Access thousands of highquality, free k12 articles, and create online assignments with them for your students. Pink, the africanamerican character, stumbles across an injured say. Pink and say is not only an excellent anchor text for teaching comprehension strategies, it also pairs well with a phonics lesson about ambiguous vowels. Think about what was interesting or exciting to you while reading this book. Right now there are 69 such worksheets available such as this one. In order to do this, they read and discuss the book pink and say by patricia polacco. A great way to explain the relations and understand the differences during that time. This is a worksheet for teaching the differences between talk, speak, say and tell. Novel study title page for students before reading worksheet author research worksheet character chart dictionary. Pink and say is a story by patricia polacco about the civil war time in the united states. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Young learners explore the concept of the civil war.
Please take the second form and use pink and say to fill it out. Engage students in reading by having them share books with peers. Improve your students reading comprehension with readworks. Free saytellspeaktalk worksheets welcome to a special section of busy teacher where you can find some speaking exercises with the following verbs. Free pink and say study unit worksheets for teachers to print. This activity has students prepare for giving a book talk in which theyll describe what happens in the book, their favorite part, and whether or not they would recommend the book to a friend.
Pink, a black boy, rescues say, a white boy, on the battlefield during the war, and takes say to his home, which is a slave family. Sixth grade is an age where many students, and i hate to say it, but many boys, lose interest in reading. Teachers can use pink and say to teach language arts and social studies objectives. Pretend you are the character, say, from the story, and write a letter home to your mother from the andersonville prison.
Book talk speech printable k 2nd grade teachervision. Pink and say lesson plan students will identify important words and phrases from the story that describe different aspects of the civil war. Find pink and say lesson plans and teaching resources. Pink and say this is a novel study for pink and say by patricia polacco. Book talk guidelines you must have a copy of the book you will be talking about. This book contains lessons in public speaking, persuasive speech, and drama accompanied by a wide variety of activities that will help students become more comfortable when communicating in groups. This story highlights the unusual friendship that sparks between two characters named pink and say. This set of lesson plans, resources, and activities is for use withpink and say by patricia polacco.
Pink and say by patricia polacco, patricia polacco kirkus. Introduce the book, including the title, authors name and summary. This lesson plan will help students make inferences, retell major events in chronological order, and participate in a formal discussion about pink and say by patricia polacco. Pink and say lesson plan introduce civil war unit with pink and say. When moe moe bay talks to pinkus about never leaving her again, why does. I initially started the book talk as sort of a reading accountability piece. Sheldon had been injured in a fierce battle and was left for dead in a muddy, bloodsoaked pasture somewhere in georgi a. The first page is basically just a study sheet with simple explanations and example sentences and the second page has a simple activity in which students are asked to complete the sentences with. It can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction which makes these resources a smart choice for literacy centers or readers workshop. This pink and say novel study includes the following. Find book talk lesson plans and teaching resources.
Patricia polacco books are popular with elementary teachers and students. Student activities the teacher store book clubs book fairs scholastic education. Pink and say printables, classroom activities, teacher resources. Pink and say book study activities by laughter and learning.
Preapprove your choice of book with the teacher before you start your book. T chart of pink and say by patricia polacco patricia polacco, author. This heartwrenching historical picture book, based on a true story, presents us with two men from the union army who meet after a battle of the civil war. See more ideas about teaching reading, reading workshop and teaching. Welcome to the patricia polacco readaloud curriculum lesson plans.
This pink and say lesson plan is suitable for 3rd 5th grade. Write interview questions as well as responses for either pink or say. Pink, a recently freed slave is fighting to end the sickness of. Free pink and say worksheets and literature unit for teachers. Pink and say is one of the six patricia polacco books i gave to my daughter for her birthday. After finishing the story, you can think about what the story means to you. Write a book talk for this story to leave your listeners with a compelling reason for checking out the book. Turn both forms into the teacher and receive permission to continue. Jan 19, 2011 pink and say is a great book to synthesize. The story is about two boy soldiers who meet each other in the battlefield during the american civil war.
