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Reading
Qtr 1 Wk 1 The Hot & Cold Summer
RL 5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used
1. Collect standards and
write in student-friendly in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
L 5.6 Acquire and use accurately grade appropriate general academic
language
and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal
contrast, addition, and other logical relationships

2. Identify purpose:
What do I want students
to know?
What do I want students
to understand?

Build consistent thinking strategies

Categories of context clues

What skills do I want

students to develop or
improve?
What attitudes do I want
to foster in my
students?
3. Rotate tasks to reach
all four learning styles.

Write context clues to help a reader understand

the meaning of a word

Context clues are written in a sentence to help a

reader understand meaning.

Independent consistent procedure with context

clues strategies
Complete all six tasks as homework kept in
reading journal during the week.

This reading homework/project follows class instruction in our Readers

Workshop mini-lessons. When new product types are introduced, I will model
strategies to create.

4. Create a scenario
and a hook to
arouse interest and
create meaning.

5. Look for criteria

that unite all four
tasks

The Secret Life of Pets

I bought my mom a parrot for her birthday. It
came from a man that owned a dry cleaners. He
wasnt very friendly. He only said one phrase.
WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE! His name was
HERBIE. He became sick. My mom took him to a
vet that specialized in exotic animals. He told
her that he raised African Grey parrots. So, she
raised her next parrot from a baby.
Consistent nightly reading.
Organized CUPCAKE product. *Cupcake is a
teacher-modeled product expectation.

6. Establish a work
plan.

7. RESOURCES

After announcements, open books and

journals.
Teacher reads a section for 10 minutes.
Teacher writes the last sentence read and
underlines the last word read.
Students practice reading for one minute
with a partner and write the last word read.
Students complete tasks and turn-in on
Friday.
Students rotate daily to share journals with
a partner.
https://youtu.be/BE5YHRjS2vQ types of
parrots (30 min)
https://youtu.be/PwXQHuqrpPg parrot
tricks (2 min)
https://youtu.be/l3qUvdy1Dh8 NATUR (55
min)

Lesson Resources: links to pdf articles, etc. SCARSDALE

SELECTION TASKS
Complete all four tasks. Turn-in journal on Thursday for review.
Bring journal to class EVERY DAY!
TEDDY BEAR PAPER CLIP - MASTERY
INTERPERSONAL TASK
TASK
Describe feelings or values;
Recall, Summarize, Sequence

Make a menu
listing all the
food
discussed in
the story.

MAGNIFYING UNDERSTANDING TASK

Compare; Prove; Explain cause or effect

How was the behavior

of the adults at the
barbeque DIFFERENT
from that of Rory
and Derek? Make a
chart to show
evidence from the
story.

Empathize; Make connections

Write a paragraph
and tell about a
time that you
avoided talking to
someone or
avoided doing
something.
SLINKY - SELFEXPRESSIVE TASK
What if?; Create; Think metaphorically

What tricks
could you
teach a
parrot? Make
a bullet list.

READING HOMEWORK:
Every night, a text will be assigned.
Sometimes you will read or reread the whole short story, poem or article.
Sometimes you will read pages assigned in a chapter book.

ALWAYS ASSIGNMENTs:

VOCABULARY TABLE
Take a piece of white paper and fold it into an 8 block!
List 8 difficult words from the story.
Complete the DISCOVERED VOCABULARY WORD table!
Share the following:

This is the discovered word.

This is the page found.

This is a drawing.

These are context clues from the text.

WITH PARENT READ ALOUD

( 1 example)

Start from the beginning of the text or the beginning of a chapter.

Use a timer.
Read aloud without interruption for 10 minutes.
In your journal, date and write the last sentence you read. Underline the
last word you read.