PS+139K


 * __PS 139K: Reading Motivation __**

Librarian: Margaret Tice, MTice@schools.nyc.gov Grade Levels: PreK-5 Britannica Online School Edition Graphic Novels Popular Series Books Science Books Social Studies Books
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ELA – Reading Motivation Science Curriculum Social Studies Curriculum
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Grade 1 –Melissa Keck/Lizzie Hetzer Grade 2 – Renee Garitta Grade 3 – Marsha Shade <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade 5 – Michelle Song
 * 1) **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Worked with teachers: __**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade 1 – Sharks <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade 2 – Simple Machines <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade 3 – Animals <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade 5 – Books I Really Like
 * 1) **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Title of Projects implemented: __**


 * 1) **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Description of Lessons: __**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students explored what they knew about sharks and what they wanted to know about sharks and what they learned about sharks using a KWL chart. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Resources Used: Online resources, books - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade Levels: First Grade - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lesson Goal: To be able to conduct research about sharks and to create a shark poster demonstrating what they had learned. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1 page summary of lesson plan as an attachment - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How do you know the goal was achieved? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The students completed posters to be included in the class book about sharks. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tips on implementing at another school <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Work with the classroom teachers to make a plan. The introductory phase took place in the library and the projects were completed in the classroom. Plan for at least two sessions in the library. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lessons learned <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sharks are a very popular topic. Students think that they know a lot about sharks and are amazed at all the information that they learn. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Plans for usage of material next year <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The materials will be used with other classes for a similar unit.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sharks **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teacher introduced the components of simple machines. Students walked around the library identifying simple machines. Teacher assigned each student a type of machine to research. Students came to the library in small groups to conduct their research. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Resources Used: Online Student Britannica, Internet, Books - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade Levels: Second Grade - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lesson Goal: To learn about simple machines and to research a topic and write an illustrated report. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1 page summary of lesson plan as an attachment - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How do you know the goal was achieved? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students completed their projects. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tips on implementing at another school <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Plan a variety of machines that students are really interested in. Online resources can complement the print resources that are available. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lessons learned <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students were very proud of themselves for learning how machines work. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Plans for usage of material next year <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Materials will be used with other classes for a similar unit.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Simple Machines **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Using a KWL chart, students explored what they knew and what they wanted to know about various animals. Students came to the library and researched information about animals, answering the questions that they had formed and creating project books about the animals. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Resources Used: Online resources, books, encyclopedias - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade Levels: Third Grade - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lesson Goal: To learn about a topic and to be able to write about a topic. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1 page summary of lesson plan as an attachment - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How do you know the goal was achieved? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students completed nonfiction books about the animals. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tips on implementing at another school <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Allow for multiple library visits, so that students have enough time to answer their questions. I grouped the students by the animals that they were researching, and they were able to share the library’s resources. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lessons learned <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Allow for a new section of “Interesting Facts” to cover new information that they learn in addition to the questions that they wanted to answer. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Plans for usage of material next year <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The materials will be used with classes for similar units.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Animals **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Each student picked a book that he or she really wanted to read. Many were series books, fantasies and graphic novels. After students read the books, they wrote down notes about what they really liked about the books and what they would say to get another student to read the book. Then students transferred those ideas to their posters. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Resources Used: Books, markers, poster paper, construction paper - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade Levels: Fifth Grade - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lesson Goal <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To identify a book, read it and be able to pitch that book to another student. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">1 page summary of lesson plan as an attachment - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How do you know the goal was achieved? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students wrote about the books and created posters about the books. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tips on implementing at another school <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Allow time for multiple sessions. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lessons learned <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students really enjoy good books and telling their peers about the books. - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Plans for usage of material next year <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The materials will be used with other classes for similar units.
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Books I really Like **

