Subject: Informational

Skills: Ask and answer questions about the text, cause and effect, problem solution Practice identifying and reading unknown words Create a pledge to the Earth Real ...

Description: Perfect for English Language Learners, this Kindergarten bundle of 3 ELA lesson plans (30-45 minutes each) based on a printable Informational Life Science book, Actions that Help and Hurt by Jennifer Kaul. Students will:

•  Ask and answer questions about the text, cause and effect, problem solution
• Practice identifying and reading unknown words
• Create a pledge to the Earth
• Real life application activity: students can help pick up litter to help the environment

CCSS: RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.3, RI.K.4, RI.K.5, RI.K.6, & W.K.2

Skills: Identify and use text features to discover meaning of new words Define the purpose of the text identify the role of an informational writer Use ...

Description: Perfect for English Language Learners, this fully scripted lesson is based on "All About Chrysanthemums", written by Jen Kaul.  Students will:

• Identify and use text features to discover meaning of new words
• Define the purpose of the text identify the role of an informational writer
• Use text features to locate key facts and information efficiently

CCSS: RI.1.4, RI.1.5

Skills: Participate in a closer "looking" lesson to practice observing and drawing inferences Identifying and using text features Ask and answer  questions using sentence frames

Description: Perfect for English Language Learners, this fully scripted bundle of informational text lessons included 3 separate segments (30-60 minutes each) based on "All About Chrysanthemums", written by Jen Kaul.  Students will:

• Participate in a closer "looking" lesson to practice observing and drawing inferences
• Identifying and using text features
• Ask and answer  questions using sentence frames

CCSS: RI.1.1, R.I.1.3, R.I.1.7, R.I.1.9, SL.1.1, SL1.2, RI.1.5,RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.3, RI.1.6, RI.1.7

Skills: Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames Practice using context clues to determine meaning of unknown ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this is a 1 hour fully scripted informational text lesson incorporates scaffolds and supports for student in oral language production and collaborative partner work.  Your students will:

• Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
• Practice using context clues to determine meaning of unknown words
• Determine key details and the main idea

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

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: Understanding the purpose of informational text features happens when our students infer their way to create their own from a text!  In this fully scripted 1 hour lesson using informational  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
  • Evaluate text feature purpose and function
  • Summarize the text

CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, 3.5 & RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5

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