Subject: ELA

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Create a graphic novel demonstrating their understanding ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this is a 1 hour fully scripted fable lesson incorporates scaffolds and supports for students by integrating drawing and sentence frames for oral language production and collaborative partner work.  Your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Create a graphic novel demonstrating their understanding of  sequencing, character analysis/qualities as well as identifying the moral/lesson

CCSS: RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3 & RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Determine the meanings of unknown words using ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual learners, this fable lesson supports oral language development with strategic use of sentence frames and collaborative work.  Your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Determine the meanings of unknown words using context clues
• Determine key details, and identify the central message/moral

CCSS: RL.3.1 RL.3.2,RL.3.3, RL.3.4 & RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Sequence the key details in the text ...

Description: Building reading for meaning, this 1 hour fully scripted close reading lesson based on an informational text “Kid Apps”, provides multiple scaffolds and supports for multilingual students learning English.  Your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Sequence the key details in the text
• Apply their learning by creating their own kid "app" idea

CCSS: RI.3.1,RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.8 & RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.8

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames in order to... Practice using context clues ...

Description: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills, this informational text bundle of lesson plans (4 separate segments 45-60 minutes each) is perfect for your 3rd or 4th graders!  Using the text, "Kid Apps" your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames in order to...
  • Practice using context clues to determine meaning of unknown words
  • Synthesize key details in the text using text features
  • Summarize and apply their learning by designing their own "app"

CCSS: RI.3.1-3.5, 3.8 & RI.4.1-4.5, 4.8

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Use context clues to determine the meaning ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 3rd Grade 1 hour  fully scripted “Closer Looking”  and close reading lesson is based on an analysis of photographs and text.  We learn to infer from pictures first!  Your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words and analyze for key details
• Write a "book" that demonstrates their understanding of cause & effect and key details from the text

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

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames in order to... Practice using context clues ...

Description: Integrating science standards and learning into the teaching of reading is the way to go! In this 3rd Grade fully scripted 1 hour lesson based an informational text "The Mendenhall Glacier".  Your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames in order to...
  • Practice using context clues to determine meaning of unknown words
  • Synthesize key details in the text
  • Determine causes & effects
  • Create a visual comparison of glaciers and ice cubes

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