3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:08: Literary Connections
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:25
  • Grade(s):4
Key Learning:

Readers use emotions and experiences in order to make their own connections across time and text.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do readers make connections across time and texts?

   
Concept:

Making Connections

LA.4.2.1.5   LA.4.1.7.7  
Concept:

Patterns Across Texts

LA.4.2.1.8   LA.4.1.7.6  
Concept:

Point-of-View & Voice

LA.4.2.1.5   LA.4.1.7.2  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do readers describe connections using evidence from the text?

(ET)

How is analyzing perspectives used to describe viewpoints?

(A)

How can readers relate to the same story in different ways?

(ET)

How does linking new information to prior knowledge or life experiences strengthen comprehension?

 (A)

How does comparing and contrasting elements in multiple texts help readers make connections?

 (ET)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do readers recognize language patterns in text from the past to the present?

(A)

What common themes can be found in stories previoulsy read?

(ET)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Why do authors choose a particular point-of-view to tell a story?

(A)

What makes an author's voice unique?

(A)

How does the author's point of view affect his/her voice in text?

(ET)
Vocabulary:

text-to-self, text-to-world, text-to-text, analyzing perspectives

Vocabulary:

language pattern

Vocabulary:

point-of-view, voice

Concept:

Fluency

LA.4.2.1.1   LA.4.4.2.4  
Concept:

Punctuation

LA.4.3.4.3  
Concept:
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How does the reader adjust reading rate based on purpose, text difficulty, and style?

(ET)

How does fluency affect comprehension?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

When are apostrophes needed in my writing?

 (ET)

What are the differences in the uses of the comma and the uses of the colon?

 (ET)

How do I use quotation marks in dialogue?

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How do I use apostrophes in singular possessives?

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

rate, accuracy, fluency, expression

Vocabulary:

apostrophe, singular possessives, comma, colon, quotation marks

Vocabulary:

Additional Information:

FCAT Testing during Week 26

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, Lead the Way: Make Yourself At Home - "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan
  • Week 27, March 15 - 19, 2010, Complete the novel Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
  • Week 28, March 22 - 26, 2010, Lead the Way: Creative Minds - "The Case of Pablo's Nose" by Donald J. Sobol
  • Week 29, April 5 - 9, 2010, Lead the Way: Creative Minds - "Red Writing Hood" by Jane Tesh
  • Week 30, April 12 - 16, 2010, Lead the Way: Creative Minds - "One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale" Retold by Demi

    • Resources:

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    Know - Understand - Do Organizer
    Student Learning Map
    Vocabulary Report

    Acquisition Lesson:

    6. How are fluency and expression used to read a skit? 8. What skills are used to write formal invitations and thank you notes?

    Extending Thinking Lesson:

    Vocabulary Report

    • text-to-self -

      making a connection between the text and your personal life

    • apostrophe -

      a mark (') used to show that letters in contractions are missing or to show the possessive case (Steven's)

    • rate -

      speed of reading

    • point-of-view -

      the way in which an author reveals his/her voice

    • language pattern -

      the systematic arrangement of elements of a language based on their regularities and predictable qualities

    • voice -

      the distinctive way in which the author expresses ideas with respect to style, form, content, purpose, etc.

    • accuracy -

      reading words correctly

    • text-to-world -

      making a connection between the text and the world around you

    • singular possessives -

      to show ownership for a singular noun, add an apostrophe and the letter s (Joan's hat)

    • text-to-text -

      making a connection between two or more different texts

    • fluency -

      reading with accuracy, at a proper rate, with expression so that meaning is gained

    • comma -

      a punctuation mark (,) used to seperate words or word groups within a sentence

    • colon -

      a punctuation mark (:) used to direct attention to what follows (as a list, explanation)

    • expression -

      reading with inflection

    • analyzing perspectives -

      describing reasons for our viewpoint as well as the viewpoints of others

    • quotation marks -

      inserted to show a character is speaking ("Hi!")