3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:07: Text Structures
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:35
  • Grade(s):1
Key Learning:

Readers and Writers use text structures (patterns) to organize information on a topic.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do I use text structures to organize information on a topic?
   
Concept:

Fluency

LA.1.1.7.9   LA.1.1.7.7   LA.1.1.7.6   LA.1.1.5.3   LA.1.1.5.2   LA.1.1.5.1  
Concept:

Vocabulary

LA.1.1.7.7   LA.1.1.7.6   LA.1.1.7.5   LA.1.1.6.7   LA.1.1.5.2  
Concept:

Comprehension

LA.1.2.2.3   LA.1.1.7.6   LA.1.1.6.7  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How does the genre help me know what my fluency rate should be?

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How can reading words in meaningful phrases help me read fluently?

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How fast should I read this information to understand the message and read accurately?

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How can I use expression, intonation, and stress when reading?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can I learn and use new words to compare and contrast?

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How do I use base words to decode new words (inflected endings -s,-es, -ed, -ing)?

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How can antonyms and synonyms help me compare and contrast?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How does comparing and contrasting information in the text help me to understand what I am reading?

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How can I compare stories I have read before to the story I am reading now?

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How does identifying cause and effect relationships help me understand events or processes?

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Vocabulary:

text structure, genre

Vocabulary:

signal words, synonyms

Vocabulary:

compare, contrast, reason, result, cause, effect

Concept:

Grammar/Writing

LA.1.3.4.4   LA.1.3.4.1  
Concept:
Concept:
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Vocabulary:

number words, weather words, senses words, comparing words, time words

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary:

Additional Information:

This is when these are taught as compared to being applied. They are applied throughout the year. Example: You can teach a specific skill (consonant blends) up front, i.e. what a consonant blend is, and then apply the same concept throughout the year.

Phonemic Awareness/ Phonics (Ongoing)

Polk County Schools

Curriculum Map/Monthly Focus Calendar

Reading Comprehension Skill Sequence

March: Fact/Opinion

Embedded throughout the year:

*Reference and Research

*Vocabulary

*Summarizing

Harcourt Trophies

  • Week 26, March 8 - 12, 2010, Time Together: Hello, Neighbor - "Little Bear's Friend" by Else Holmelund Minarik
  • Week 27, March 15 - 19, 2010, Time Together: Hello, Neighbor - "Busy Buzzy Bee" by Karen Wallace
  • Week 28, March 22 - 26, 2010, Gather Around: Going Places - "The Story of a Blue Bird" by Tomek Bogacki
  • Week 29, April 5 - 9, 2010, Gather Around: Going Places - "Frog and Toad All Year" by Arnold Lobel
  • Week 30, April 12 - 16, 2010, Gather Around: Going Places - "Fishing Bears" by Ruth Berman
  • Week 31, April 19 - 23, 2010, Gather Around: Going Places - "How to Be a Nature Detective" by Millicent E. Selsam
  • Week 32, April 26 - 30, 2010, Gather Around: Going Places - "The Puddle" by David McPhail

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    Acquisition Lesson:

    1. What signal words help me identify an author's text structure? (Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Sequencing)2. How do I sequence events in a story?3. How do I identify causes that lead to effects?4. What words can I use to describe?5. What words tell how many?6. What words describe weather?7. What words do we use to compare (-er, -est)?

    Extending Thinking Lesson:

    Vocabulary Report

    • text structure -

      the way an author organizes the text (compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequencing)

    • signal words -

      key words that are related to a type of text structure (for example, the word "before" is a signal word in sequencing text structure)

    • number words -

      words that describe the amount of the noun (for example, one apple)

    • compare -

      to find similarities and differences between two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.

    • genre -

      fiction, nonfiction, play, poem, etc..

    • synonyms -

      words that have the same or similar meanings

    • weather words -

      words that describe the atmospheric conditions (for example, windy)

    • contrast -

      to find differences among two objects, ideas, people, etc.

    • reason -

      a cause for something (Why?)

    • senses words -

      words that describe using sight, touch, taste, smell or hearing (for example, salty)

    • result -

      something that happens as a consequence or effect (What?)

    • comparing words -

      words that describe a noun based on its relationship to another noun (for example, bigger)

    • time words -

      words that describe a time frame (for example, now or before)

    • cause -

      a reason or motive for an event (Why?)

    • effect -

      something that happens as a result (What?)