have been different from your friend’s." (3 minutes)

Define character point of view “There are many characters in a story. Each character may have his/her own way of thinking about a certain thing or event.” (1 minute)

In the Nearpod lesson, students will answer 2 questions about point-of-view to make sure they understand. MS will see student responses immediately and can give students prompt feedback. (5 minutes)

Introduce Hey Little Ant  “Today I am going to read Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose. As I read the book, let’s pay attention to the character’s thoughts, words, and actions.” (1 minute)

Read Hey, Little Ant.  Stop periodically during the read aloud to ask questions related to the text. (10 minutes)

In the Nearpod lesson collaboration board, students will post one reason not to squish the ant. (8 minutes)

In the Nearpod lesson collaboration board, students will post one reason why the boy should squish the ant.  (8 minutes)

In the Nearpod lesson poll, students will answer whether they think the boy should or should not squish the ant. (2 minutes)

Students will record a FlipGrid response to “Should the ant get squished? Should the ant go free? What do you think that kid should do?” (12 minutes)

In the Nearpod lesson, students will answer the open-ended question, “What two ways are the ant and kid alike?” (6 minutes)

2.  For the FlipGrid video response,  I could break it into three smaller sections.  I could ask the students to record a video response telling me the boy's point of view.  For the second activity, I could ask the students to record a video response telling me the ant's point of view.  For the last activity, I would ask the students to give me their point of view after hearing both sides.