Subject: ELA

CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.6, RI.3.8

Skills: ELA; Informational Text: Predicting Patterns of Movement Synthesizing of Text, Key Details, Vocabulary, Classifying, & Text Features

Description: This half day lesson plan is broken down into 4 separate segments (45-60 minutes each) addressing several ELA standards using printable Informational Text: “Bounce! Roll! Slide! Predicting Patterns of Movement” by Jennifer Kaul. Your students will use close reading comprehension techniques (RI.3.1-3.4, 3.6, 3.8).

CCSS: RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, RI.5.4, RI.5.6, RI.5.7, RI.5.8

Skills: ELA; Informational Text: Changes in Matter, Synthesizing of Text, Key Details, Vocabulary, Classifying, & Text Features

Description: This half day lesson plan is broken down into 3 separate segments (45-60 minutes each) addressing several ELA standards using the printable text “Abracadabra! Changes in Matter” by Jennifer Kaul. Your students will use close reading comprehension techniques to practice synthesizing, key details, vocabulary, classifying, and text features (RI.5.1-5.4, 5.6-5.8).

CCSS: 1.RI.1, 1.RI.2, 1.RI.3, 1.RI.4, 1.W.2

Skills: Read complex text and answer text-dependent questions in order to identify the main idea and key details, Compare and Contrast information in the text, Classify/Sort ...

Description: In this half day Informational Text ELA lesson related to NGSS 1.PS (divided into 3 segments), 1st graders will read complex text and answer text-dependent questions in order to identify the main idea and key details, compare and contrast information in the text, classify/sort different devices based on different time periods and have the opportunity to create their own communication device.

CCSS: 1-ESS1-2, 1.RI.1, 1.RI.2, 1.RI.4, 1.RI.5, 1.RI.7

Skills: Based on the NGSS 1.ESS1-2, Students discover concepts about seasons and the sun (rotate and revolve) using complex text and text dependent questions, diagrams, drawing, ...

Description: In this half day lesson plan, divided into 3 segments, 1st grade students will discover concepts about seasons and the sun (rotate and revolve) based on the NGSS 1.ESS1-2 using diagrams, drawing, labeling, chanting and collaborative discussions.

CCSS: RL.K.5, RL.K.1, RL.K.2, SL.K.5

Skills: Narrative Literature: Recognize common types of narrative texts (RL.K.5), with prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a narrative text (RL.K.1), ...

Description: Kinder students will discover different aspects of a narrative including an understanding of characters. By  asking and answering questions, and drawing images students will identify key details and retell the story in their own words.  In addition, they will have the opportunity to "write" their own narratives.

CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.6, & RI.4.8

Skills: Synthesizing of Text, Key Details, Vocabulary, Compare & Contrast, Text Features, & Summarizing

Description: Fourth Grade half day of ELA lesson plans containing 4 independent lessons based around a physical science Informational Text. These lessons include: close reading comprehension techniques (RI.4.1-4.6, 4.8), identify key details and vocabulary, comparing and contrasting activity, creating headings for an informational text, writing a summary, and Bingo review game to show understanding of the text.