“A Polar Bear’s Body” Informational Life Science: Key Details, Vocabulary & Classifying

4th Grade • 1 Lesson Plan

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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Informational

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

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 in order to...
- Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues
- Classify information in order to demonstrate understanding of the text

Materials Needed:

Blank & lined pieces of paper
Pencil & crayons/colored pencils
Document camera or whiteboard.

Printable Resources: Required:

copies of Informational Text: “A Polar Bear’s Body” by Jennifer Kaul (1 per student)
“Classifying Design” graphic organizer (1 per student -or-use document camera for students to copy)

CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, & RI.4.4

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Integrating science standards and learning into the teaching of reading is the way to go! We have so little time to get everything done. In this 1 hour lesson that incorporates Life Science Standards, 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
- Classify information in order to demonstrate understanding of the text

This lesson addresses Fourth Grade Life Science NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards):

LS1.A: Structure and Function Plants and animals have both internal and external structures that serve various functions in growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction. (4-LS1-1)

**Purchasing both this 1 hour and the ELA Bundle: “A Polar Bear’s Body” Informational Life Science Bundle,” will result in duplicated content.