Description

When I was Young in the Mountain by Cynthia Rylant is the autobiography about Cynthia Rylant’s childhood. It describes life in West Virginia and the coal miner’s life. This unit includes before/during/after activities for the book in PDF and Digital for Google Slides TM.

HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THE WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS UNIT?

I suggest that you use the activities for skill modeling and practice. You can also use them with the book in guided reading, for partner work, or in stations. If you are tutoring, these options provide practice for reading and rereading which we know helps build fluency. They’re great for one-to-one devices too.

WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS UNIT?

• Prereading Schema Builder
• Vocabulary Organizer and word cards
• Making Connections
• Making Comparisons between life today and Cynthia Rylant’s childhood
• Four Square Thinking Map
• Story Elements including theme
• Summarizing
• Questioning Task Cards and Response Sheet
• Story plot
• Writing activities (Class Book)
• and a culminating project.

These activities would work well as part of an author study of Cynthia Rylant, as a class read aloud to model strategies for younger readers, and with partner reading too. BE SURE TO OPEN THE PREVIEW LINK PROVIDED.

OTHER CYNTHIA RYLANT RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:

• Henry and Mudge Bundle
• In November
• Scarecrow
• When I was Young in the Mountain
• Silver Packages
• Christmas in the Country
• The Great Gracie Chase
• Snow
• All in a Day
• All I See

GET THEM ALL:

• Cynthia Rylant Author Study including units for 10 books

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Melissa D. says, “My students loved this lesson. Talking about history and comparing and contrasting how people lived and shopped then versus now was so beneficial for my students. This story was perfect for that!!! This tool was fabulous and easy to modify for my lower learners. ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kreisa D. says, “This is JUST what I was looking for. I’m so excited to print it and use this year after year. Thanks!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shelly Rose says, “Great comprehension resource. My kids loved all of the activities. Thanks!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ For the Love of Library (TpT Seller) says, “Wonderful activities to go with a great book!”

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