Subject: Informational

Skills: Practice close reading comprehension techniques Participate in collaborative conversations around details of photographs Identify the topic of a text, retell key details and create diagrams ...

Description: Perfect for English Language Learners, this fully scripted bundle of 3 separate ELA lesson plans based around an Informational Life Science text, “The Parts of a Plant,” by Jennifer Kaul. Your students will:

• Practice close reading comprehension techniques
• Participate in collaborative conversations around details of photographs
• Identify the topic of a text, retell key details and create diagrams of a plant.

CCSS: RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.4, RI.1.5

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Create headings for the text in order ...

Description: Teaching writing skills through powerful and engaging informational science texts is the way to go!  In this  1 hour fully scripted  Informational Life Science lesson, your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Create headings for the text in order to infer the main ideas
• Write a summary  and produce a creative writing assignment based on text

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

Skills: Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames Practice identifying key details, determining the meaning ...

Description: Engaging readers in literacy skills via science texts is engaging and purposeful! In this 1 hour fully scripted close read  of the Earth Science text  “Winter Survival” your students will:

• Work with partners to collaborate, ask and answer text dependent questions with the support of strategic sentence frames
• Practice identifying key details, determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary, and classifying information
• Classify three animal species and how they survive winter using a graphic organizer

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

Skills: Participate in a collaborative and active close reading lesson by asking and answering questions text dependent questions with the support of sentence frames Use context ...

Description: Using informational text to teach reading and comprehension skills is engaging and fun!  In this 4th Grade Fourth Grade bundle of lesson (4 independent lessons)  based around an Informational Life Science text, “Winter Survival,” by Jennifer Kaul your students will:

• Participate in a collaborative and active close reading lesson by asking and answering questions text dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
• Use context clues to determine meaning of unknown words
• Identify key details and classify information by creating headings
• Write a summary  and produce a creative writing assignment based on text

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

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: Building reading for meaning, this 1 hour fully scripted close reading lesson is based on an 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
  • 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.4.8

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