Home Plan - [JG3-L1-U1-LC1-5 Community – Education – Ms Pinkerville You’re Our Star]

The document discusses a story about Ms. Pinkerville, a beloved teacher known for her unconventional teaching methods. Despite struggling with singing, the students show their appreciation for her through a series of events where her talent show performance goes poorly, leading to her decision to stop singing. However, the students, along with the townspeople, organize a surprise to show their love and support for Ms. Pinkerville, leading to a heartwarming moment where she feels appreciated and might reconsider singing. Furthermore, it includes sections on teaching descriptive writing, providing examples, exercises, and feedback to guide students in improving their writing skills.

Contents

• Pages 1—14: Ms. Pinkerville’s teaching.
• Pages 15—25: Ms. Pinkerville’s singing.
• Pages 26—38: Students miss teacher.
• Pages 39—60: Descriptive paragraph revision.
• Pages 61—68: Sarah’s writing feedback

The section discusses a story about a teacher named Ms. Pinkerville, who is loved by everyone for her unconventional ways of teaching and making learning enjoyable. The story highlights an incident where Ms. Pinkerville, known for her talent in various activities, struggles with singing, despite her love for it. The students, despite their admiration for her, do not enjoy her singing. The section emphasizes understanding the text, analyzing illustrations, and focuses on the characters and events in the story. It also mentions the main learning objectives, teaching strategies, and the reader’s engagement with the text through questions and activities.

The section describes Ms. Pinkerville singing loudly, causing the principal to push the lunch bell button even though it was early. Ms. Pinkerville’s students comment on her singing, deciding not to tell her it is bad to avoid making her feel awful. However, the children are unaware that the situation is about to worsen. The text then transitions to Ms. Pinkerville being excited about potentially becoming a pop star and participating in a talent show. Ultimately, Ms. Pinkerville performs poorly on the show, coming in last place, which leaves her looking sad according to Mary Lynn.

In this section of the document, Ms. Pinkerville’s students express their desire to have their fun teacher back. Mary Lynn comes up with a plan and invites everyone to her house with their parents. When Ms. Pinkerville returns to school, she looks different, wearing ordinary clothes and not engaging in any fun activities. She expresses that she has learned her lesson and will stop singing. The students, with the help of the townspeople, organize a surprise for Ms. Pinkerville at Mary Lynn’s house. They sing a song for her, express their love, and tell her they appreciate her just the way she is. Ms. Pinkerville is touched and reacts positively, suggesting that she might continue singing. This section highlights the students’ efforts to help their teacher regain her sense of fun and the resolution of the story as Ms. Pinkerville is shown love and appreciation.

This section of the document discusses elements of writing a descriptive paragraph. It provides examples of a draft written by Sarah about the school art room and guides students on revising their drafts by focusing on using sensory details, employing exact words, and including a closing sentence. The document also includes questions to help students add more descriptive elements to their paragraph, such as what they can see in an art room, how they feel when creating art, and if they listen to music while working. Through examples and practice exercises, students are encouraged to revise their drafts for improved descriptive writing.

This section of the document provides feedback on a student, Sarah’s, writing piece. It discusses whether Sarah included a topic sentence and a closing sentence in her writing, if she used sensory details, and if she used exact words. The feedback also includes tips for understanding methods of revising a draft. Additionally, there are reminders and recommendations for completing writing tasks and picking suitable readers for reading practice in the classroom.