3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:07: Nonfiction
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:25
  • Grade(s):K
Key Learning:

Nonfictional (informational) text gives me information that helps me understand the facts about a topic.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

What do I learn from nonfiction text?
   
Concept:

Features of Nonfiction

LA.K.1.6.6   LA.K.6.3.1   LA.K.6.1.1   LA.K.2.2.2   LA.K.2.2.1   LA.K.1.7.4  
Concept:

Benefits of Nonfiction

LA.K.2.2.3   LA.K.1.7.2   LA.K.1.7.1  
Concept:

Locating Information

LA.K.6.2.4   LA.K.6.2.3   LA.K.6.2.2   LA.K.6.2.1  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

What is the difference between nonfiction text and stories I read for fun?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I know when information is true?

 (A)
Vocabulary:

nonfiction, opinion, fact, parts, subheading, captions, illustrations, fiction, text

Vocabulary:

resource

Vocabulary:

locate, information, alphabetical order, true

Concept: Phonics/Phonemic Awareness
LA.K.1.4.2   LA.K.1.4.1   LA.K.1.2.4   LA.K.1.2.3   LA.K.1.2.2   LA.K.1.2.1  
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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I put together or take apart sounds in words and sentences?

 (ET)

How do I make rhyming words?

 (ET)

How do I sound out words?

 (ET)
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Vocabulary:

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Additional Information:

Use concept attainment and then classify/categorize during the first lesson on nonfiction.

Have students write 6 connected sentences using a 4 block organizer during one of the writing lessons.

Extending Thinking Strategies: Compare/Contrast, Classify/Categorize

Reading Comprehension Strategies: Literary Elements, Inferences

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    Acquisition Lesson:

    1. How do you know when a text is fiction or nonfiction?2. What parts of a text help me know if it is nonfiction?3. How do the parts of a nonfiction resource help me understand what I am reading?4. How does reading nonfiction help me?5. Who and what helps me find information about something I want to learn about?

    Extending Thinking Lesson:

    Vocabulary Report

    • nonfiction -

      writings that have true-life information

    • locate -

      to find

    • resource -

      a person or place (books, internet, newspapers) to find information

    • opinion -

      what you think

    • information -

      facts or knowledge gained about a topic

    • alphabetical order -

      "ABC" order

    • fact -

      true information

    • true -

      reliable, accurate, and correct (right)

    • parts -

      small pieces of a whole

    • subheading -

      small title

    • captions -

      words under a picture

    • illustrations -

      pictures

    • fiction -

      not true

    • text -

      words that are written down