Unit Opener Activity - Part A
Completion requirements
Unit 4
How Do Games Influence People?
Reader's Notebook
Unit Opener
Throughout this unit you will be completing lessons that require you to answer questions.
Each lesson is divided into three parts and often each part has several questions. You will answer these questions in a worksheet that is provided (download links and instructions are provided for each worksheet).
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You will be learning about the importance of play and games to the lives of ordinary people.
To help you keep track of your learning during this unit, you will be completing a KWL Chart. Download the worksheet KWL Chart to get started.
In the chart, K stands for what you know, W stands for what you want to learn, and L stands for what you have learned.
- Enter your name and the topic: Get in the Game
- Fill out the chart under What I Know - use these questions to guide you:
- What do you know about games already?
- What types of games have you played?
- Think about games you have heard about but never played. Write down your ideas.
- Fill out the chart under What I want to know - use these questions to guide you:
- What questions do you have about games?
- What do you hope to learn about the Essential Question?
- Leave the last section What I learned blank for now. You will complete it at the end of the unit.
Download PDF
- Download the document KWL Chart.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document KWL Chart.
- Print the document.
Think About It
- List three questions you have about games that you would like to have answered by the end of this unit.
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Learning Targets
Turn to pages 2 and 3 in your book Literacy in Action 5B. Read the learning goals on page 2.
Turn to pages 2 and 3 in your book Literacy in Action 5B. Read the learning goals on page 2.
Reader's Notebook
Examine the images on pages 2 and 3 of Literacy in Action 5 and answer Questions 1 to 5 in the During Reading section on the Readerβs Notebook: Unit Opener.
Examine the images on pages 2 and 3 of Literacy in Action 5 and answer Questions 1 to 5 in the During Reading section on the Readerβs Notebook: Unit Opener.
Vocabulary Chart
Look at the words in the green shape on page 3 of Literacy in Action 5. These are only some of the words that you will get to know during this unit.
Are there any words that you don't know? Look up the words in a dictionary or use the online dictionary Kids Wordsmyth and begin work on the worksheet Vocabulary Chart.
There are many difficult vocabulary words in this unit. When you come across words that you are not familiar with, use your Vocabulary Chart to record the word, the page number you found the word on and the definition. Some important words from each lesson are included in the Vocabulary Chart. You will be reminded to add words to the Vocabulary Chart in later lessons and you will be using the words from the Vocabulary Chart in writing assignments.
Look at the words in the green shape on page 3 of Literacy in Action 5. These are only some of the words that you will get to know during this unit.
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Are there any words that you don't know? Look up the words in a dictionary or use the online dictionary Kids Wordsmyth and begin work on the worksheet Vocabulary Chart.
There are many difficult vocabulary words in this unit. When you come across words that you are not familiar with, use your Vocabulary Chart to record the word, the page number you found the word on and the definition. Some important words from each lesson are included in the Vocabulary Chart. You will be reminded to add words to the Vocabulary Chart in later lessons and you will be using the words from the Vocabulary Chart in writing assignments.
Download PDF
- Download the documents Reader's Notebook: Unit Opener and Vocabulary Chart.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the documents Reader's Notebook: Unit Opener and Vocabulary Chart.
- Print the documents.
- Spend a couple of minutes flipping through this unit in Literacy in Action 5B (pages 2 to 61) and then answer Questions 1 to 4 in the After Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: Unit Opener.
- If there is anything you want to add to your KWL Chart, take the time to do it now.
Save
How to save a file:
- Scan the document to your computer.
- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Reader's Notebook: Unit Opener file in this format: jsmith_rnunit4opener and save the file to your Documents folder.
Compare your responses with those in the Key by clicking here.