Subject: Informational

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, 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: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Determine headings for the text by ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 1 hour ELA lesson is full of scaffolds and supports to encourage the development of strong collaborative discussion habits.  Your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Determine headings for the text by summarizing the main ideas
• Create a crossword puzzle that demonstrates an understanding of the informational text

CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5

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: Teaching reading skills through powerful and engaging informational texts is the way to go!  In this 1 hour fully scripted 4th grade 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...
  • Use context clues to define unknown words
  • Determine primary cause and significant effects 

CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5

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 informational text bundle of fully scripted lesson plans (4 separate segments 45-60 minutes each) is perfect for your 4th graders!  Based on an informational text, “Breaker Boys: A Light at the End of the Tunnel” by Jen 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 determine primary cause and significant effects 
• Determine headings for the text by summarizing the main ideas
• Create a crossword puzzle that demonstrates an understanding of the informational text

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