**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Lesson Plan: Sharks __**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">What questions do I have about my topic that I would like to find the answer to? || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">First Grade Inclusion Class <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> **Learning Outcomes: Students will know and be able to. . .** //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will know that… // || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Reading Skills ** //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will be able to… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">identify and describe the text features of informational texts. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">the purpose of informational texts is to inform others. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">informational texts contain facts. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">information can be sorted and presented in different forms. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">differentiate between fact/fiction. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">extract facts from a nonfiction text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">make connections between texts. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">add to information already learned when reading multiple texts on the same topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">ask and respond to questions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">find answers to questions in a nonfiction text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">make predictions using meaning structure and visual cues. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">reread and self-correct when meaning is lost || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will know… <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">informational texts organize ideas under headings, have photographs, diagrams and labels, have a contents page. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">the purpose of informational texts is to inform others. || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Writing Skills ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will be able to… <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">plan for writing using talk, drawing and graphic organizers. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">group ideas under headings. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">show an awareness of audience and purpose through content and language. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">support ideas with detail. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">use vocabulary drawn from reading. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">create checklists/charts for non-fiction writing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">publish for an audience. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Essential Question: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">How can I become an expert in a topic so I can write about it?
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level **
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">informational texts have photographs and/or diagrams and labels.
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">SL.1. 1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Standards: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">RI.1.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Ask and answer questions about key details in a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">RI.1.10 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">With prompting and support, read informational texts which are appropriately complex for grade 1.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">W.1.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">CT and L: Discussed what we learned about sharks. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Discovery online videos  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Paper, pencils  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Follow up/Extensions: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">This was a four week unit done in the classroom with two library visits. **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Lesson Plan: Simple Machines __**
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Learning/Teaching Activities CT=Classroom Teacher L=Librarian   ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Resources   ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Mini-Lesson  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">L: Read aloud a book about sharks; showed an online video about sharks.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Guided Practice  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> CT: Modeled what we know about sharks after listening to the book and watching the video.   || ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Independent Practice//Check for Student Understanding  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students wrote down what they knew about sharks and what they wanted to learn about sharks. As they read the information, they wrote down what they had learned about sharks.   ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Books and articles about sharks
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Sharing and Reflection  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> CT and L: Students shared what they had written on their charts.   || ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Assessment  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;"> CT: Formative assessment as unit progressed; students created a class book about sharks.   || ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Essential Question: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How can explanatory texts help us understand a topic or subject? ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade Level **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – Second Grade