In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. In this lesson, we provided a summary and discussed the themes and characters in patricia polaccos childrens book pink and say. Print the book imagery form twice using one for the book you have chosen from the two lists. The secrets of top performers and what it takes to be truly great. Pink and say by patricia polacco goodreads share book. Pink and say is an important story about two soldiers in the civil war. She is a new second grade teacher and i wanted her to have books that have worked for me, a seasoned educator. This product is a reading unit to use with the book pink and say written by patricia polacco.
Students can use this template to create a book commercialbook talk like those. Blank books for each student, or paper and binding material staples, vinyl tape, ribbon to make your own blank books. Pz7,p75186pk 1994 9336340 cip ac isbn 0399226710 10 9 8 cuvtn71 when sheldon russell curtis told this story to his daughter, rosa, she kept every word in her heart and was to retell it many. The next 5 would be used to create the civil war abc books. Pink and say lesson plan for 3rd 5th grade lesson planet. Pink and say printables, classroom activities, teacher. Animated my no no no day by rebecca patterson youtube. It includes discussion questions to use before reading the book and several pages of questions that can be used during and or after reading the text.
Read each question carefully and then chose the answer that you think is best. Pink and say is a historical fiction book set during the civil war. This set of lesson plans, resources, and activities is for use with pink and say by patricia polacco. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. I have included pink and say questions for groups discussions, questions on cards formed around richard pauls wheel of reasoning that i use in centers, extension activities co. Pinks model focuses on enabling people to become intrinsically motivated that is, using internal drives as a source of motivation. Pink and say by patricia polacco, is a picture book, whose story unfolds during the civil war. Pink brings say home to georgia, where he and his mother, moe moe bay nurse say.
Pink and say is a childrens book written and illustrated by patricia polacco. Pink takes say back to his home his masters house where he and his mother help to nurse say back to health. Part of our investing philosophy is the belief that daniel pink and anders ericsson. Pinks autonomy, mastery and purpose framework from. The seemingly impossible friendship depicted in this story between two young soldiers will also spark your students natural curiosity. I wonder who are the marauders and why everyone is afraid of them. Your students will naturally ask questions about this time in our nations history. Pink brings say home to georgia, where he and his mother, moe moe bay nurse say back to health.
Also, please print out a copy of your answers and give to me immediatly. Daily reading journal go beyond a simple book report. As you read the story stop a few times and talk about how your thinking has changed through the story. Pink finds say wounded on a battlefield and pulls him to safety at his mothers home. The first 5 class periods are dedicated to reading pink and say and other books about the civil war. Pink and say 1 pink and say patricia polacco when sheldon russell curtis told this story to his daughter, rosa, she kept every word in her heart and was to retell it many times over in her long lifetime.
Pink and say this lesson includes graphic organizers, vocabulary words, postreading writing activities, and related websites to assist student research. See more ideas about teaching, author studies and patricia polacco. It is a really simple process that i started for several reasons. Say is released months later, ill and undernourished, but pink is never released, and polacco reports that he was hanged that very first day because he was black. Free pink and say worksheets and literature unit for. Talk about your author what did you find out during your research. Pink and say is a true story about friendships during the civil war that was handed down to the author, patricia polacco. Either download the pink and say super pack or this individual word work package to access lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets that directly tie word study to your classroom.
Pink, an africanamerican yankee soldier, rescues say, a white yankee soldier, after he was wounded on the battlefield. Then, confederate soldiers raid the house and differences in how black and white people are treated become clear. Pink and say is set during the civil war and tells the story of two fifteenyearold union soldiersone black and one white. They will also compile a list of important words and. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Sheldon curtis say, a union soldier, and pinkus aylee pink, a union soldier in the 48th colored regiment. Pink and say are captured by confederate soldiers and brought to the notorious andersonville prison camp. In this exclusive heleo conversation, management expert daniel pink collaborative fund. In this worksheet, your student will learn about this historic network. Pink and say is a heartwarming yet heartwrenching story of two young boys who both are serving in the union army.