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Skills: Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames Analyze details, make inferences Practice  the skill of comparing ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this  1 hour  fully scripted “Closer Looking” lesson is based on an analysis of photographs.  We learn to infer from pictures first! Students will:

• Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
• Analyze and draw inferences about photographs of an unknown location
• Produce a "book"; which includes: cause and effect, vocabulary, and key details
• Practice  the skill of comparing and contrasting

CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.3, RI.3.7, & SL.3.1, SL.3.2, SL.3.3

Skills: Participate in guided, collaborative conversations using sentence frames Identify the topic of a text  and retell key details Create diagrams of a plant.

Description: Perfect for English Language Learners, this fully scripted ELA lesson plan is based around an Informational Life Science text, “The Parts of a Plant,” by Jennifer Kaul. Your students will:

• Participate in guided, collaborative conversations using sentence frames
• Identify the topic of a text  and retell key details
• Create diagrams of a plant.

CCSS: RI.1.2 & RI.1.5

Skills: Practice close reading comprehension techniques Participate in collaborative conversations around details of photographs and text to determine meanings of unknown words

Description: Perfect for English Language Learners, this fully scripted ELA lesson plan is based around an Informational Life Science text, “The Parts of a Plant,” by Jennifer Kaul. Your students will:

• Practice close reading comprehension techniques
• Participate in collaborative conversations with sentence frames to determine meanings of unknown words

CCSS: RI.1.4

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Create headings for the text in order ...

Description: Teaching writing skills through powerful and engaging informational science texts is the way to go!  In this  1 hour fully scripted  Informational Life Science lesson, your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Create headings for the text in order to infer the main ideas
• Write a summary  and produce a creative writing assignment based on text

CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, & RI.3.8

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Practice identifying key details, determining the meaning ...

Description: Engaging readers in literacy skills via science texts is engaging and purposeful! In this 1 hour fully scripted close read  of the Earth Science text  “Winter Survival” your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Practice identifying key details, determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary, and classifying information
• Classify three animal species and how they survive winter using a graphic organizer

CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Ask and answer text dependent questions ...

Description: Building reading for meaning, this 1 hour fully scripted close reading lesson is based on an informational Life Science text, “A Polar Bear’s Body,” by Jennifer Kaul. Your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order to...
  • Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues
  • Infer to create headings in order to write a summary
  • Play a bingo game reinforcing their understanding of the information

CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, & RI.4.8