Shared Lesson Plans and Strategies

The Sign of the Beaver
Grade 5 Core Literature Unit by Jennifer Knox and Melinda Basore

  1. Sign of the Beaver Unit Cover Sheet - by Jennifer Knox and Melinda Basore. (RTF File)
  2. Sign of the Beaver Lesson 1 - "Making Connections Before You Read" by Jennifer Knox and Melinda Basore. (RTF File)
  3. Sign of the Beaver Lesson 2 - "What Were They Thinking?" by Jennifer Knox and Melinda Basore. (RTF File)
  4. Sign of the Beaver Lesson 3 - "Let's Tie It All Together" by Jennifer Knox and Melinda Basore. (RTF File)
  5. Sign of the Beaver Rubric - Grading rubric and final assessment sheet by Jennifer Knox and Melinda Basore. (RTF File)
  6. Sign of the Beaver Vocabulary PowerPoint - A PowerPoint presentation to introduce student vocabulary by Jennifer Knox and Melinda Basore. (PPT File).
  7. "Colors of the Wind" - This file must be placed in the same folder as the PowerPoint file. It is from the Walt Disney Soundtrack Album "Pocahontas" - You should own the soundtrack to use the song. (MP3 File)

Project T.R.A.D.I.T.I.O.N.
MaryAnn Salinger - Project Director
E-mail at: msalinger@nvusd.k12.ca.us