Thank You, Mr' Falker by Patricia Polacco

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Thank You, Mr. Falkerby Patricia Polacco

• A Cyberlesson
• Prepared by Amber Ricciardiello

www.amazon.com
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Day 1Introduction

• Trisha is a young girl who wants nothing more
  than to read, but she finds it isnt going to be
  easy for her. You will see how she feels to be
  different from her classmates and how one teacher
  changes her life.

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Materials

• You will need the following materials
• Books
• Thank You, Mr. Falker (read aloud)
• Sparkys Excellent Misadventures My A.D.D.
  Journal
• Eli, The boy who hated to write Understanding
  dysgraphia
• Classroom materials
• Reading journal
• Pencil
• Drawing materials
• Connection organizer from teacher
• Computer with internet access
• SmartBoard or projector (if possible)

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Before You ReadQuickWrite

• Take just ten minutes to write about a time
  you had trouble understanding something in class.
  What was it? How did you feel? How did you
  solve this problem?

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Lets Share!

• Share your experience with the class. Turn to
  someone next to you and share your experience.

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While We Read

• As we read think about Trishas problem. Why
  do you think she doesnt go to anyone for help?
  Think about how she can solve her problem. What
  suggestions would you give her? We will read to
  the page marked with the post-it (page 16).

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Written Response In your reading journal
answer the questions below.

• Imagine you are Trisha, write an entry that might
  appear in her journal. Use evidence from the
  text to support your ideas.

• 2. Using information from your own life and the
  text, explain why you think Trisha didnt tell
  her mom, teacher, or another adult about her
  problems in school?

End of Day 1
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Day 2Building Background Knowledge

• Yesterday we read the first part of Thank You,
  Mr. Falker and learned that Trisha is having a
  learning challenge in school. She is also
  getting picked on by other students.
• Before we read today, lets look at how Patricia
  Polacco, the author of this book, dealt with her
  learning disability. Click on Patricia Polaccos
  picture.
• When you finish click back here to hear some ways
  kids with learning challenges can help
  themselves. Click on The Survival Guide.

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Partner Talk Share

• Pretend you are Trishas friend, what advice
  would you give her. Use information from the
  other children you just read about to answer this
  question. Then we will share your advice with
  the class.

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While We Read

• As we finish the story think about how
  Trishas new teacher helps her to feel smarter
  and helps to stop others from teasing her.

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After Reading

• Think about how Trisha looks at her teacher or
  what she thinks of him. Draw a picture or create
  an image using magazines, drawings, or other
  materials to represent how she feels about her
  teacher. Include words or evidence from the text
  to support your idea. Then we will share your
  images.

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Beyond Reading

• With a partner or as a read aloud read one
  of the texts below. Click on each title to learn
  more about each book. Then click back and choose
  the book you are most interested in reading.
• As you read the story complete the organizer
  to show what connections youve made and how they
  help you understand the story better. Get the
  organizer from your teacher.

• Sparky's Excellent Misadventures My A.D.D.
  Journal by Carpenter, Ford, Horjus

• Eli, the boy who hated to write understanding
  dysgraphia by Regina G. Richards, Eli I. Richards

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Wrap Up

• After reading Thank You, Mr. Falker and another
  text that spotlights a child with a learning
  challenge, think about how you can help someone
  who is having trouble with learning or teasing in
  school. We will record our ideas on a chart to
  keep in room.

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Cyberlesson Rubric

• Before Reading
• QuickWrite
• 2 Students wrote a similar experience answering
  all three questions
• 1 Students wrote a similar experience answering
  only one or two of the
• questions
• 0 Students wrote an irrelevant experience or a
  similar experience without
• answering the questions
• While Reading
• Written Response (a score is given for each
  response)
• 2 Students answered the question with specific
  evidence from the text and
• their own life to support their
  answer
• 1 Students answered the question with one piece
  of specific evidence from
• their own life or from the text
• 0 Students did not answer the question or the
  answer included general
• evidence or no evidence at all
• (Rubric continued on next slide)

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CyberLesson Rubric

• After Reading
• Teacher Drawing
• 2 Students created a visual using specific
  evidence from the text to support
• their idea
• 1 Students created a visual using little or
  general evidence from the text to
• support their idea
• 0 Students did not create a visual or used no
  evidence from the text to
• support their idea
• Beyond Reading
• Partner Work
• 2 Students read one of the texts given and
  completed organizer with at
• least one specific connection
  explaining how it helped them understand
• 1 Students read one of the texts given and
  completed organizer with at
• least one general connection explaining
  somewhat how it helped them
• understand
• 0 Students read one of the texts given but did
  not complete the organizer
• completely

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Resources

• Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
• Sparkys Excellent Misadventures My A.D.D.
  Journal by Carpenter, Ford, Horjus
• Eli, The boy who hated to write Understanding
  dysgraphia by Reginia Richards and Eli Richards
• Images from images.google.com and amazon.com
• Links
• Patricia Polacco http//www.ldonline.org/first_p
  erson/patricia_polacco.html
• Survival Guide http//www.ldonline.org/article
  .php?id354loc65
• Sparkys Excellent Misadventures
• http//www.amazon.com/gp/product/1557986061
  /qid1133387584/sr1-4/refsr_1_4/103-5763638-9881
  444?sbooksvglancen283155
• Eli, The boy who hated to write
• http//www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966135334/
  refase_ldonlinelearningA/103-5763638-9881444?sbo
  oksvglancen283155tagActionCodeldonlinelearni
  ngAEli,20the20boy20who20hated20to20write20
  understanding20dysgraphia20(Paperback)

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Student Resource