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Roald Dahl Matilda Lesson Plans Unit PlanRoald Dahl Matilda Lesson Plans Unit Plan
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Roald Dahl
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3rd - 7th
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Science
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28 days
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2019
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Roald Dahl Matilda Lesson Plans

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Fifty eye-catching pages contain six lessons about Roald Dahl's novel, Matilda. Each lesson has a theme and covers a different subject—literacy, social-emotional learning, science, and geography. Scholars analyze characters, examine traits, practice empathy, identify various forces, design an invention, describe a creature's features, and compute averages.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

roald dahl, children's literature, reading, responding to reading, responding to literature, social-emotional learning, Social & Emotional Learning, bravery, resilience, character analysis, role models, empathy, book analysis, literary analysis, story analysis, force, motion, design, engineering, inventions, making observations, observational skills, averages, mean, median

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a Matilda-themed focus wall that highlights the unit's themes, offers information for reference while working, and showcases finished products
  • Plan your day by subject and input the corresponding lesson at that time

Classroom Considerations

  • Copies look best in color
  • Each lesson includes several tasks and requires a variety of materials

Pros

  • A table of contents lists specific lesson components alongside corresponding book page excerpts
  • Features a variety of learning experiences that cater to multiple intelligences

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.6 RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.4.6 RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.6 RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.6.3 RL.6.6 RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.7.3 RL.7.6 6.SP.B.5.c

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