First Chapter Friday Listening Sketch Notes, Grades 5-8

Sketch-note pages for First Chapter Friday, so students can keep track of a first chapter by drawing and jotting while you read aloud. They work with any book you own, and the lesson shows students how to sketch fast without missing the story.

What's inside

• 12 slides, with speaker notes on every slide
• Lesson plan, 2 pages: 40-minute sequence keyed to slide numbers, a 30-minute short version and a Watch For list
• Sample first chapter, 1 page: a made-up chapter written for this lesson, for you to read aloud
• Student pages, 4 pages: How to Sketch-Note a Chapter (with the icon key), Story Strip, Center Frame and From Sketch to Sentences
• Rubric and look-for key, 1 page, with one scored model
• Print All PDF, 8 pages: the lesson plan, sample chapter, student pages and rubric together

Answer key included

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