Theme 1 Duration: -- 10/10 Lessons CCSS Additional CCSS To Be Addressed Instructional shift Suggested Resources 1: Ruby the Copycat/The Singing Marvel 2: The Day Eddie Met the Author/Good Books, Good Times and Surprise RL3 RL4 RL7 RL5 RL4 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Determine the meaning of words/phrases distinguishing literal from nonliteral (metaphor). Explain how specific aspects of text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g. mood, aspects of characters, etc.) Refer to parts of poems when speaking or writing about text, using terms such as line and stanza, describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. Determine the meaning of words/phrases distinguishing literal from nonliteral (simile). Angela’s poem is a metaphor for how she feels. Describe how Angela feels and explain how you know this. Resources: BLR: Lesson 2- The Hero Activity: Comic Strip Retelling- Students are encouraged to use visuals and words to retell the key parts of a story. Students can retell in 3 to 6 frames depending on level of group. Discovery Education video for simile Possible questions:
Theme 2 Duration Oct. 15-11/28 Lessons CCSS Additional CCSS To Be Addressed Instructional shift Suggested Resources 6: The Babe and I/America’s National Pastime 7: Aero and Officer Mike/It’s About Dogs RL1 RI1, RI4 RI5 Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Possible questions to ask: What section in the text can you find Aero’s responsibilities when he is at work? What section in the text can you find what Aero does when he is not working? What section in the text can you find the different exercises Aero and other K-9 dogs do? 8: How Animals Talk/Partners in the Wild 9: Stone Soup/Legend of Johnny Appleseed RI1, RI2 RL1, RL2 (for folktale) RI9 RL2 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. Determine central message and explain how it is conveyed. Watch one of the videos and/or read one of the articles below. Have students note how the different animals talk to each other. Then compare contrast the info. Battle at Kruger (graphic version ) ( Battle at Kruger (G- version) Found at Discovery Education Video “Can Animals Talk?”/Can animals talk, and what do they say?
Lessons CCSS Additional CCSS To Be Addressed Instructional shift Suggested Resources 11: Loved Best/The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf 12: A Pen Pal for Max/Postcards from Around the Globe RL1 RL1 RL2 RL4 RL3 Recount stories, including fables to determine the central message, lesson or moral, explain how it is conveyed Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language (idioms and simile) Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events Shepherd Boy is a fable. Loved Best What does the idiom on page 309 mean? What other words could Mrs. Lassiter say instead of “break a leg?” What 2 things are being compared in the simile on page 315? What happens because Max puts a letter in the grapes? What causes Max to go visit Don Manuel? If Max had not written Maggie a letter, do you think her class would have sent them supplies? How did Max make faraway friends for his whole class? 13: A Tree is Growing/ Ancient Trees Survive RI1, RI4 RI3 RI7 Describe the relationship between a series of scientific ideas or concepts using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect (C/E in One Small Place in a Tree) Use information gained from illustrations and Explain how the daffodil begins to bloom. How does corn grow?