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Trombone Shorty Resource Set
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- Grade Level: 4
- Guided Reading Level: R
- Genre: Autobiography
Summary
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
Children will make an immediate connection with Trombone Shorty’s autobiography. As a young boy, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews spent his time like most children do, playing with friends and family. But unlike many children, he always had a trombone in his hand. This engaging story about a passionate boy will intrigue students to work with the text. Readers will find opportunities to make predictions, practice visualizing, understanding text structure, and summarizing the story.
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- Running Record Assessment
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Trombone Shorty Resource Set
Making Connections with Trombone Shorty
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.2 RI.4.7 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6E 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G
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Making Predictions with Trombone Shorty
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.2 RI.4.9 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6C 4.6E 4.6G 4.6H 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.8B 4.8C
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Retelling and Summarizing with Trombone Shorty
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.3 RI.4.8 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6G 4.6H 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.8A 4.8B 4.8C
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Understanding Text Structure with Trombone Shorty
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.5 RI.4.7 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.10B 4.10C 4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6I 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.8A 4.9F
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Visualizing with Trombone Shorty
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.2 RI.4.9 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.10C 4.10D 4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6D 4.6E 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7E 4.7F
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Trombone Shorty Extension Activity
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Trombone Shorty Running Record
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Trombone Shorty Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Trombone Shorty Word Work - Contractions
Common Core Alignment:
RF.4.3 RF.4.4
TEKS Alignment:
4.2A(i) 4.2A(ii) 4.2B(i)
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Trombone Shorty Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.4a L.4.5c L.4.6
TEKS Alignment:
4.3A 4.3B 4.7E 4.7F
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