Language L.3.1- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. L.3.1a- Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. L.3.2- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Strategies and Skills Dictionary and glossary Adverbs Strategy Learning grammar through writing Routine for explicit vocabulary instruction, TNCore K-3 Yearlong Reading Course, Classes 5, 6 & 7, p. 19 Strategy for helping students check dictionary definitions with context: Learning Targets (I Can…) Use reference materials to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of Discuss the qualities of an adverb Identify adverbs while reading Explain how to use an adverb in your sentences Ensure that I am using adverbs properly while writing. Edit writing for capitalization errors and spelling errors Vocabulary Dictionary and glossary Vocabulary for Explicit Instruction Shelter, colony, climate, region, constant, gliding, layer, bleak, severe, Inuit (Supplemental Resources, click Vocabulary Quadrant) Language Arts Adverbs Literacy Station Activities Vocabulary Station-sort words, build words, illustrate words, locate words with target prefixes in connected text See Florida Center for Reading Research, Student Center Activities, for ideas for vocabulary stations Vocabulary Part 3, V.016-Oh, My Word! (dictionary use) Performance Assessments Edit draft for weekly grammar skill Edit for grade-level capitalization and punctuation errors. Week 4-Lesson 22 Reading Selections “The Journey: Stories of Migration” (Lexile Level 920) “The Grasshopper and the Ant” (Lexile 570) “Whoop It Up!” (Lexile Level 900) Big Idea: Animals migrate for a variety of reasons. Reading Literature and Informational Text Strategies and Skills Needed to Access the Standards Performance Task
Based on the illustrations, how are the wagons in the selections we read this week both similar and different? (intertextual connections) Literacy Station Activities Comprehension station-Complete a story map of the selection from “Sarah, Plain and Tall,” detailing how the actions of the characters contributed to the story; write answers to text-dependent questions; Journeys Comprehension and Fluency flip chart for Lesson 21; write a brief explanation of the narrator’s point of view and tell how it differed from yours Activities from the Student Achievement Partners Basal Alignment Project for this text: . Page numbers will differ, but the questions and activities are helpful. Optional: Read other chapters or the entire chapter book Sarah, Plain and Tall. Guidelines for reading, including a close reading lesson, can be found on the SCS Weebly, (password: readandwrite) WIDA Standard 2: English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts. RL.3.6-Distiguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. Level 1 Entering 2 Emerging Level 3: Developing 4: Expanding Level 5: Bridging Speaking Say “I agree” or “I disagree” when giving thumbs up or thumbs down. Repeat an illustrated statement or point of view of a character and then state “I agree.” or “I disagree. Explain similarities and differences between your point of view and the point of view of a character by describing statements you agree with and statements you don’t agree with using a Venn Diagram. (from listening) List similarities and differences between your of view and the point of view of a character by describing statements you agree with and statements you don’t agree with using a Venn Diagram. (from listening) Explain similarities and differences between your point of view and the point of view of a character by describing statements you agree with and statements you don’t agree with using a Venn Diagram. (from listening). For additional information on scaffolding within the domains of Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking please see:
Write a narrative story that uses detailed descriptions and has a clear order of events. Establish a narrator for my story. Speaking and Listening. SL.3.1- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. SL.3.6 – Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. Strategies and Skills Active listening Group behaviors, classroom routines and procedures, collaborative conversations TNCore Accountable Talk resource: Learning Targets (I Can…) Discuss the main idea and supporting details of a selection read aloud. Hold a group discussion. Performance Assessments Teacher observation Language L.3.1- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. L.3.1g- Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is being modified L.3.2- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. L.3.4c-Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). Strategies and Skills Prefix non- Comparative Adverbs Strategy Learning grammar through writing Routine for explicit vocabulary instruction, TNCore K-3 Yearlong Reading Course, Classes 5, 6 & 7, p. 19 Learning Targets (I Can…) Decode words with common prefix non- Explain how to use comparative adverbs to compare the degrees to which two things are Explain when to use “more” and the suffix “-er” based on the base word’s syllable Use comparative adverbs correctly when writing Edit writing for comma, capitalization errors and spelling errors Vocabulary Prefix non- Vocabulary for Explicit Instruction Prairie, fetch, slick, rolls, paddock, batted, rustle (Supplemental Resources, Vocabulary Quadrant) Language Arts Comparative Adverbs Literacy Station Activities Vocabulary Station-Word building with prefix non- and roots, word sorts using prefixes and suffixes that have been taught, illustrate vocabulary words, Journeys Comprehension and Vocabulary flip chart for Lesson 21 Performance Assessments