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will know… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will know explanatory texts have a main idea. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will know the difference between fact and opinion <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Features of explanatory texts can help in monitoring for comprehension <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When reading explanatory texts the book does not have to be read in sequential order. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Using a table of contents can help locate || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Reading Skills ** //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will be able to… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Identify the purpose and subject of an explanatory text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Use features of explanatory texts (headings, labels, diagrams, illustrations, and timelines) to help deepen their comprehension. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Explain how pictures and diagrams help them understand a topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Refer to text features, including diagrams, when talking about a text or topic. || //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will know… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">That you can support facts by drawing pictures. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">That diagrams are often labeled to increase clarity. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">That you can provide interesting details around a topic and details support the main idea. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">That we write explanatory texts to teach readers about a topic. || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writing Skills ** //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will be able to… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Provide information that teaches readers about a topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Write an explanatory text focusing on one topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Draw pictures, diagrams or maps, with captions or labels to support their explanatory writing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information when planning. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">CT: Students read about their topic, wrote about their topic and edited their writing. Students produces pictures and diagrams and labeled them. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Books <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Online Student Britannica <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Online Grolier Encyclopedia <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Internet sources <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Printer and paper  || Does my writing include a….. **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Lesson Plan: Animals __** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Essential Question: How do I learn about a topic? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Grade Level: Third Grade <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Learning Outcomes: Students will know and be able to. ..
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning Outcomes: Students will know and be able to . . . **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">**Reading Content**
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 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning/Teaching Activities CT=Classroom Teacher L=Librarian   ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Resources   ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Mini-Lesson  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> CT & L: Class visited the library and identified simple machines in the library.   ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Library   ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Guided Practice  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> CT: Worked with students to identify topics.   || ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Independent Practice//Check for Student Understanding  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> L: Students came to the library in small groups to research topics. Students searched on the catalog for books and online for online materials.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Sharing and Reflection  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> CT: Students shared about their topics and created a classroom bulletin board publishing their reports.   || ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Assessment  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> CT: Explanatory Book Checklist:
 * diagram or picture?
 * caption that explains the diagram or picture? || ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will know… <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Non Fiction has text features (Table of Contents, Glossary, headings, captions, photographs) to read NF <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Summarizing a text helps to determine the most important part. . |||||||| **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Reading Skills ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will be able to… <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">use features of a text to navigate the text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">relate important ideas in the text to each other and to other texts <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">gain information from photographs and captions to better understand a topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">summarize to find the main idea and support with details from the text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">ask questions before, during and after reading a text. || //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will know… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers write non fiction to inform a || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writing Skills ** //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will be able to… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">explain the purpose of their writing. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">person about a topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers include text features to help a reader navigate a text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers organize information based on specific sub topics within a topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers include pictures, diagrams and captions to aid the reader with knowledge. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers research multiple sources to gather information about a topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers paraphrase research to write in their own words. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers write in a logical sequence. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers understand that to write nonfiction, the writer needs to become very knowledgeable about a topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writers revise their work by adding more information. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will be able to… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">explain the purpose of their writing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">create a table of contents, glossary and create headings to group their information into paragraphs/chapters according to the headings. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">use headings, labeled diagrams, drawings, table of contents, or other features of informational text to guide the reader. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">create a caption for a photograph/illustration/diagram. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">research to gather information about a topic from at least two sources. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Realize when they require more information – go back and continue research. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">paraphrase text by utilizing a graphic organizer (T-chart) to put information in their own words. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">organize their writing into this order: Cover (with Title), Table of contents, introduction, information, concluding statement and glossary. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">create a paragraph including a topic sentence, details with transitions and a concluding sentence for each sub topic. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">revise/edit their writing to check for errors and organization. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">demonstrate learning new content by paraphrasing. ||||  ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Reading for Informational Texts <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">R I.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RI. 2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RI. 5. Use text features and search tools to located information relevant to a given topic efficiently. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RI. 7. Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writing <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W 2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Provide a concluding statement or section. ||||||||  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">L: Explained what resources the library has and how to look up information. |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Books <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Online Student Britannica <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Online Grolier Encyclopedia <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Encyclopedias  ||   || **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Lesson Plan: Books I Really Like __** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Essential Question: What does an ad for a book look like? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade Level: Fifth Grade <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning Outcomes: Students will know and be able to. . . //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students will know… // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">We can read fiction for many purposes (e.g., for entertainment, to learn facts, to learn a lesson). //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students will be able to… // <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify the purpose(s) for which they are reading a fiction text. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Describe the main character and his/her interactions with other characters. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Visualize key scenes using textual details. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Make a poster to persuade your peers that they would enjoy reading the same text that you read. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Goals: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">W.5.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">R.5.2. Determine two or more ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Curriculum Connections: Connects to the Response to Literature Unit and the Persuasive Writing Unit
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 * ||  ||||||||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning/Teaching Activities CT=Classroom Teacher L=Librarian   ||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Resources   ||   ||
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Mini-Lesson   ||||||||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> CT: Worked with students to select animal topic and to develop questions for research.
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Mini-Lesson   ||||||||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> CT: Worked with students to select animal topic and to develop questions for research.
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Guided Practice   ||||||||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> L: Modeled how to look up information in books and in encyclopedias and online.   |||| ||   ||
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Independent Practice//Check for Student Understanding   ||||||||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> L & CT: Students separated into small groups by topic, reading about their topic and writing down information.   |||| ||   ||
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Sharing and Reflection   ||||||||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">CT & L: Students shared what they had learned.   |||| ||   ||
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Assessment   ||||||||||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">CT: Students edited and revised work and produced a book about their topics.   |||| ||   ||
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">W.5.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students plan out poster. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students create poster. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Paper, pencils, poster paper, markers, crayons, scissors, construction paper, glue sticks   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Follow up/Extensions: Create a video of students discussing the books that they read and the posters that they created.
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Mini-Lesson  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">L: Model short book talks about many of the new titles.   ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Books   ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Guided Practice  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students select books to read.   || ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Independent Practice//Check for Student Understanding  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">CT and L: Students write a draft of why they liked the books that they chose.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Sharing and Reflection  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Students share posters.   || ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Assessment  ||  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do the posters effectively promote the books that the students read?   || ||