Subject: ELA

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: Multilingual learners feel supported with guided collaborative conversations using sentence frames to demonstrate their understanding of this complex read based around Life Science Standards.  Using the 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
  • Classify information in order to demonstrate understanding of the text

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

Skills: Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues Classify information, infer to create headings in order to write a summary ...

Description: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills, this informational text bundle of 4 fully scripted lesson plans (45-60 minutes each) is perfect for your 4th graders!  Using the 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
  • Classify information, 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.4.4, RI.4.5, & RI.4.8

Skills: Collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions using sentence frames Make connections between a series of scientific ideas

Description: Building our students' ability to infer, analyze and collaborate with informational text is fun for 2nd graders!  Using a printable Informational Life Science text, “Pollination: A Dance from Plant to Plant,” by Jennifer Kaul, your students will:

• Collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions using sentence frames
• Make connections between a series of scientific ideas

CCSS: RI.2.3

Skills: Use a photo to collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions Practice analyzing  and drawing inferences

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 2nd Grade 1 hour fully scripted ELA lesson uses photos about pollination to teach comprehension and inference.  Your students will:

• Use a photo to collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions
• Practice analyzing  and drawing inferences

CCSS: RI.2.1, R.I.2.7, SL.2.1, & SL.2.2

Skills: Use a photo to collaborate, ask and answer text evidence questions  in order to draw inferences Make connections between a Series of Scientific Ideas (Sequence) ...

Description: We learn to infer from pictures first!  Remember  the saying "a picture is worth 1 thousand words"?  In this fully scripted 3 lesson bundle (30-60 minutes each)  on the topic of pollination, your multi-lingual learners experience success with the skills of inference and analysis.  Your students will:

• Use a photo to collaborate, ask and answer text evidence questions  in order to draw inferences
• Make connections between a Series of Scientific Ideas (Sequence)
• Writing using strong supporting details

CCSS: (RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.3, RI.2.6, RI.2.7), (W.2.2), & (SL.2.1 & SL.2.2)

Skills: Collaborate in close reading discussions by asking and answering text dependent questions with peers Determine plot elements, key details and analyze characters Write a short ...

Description: Engage your 3rd graders in learning to write a strong narrative text by analyzing a mentor text! In this 1 hour fully scripted lesson based on the text "The Day I Faced my Biggest Fear", your students will:

• Collaborate in close reading discussions by asking and answering text dependent questions with peers
• Determine plot elements, key details and analyze characters
• Write a short narrative demonstrating understanding of plot elements and characters

CCSS: RL.3.3 & W.3.3