Subject: ELA

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Brainstorm, plan and write their own informational ...

Description: We learn to infer from pictures first!  Perfect for multilingual children learning English, this 3rd Grade bundle of lessons (4 independent lessons 30-60 minutes each) is based around analysis of photographs and 2 informational texts.   Your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Brainstorm, plan and write their own informational "book"
• Participate in a science connection activity
• Write a Haiku poem based on glaciers and ice cubes

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

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: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills, this literary bundle of lesson plans (4 separate segments 30-60 minutes each) is perfect to nurture oracy, fluency and comprehension!  Using the historical poem, "Star Spangled Banner," by Francis Scott Key that includes an historical explanation 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 synthesize, summarize and infer
• Write a "book"  to demonstrate their understanding of poetic literary features forms and devices

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.5.6

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Use context clues to determine the ...

Description: Developing thoughtful, purposeful close reading lessons can be challenging!  We did the work for you! In this 1 hour fully scripted poetry lesson based on the historical poem, "Star Spangled Banner," by Francis Scott Key your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer the purpose of the poem
• Discover the ways poets use author's craft and text organization to support understanding

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6 & RL.5.1, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.5.6

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Use context clues to determine the ...

Description: Supporting our students in summarizing anything can be so challenging!  In this engaging 1 hour fully scripted close read of the historical poem, "Star Spangled Banner", by Francis Scott Key your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer
• Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the poem in order to capture the main idea

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4

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: Honing 4th grade students' skills to determine the truly "key details", summarize the information and determine the message/moral can be challenging at best!  In this engaging and interactive fully scripted 1 hour lesson, 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
  • Collaborate with peers to determine the central message or moral
  • Write a summary

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Use context clues to determine the ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this is a 1 hour fully scripted myth lesson incorporates scaffolds and supports for student in oral language production and collaborative partner work.  Using the myth "Narcissus" your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Focus on determining key details and sequence of events
• Create a graphic novel demonstrating their understanding of main events and sequential order

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3