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One Candle Resource Set
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Preview the Resources Download the Resources Buy the Book- Grade Level: 2
- Guided Reading Level: M
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Summary
One Candle by Eve Bunting
One Candle is the story of a family’s Hanukkah tradition. Every year, Grandma and Great Aunt Rose tell the story of how they risked their lives to secretly honor Hanukkah while imprisoned during the Holocaust. This story will support early readers in making connections, visualizing, asking questions, determining importance and synthesizing.
Teach with One Candle by Eve Bunting
Get everything you need to deliver meaningful reading instruction using One Candle by Eve Bunting
- Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
- Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Contractions
- Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
- Running Record Assessment
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
- Answer Keys
- Complete Common Core Alignment
- and More!
CCSS Alignment
TEKS Alignment
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One Candle Resource Set
Asking Questions with One Candle
One Candle is a smart selection for students who are working to ask questions to improve reading comprehension. The story is about Hanukkah and the Holocaust. One or both of these themes will be unfamiliar to most children, so they will naturally wonder and ask questions to elaborate on the text.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.1c SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13A 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6E 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C
Determining Importance with One Candle
This story within a story text structure spans generations. Readers will have to practice focusing on the main message to determine which details are the most important to accurately summarize.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.5 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6E 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8A 2.8C 2.9C
Making Connections with One Candle
One Candle is ideal for a lesson on making connections. Students will deepen their understanding by making text-to-self connections to their own family’s history and traditions. More advanced readers can also apply previous knowledge from other readings to make connections to the history of the Holocaust.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C
Synthesizing with One Candle
Using One Candle as an anchor text, students will need to demonstrate their ability to apply multiple comprehension strategies to shape their opinions and understanding of the events and characters throughout the story.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.4 RL.2.5 RL.2.6 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6H 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C
Visualizing with One Candle
The author of One Candle uses detailed language to depict the scenes of this story, which will help readers identify new words that support their ability to visualize. Readers can also check their mental images against the soft illustrations in the book.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.3 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.10C 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6D 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C
One Candle Extension Activity
The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
One Candle Running Record
Use this "done for you" Running Record to assess oral reading fluency of One Candle. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.
One Candle Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of One Candle.
Student Resources in Spanish
This set of Spanish student facing resources includes comprehension strategy practice pages, reader's notebook prompts (complete with Spanish Common Core "I Can" statements), and extension activities for use with One Candle by Eve Bunting. These resources are intended to be used with the lesson plans included in the Super Pack for this book.
One Candle Word Work - Contractions
If you use One Candle as an anchor text for reading comprehension, you can take advantage of your students’ framework and directly tie in word story as well. This book is a good resource for teaching a phonics lesson about contractions. You can find these lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets in your Super Pack, or download the individual Word Work package now.
Common Core Alignment:
RF.2.3 RF.2.4
TEKS Alignment:
2.2A(iii) 2.2A(iv) 2.2B(i) 2.2B(iii) 2.2B(iv) 2.2C(i) 2.2C(iii)
One Candle Vocabulary Connections
Your students will enhance their enjoyment and understanding of One Candle if they’re prepared for new vocabulary introduced in this text. And this classroom-ready Vocabulary Builder has everything you need. Download the individual Vocabulary Builder or the Super Pack for fun, productive activities that support Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary growth.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.4a L.2.5a L.2.6
TEKS Alignment:
2.3A 2.3B 2.3D 2.7E 2.7F
TEKS Alignment
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