Depth and Complexity Novel Study for The Sign of the Beaver
4.9 (472 reviews)Reading and Responding to The Sign of the Beaver with Depth and Complexity! Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Elizabeth George Speare’s The Sign of The Beaver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to…
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 24
- Answer key
- Not Included
- Teaching duration
- 4 Weeks
- Digital download
Description
Reading and Responding to The Sign of the Beaver with Depth and Complexity!
Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Elizabeth George Speare’s The Sign of The Beaver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related “Core Question”. All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in multiple ways, and encourage textual support from the book.
This teaching tool can be applied in multiple ways…
*”Expert Group” Sharing
*”Jig Saw” Activity
*Whole-Class “Shared Reading”
*”Think-Pair-Shares”
*”Literature Circle” Activity
*Writing Prompts
*Assessments
➡FREE Depth and Complexity Posters
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IMPORTANT: This resource has recently been reformatted. Please read through the product description carefully and download the preview to see exactly what is included.
This resource was created based on the Depth and Complexity framework, which was developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement: 1996
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Reviews
Showing 26–30 of 46 reviews
Loved the resource but please change the answer for C and D around for the practice assessment number 4. Ick is the answer but that is letter D and my students picked up on the bad word it made.
Several Errors
I haven't used this product in a long time and as I was going through it, I found several errors. There are 2 choices or wrong choices in quite a few. I would suggest that you go through all of them to see if there are 2 options that are both correct and a few of them have the answers in the wrong order.
I was looking forward to using this resource. I was disappointed to find that although it claims to be for a full week, it is actually only 4 pages per week. If I want to use the 5th day resource, it requires purchasing yet another product by the creator. That should be stated up front. I am now forced to decide to either waste my money and not use the product at all, or spend even more money for the day 5 activities.
I didn't find this resource made for distance teaching. It's more like the other products made for in-person teaching. I was not really happy with the purchase, because I thought that with the title it was more complete in the PowerPoint when it was not.
This resource was a bit complicated and I did not feel that it made it easy to use for 5th grade. I used it a few times, but I wish it would be 100% aligned with common core requirements, which I feel it was not
Questions & Answers (9)
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What detalla does the author include that help you get to know the character Matt?
By chance do you have an answer key for this wonderful resource? I know there could be multiple answers but some samples would be extremely helpful. Thank you!
Hello. Due to the open-ended nature of these novel studies, answer keys are not provided. These questions are designed to be answered in multiple and even conflicting ways.
Is there a way I can make it a fillable document for distance learning? I love your product and want to use it online with my students this year.
Thank you!
Hi Susanne,
I am not sure. I know you can use notability, which will allow students to annotate them.
Hello
Do you have this for the novel Island of the Blue Dolphins
Hello! No I don’t have one for that book.
If purchased, are you able to provide an editable version? I would like for my students to answer these questions digitally through google classroom.
Hello! I do not offer an editable version. However, you are more than welcome to use the PDF in annotation apps (such as notability).
By any chance will you be making one of these for The Wizard of Oz? Thank you for your consideration.
Hello! I don't have plans for this title, but I will add it to my list.
Love the use of the icons! Do you also have a CCSS alignment for this resource?
Thanks, Jennifer. I do not have a CCSS alignment for this. Sorry.
Hello, I'm interested in purchasing your Depth and Complexity Novel Guides. Please tell me what the icons represent and how they are to be used. Thanks so much!
Hi There! The icons are based on Sandra Kaplan and Bette Gould's Depth and Complexity Framework. Please email me at GotToTeach[at]iCloud[dot]com and I would be happy to forward you some information on it. You can also check out http://jtayloreducation.com for more information.
Does this have a vocabulary component?
Hello. No this doesn't not come with a vocabulary component. Thank you for your interest.
