Subject: Informational

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

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: Finding the key details in order to determine the main idea is one of the most difficult reading skills to teach (and learn). In this fully scripted informational text 1 hour lesson on Native Americans 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

CCSS: RI.4.3, RI.4.4 & RI.5.3, RI.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: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 1 hour fully scripted 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
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order to...
  • Identify key details and determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary using context clues and text features
  • Write a summary
  • Demonstrate understanding of the information with a Bingo review game

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