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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Sideways Stories from Wayside School

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Use Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Sideways Stories from Wayside School is a wacky collection of stories about a class of students at an extraordinary school. While readers will be able to relate to some of the personality characteristics of the students, the events of the story are unlike anything they have experienced in real life. This Book Club resource encourages students to use the story's unusual details to ask and answer questions and make logical inferences to increase comprehension.
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Instructional Overview

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The instructional overview includes instructional background for asking and answering questions, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to the Sideways Stories from Wayside School Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.3.5W.3.8RL.3.6L.3.4aRL.3.7L.3.5bRL.3.9L.3.6RL.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4RL.3.1SL.3.1cRL.3.2SL.3.1dRL.3.3SL.3.2RL.3.4SL.3.3
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7E3.9D(ii)3.6D3.10F3.7F3.9D(iii)3.6E3.10G3.7G3.9E(i)3.6F3.13A3.8A3.9E(ii)3.6G3.13C3.8B3.1A3.9E(iii)3.6H3.13E3.8C3.1C3.9F3.6I3.13H3.8D3.1D3.10A3.7A3.9A3.1E3.10B3.7B3.9B3.6A3.10C3.7C3.9C3.6B3.10D3.7D3.9D(i)3.6C3.10E
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Management Resources

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The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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Meeting 1

When students ask questions before, during, and after reading, it helps them understand the text better. Using Louis Sachar's, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, students can practice fine tuning their asking and answering questions skills while enjoying the outlandish story.
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Meeting 2

This Sideways Stories from Wayside School Book Club meeting focuses on learning about two types of questions; thin and thick. Readers will learn to easily differentiate the two types of questions by identifying the role that each type plays in understanding the text.
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Meeting 3

With so many crazy turns in the text, students will have many opportunities to find answers to their thin questions using Louis Sachar's Sideways Stories from Wayside School. A graphic organizer is introduced to assist students with keeping track of their thinking.
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Meeting 4

In order for students to answer thick questions about Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar, they will have to dig deeper into text and analyze the story. Students will continue their use of a graphic organizer and citing the text as they ask and answer questions.
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Meeting 5

When answering thick questions, students may need to use the text and their prior knowledge to make logical inferences. This Sideways Stories from Wayside School Book Club meeting guides readers through the process of making inferences to answer questions while reading.
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Meeting 6

This final Book Club meeting for Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar provides students the opportunity to use their favorite character to practice the asking and answering questions skills they have gained through participation in this Book Club.
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Vocabulary Connections with Sideways Stories from Wayside School

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Vocabulary Connections with Sideways Stories from Wayside School

This set of vocabulary development resources for Sideways Stories from Wayside School highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.3.6L.3.4aL.3.5b
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7E3.7F3.3A3.3B
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Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with asking and answering questions.
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Comprehension Assessment with Sideways Stories from Wayside School

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Comprehension Assessment with Sideways Stories from Wayside School

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of Sideways Stories from Wayside School and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.
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Running Record with Sideways Stories from Wayside School

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Running Record with Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Sideways Stories from Wayside School. 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.

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Management Resources - Spanish

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The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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About the Book

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Title: Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Author: Louis Sachar
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9781408812464
Publisher's Summary:
There has been a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to have been built with thirty classrooms all next to each other in a row. Instead it was built with the thirty classrooms all on top of each other - thirty storeys high! That may be why all kinds of strange stuff happens at Wayside School. Especially on the thirtieth floor. It is a school full of unusual characters too. Mrs Gorf, the meanest teacher in the world. Terrible Todd who always gets sent home early. John who can only read upside down. It is a crazy mixed-up school, brilliantly brought to life by the irresistible Louis Sachar.
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