“Your Voice from Here to There: How Phones Work” Informational Physical Science Bundle

Lesson Plan Description

Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this series of lessons includes strategic scaffolding with sentence frames for building vocabulary in physical science through collaborative conversations. Using the text “Your Voice From Here To There” by Jen Kaul, your students will:

• Segment 1: Develop vocabulary and understanding through strategic partner talk in order to practice moving from a literal interpretation of informational text to evaluation and synthesis by asking and answering text dependent questions
• Segment 2: Practice the skill of compare and contrast (landlines and cell phones) with evidence from the text
• Segment 3: Use key details to create  headings  and write a summary
• Segment 4: Demonstrate understanding of the informational text on how phones work with a fun Bingo review game.

These lessons align with the NGSS PS4.C:

• Information Technologies and Instrumentation Digitized information can be transmitted over long distances without significant degradation. High-tech devices, such as computers or cell phones, can receive and decode information—convert it from digitized form to voice—and vice versa. (4-PS4-3)

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days.