- I can make inferences about a text and cite evidence from the text to support my inferences. (RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.4, RI.5.5, L.5.4)
- I can describe the structure of a text. (RI.5.5)
These are the CCS Standards addressed in this lesson:
RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
RI.5.5: Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
RI.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
W.5.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
W.5.9b: Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]"").
L.5.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Daily Learning Targets
Ongoing Assessment
- Close Read: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 note-catcher (RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.4, RI.5.5, L.5.4)
- Chronological Structure: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 graphic organizer (RI.5.5)
- Exit Ticket: Comparing Text Structures (RI.5.5)
Agenda
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1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Close Reading: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 (40 minutes) B. Describing Text Structure: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Exit Ticket (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Summarize a new section or chapter of your independent reading book. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. C. For ELLs: Complete the Language Dive 2 Practice in your Unit 1 homework. |
Purpose of lesson and alignment to standards:
How it builds on previous work:
Areas in which students may need additional support:
Assessment guidance:
Down the road:
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In Advance
Preview the Close Reading Guide: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 in conjunction with the text to familiarize yourself with what will be required of students.
Create a "Language Chunk Wall"--an area in the classroom where students can display and categorize the academic phrases discussed in the Language Dive. During the Language Dive, students are invited to place the Language Dive sentence strip chunks on the Language Chunk Wall into corresponding categories, such as "Verbs and verb phrases (actions, states of being)" and "Language to talk about purpose." Students can then refer to the wall after the Language Dive and during subsequent lessons. For this lesson, the categories are "Nouns and noun phrases and clauses (people, places, things)," "Verbs and verb phrases (actions, states of being)," and "Language to talk about cause and effect."
Predetermine pairs for Work Time A.
Prepare:
- Comparing Text Structures anchor chart (see supporting materials).
- Sentence strip chunks for use during the Language Dive (see supporting materials).
Post: Learning targets, Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart, Comparing Text Structures anchor chart, and Working to Become Effective Learners anchor chart.
Tech and Multimedia
Work Time A: For students who will benefit from hearing the text read aloud multiple times, consider using a text-to-speech tool like Natural Reader, SpeakIt! for Google Chrome, or the Safari reader. Note that to use a web-based text-to-speech tool like SpeakIt! or Safari reader, you will need to create an online doc, such as a Google Doc, containing the text.
Work Times A and B: Students complete their note-catchers and graphic organizers in a word processing document, for example a Google Doc using Speech to Text facilities activated on devices, or using an app or software like Dictation.io.
Supporting English Language Learners
Supports guided in part by CA ELD Standards 5.I.B.5, 5.I.B.6, 5.I.B.7, 5.I.C.10, and 5.I.B.8
Important points in the lesson itself
The basic design of this lesson supports ELLs with opportunities to determine the gist, sketch, and participate in a close read and Language Dive of an excerpt from The Most Beautiful Roof in the World. This will prepare them to understand the meaning and structure of the text and to discuss what concrete language and sensory details help them understand about the rainforest.
ELLs may find describing how paragraphs connect with one another challenging because they will first need to understand the meaning of the text they are analyzing. The Language Dive may prepare them well to fully understand the meaning of one sentence, but they may need to discuss, act out, sketch, and paraphrase additional sentences before they can describe how the paragraphs connect with one another.
Levels of support
For lighter support:
During the Close Read, invite students to create sentence frames for students who need heavier support. Examples:
- "Meg is ________."
- "The author describes what Meg is doing by ________."
- "The purpose of these sentences is to _______." (MMR)
During the Language Dive, challenge students to generate questions about the sentence before asking the prepared questions. Example: "What questions can we ask about this sentence? Let's see if we can answer them together."
For heavier support:
There is a great deal of information discussed during the close read. It would help students who might become overwhelmed to briefly preview some of the key ideas and concepts before beginning the close read. Consider assigning different groups to listen carefully for one of these key concepts each. They can be the experts on their own "piece of the puzzle." This will give students a focal point and will also provide additional motivation.
Guide students by pre-filling a few events in the Chronological Structure graphic organizer. This will help refresh students' memories and will prompt them to independently complete the graphic organizer.
In preparation for comparing text structures on the Mid-Unit 1 Assessment, review the Exit Ticket: Comparing Text Structures in the Opening of Lesson 7. Think-aloud the process of answering the selected response questions.
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of Representation: During the close read, remove any barriers for students to comprehend the text. (Examples: Display the text in an enlarged format on a document camera so all students can read it. Provide sentence starters for turn-and-talks to encourage participation.)
Multiple Means of Action and Expression: Some students may need additional support with the Chronological Structure graphic organizer. Consider multiple ways that students can demonstrate their learning by varying the complexity of the task. (Examples: Provide a few examples on the graphic organizers to serve as models. Provide sentence strips of different events and allow students to put them in order on the graphic organizer. This physical engagement can facilitate increased memory function.)
Multiple Means of Engagement: To minimize the risk on the Chronological Structure graphic organizer, have the students put the sentence strips in order first before pasting them down. Provide specific feedback and give students an opportunity to revise the sequence of their sentence strips before they paste them on their graphic organizer.
Vocabulary
Key: Lesson-Specific Vocabulary (L); Text-Specific Vocabulary (T); Vocabulary Used in Writing (W)
chronological (L)
geometry, snapshots (T)
Materials
Close Read: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 note-catcher (one per student)
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World (from Lesson 1; one per student and one to display)
Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart (begun in Module 1)
Close Reading Guide: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 (for teacher reference)
- Language Dive note-catcher (one per student and one to display)
- Sentence strip chunks (one to display)
Red, yellow, and green markers (one of each per student)
Comparing Text Structures anchor chart (begun in Lesson 2)
Text Structure Resource Page (from Lesson 4; one per student)
Chronological Structure: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 graphic organizer (one per student and one to display)
Chronological Structure: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 graphic organizer (answers, for teacher reference)
Working to Become Effective Learners anchor chart (begun in Module 1)
Exit Ticket: Comparing Text Structures (one per student)
Materials from Previous Lessons
New Materials
Assessment
Each unit in the 3-5 Language Arts Curriculum has two standards-based assessments built in, one mid-unit assessment and one end of unit assessment. The module concludes with a performance task at the end of Unit 3 to synthesize their understanding of what they accomplished through supported, standards-based writing.
Opening
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A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes)
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"Can you put the first learning target in your own words?" (I can tell about the structure of the reading.) "How do you feel about that target?" (It might be a little hard, but it is interesting.) (MMR, MME) |
Work Time
Work Time | Meeting Students' Needs |
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A. Close Reading: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 (40 minutes)
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B. Describing Text Structure: The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Pages 17-20 (10 minutes)
"What is the main idea of this excerpt?" (This section describes what Meg does while working in the rainforest canopy.)
"What is the structure of this excerpt? How is the information organized?" (chronological; it tells the sequence of Meg climbing into the canopy and working in the rainforest)
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Closing & Assessments
Closing | Meeting Students' Needs |
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A. Exit Ticket (5 minutes)
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Homework
Homework | Meeting Students' Needs |
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A. Summarize a new section or chapter of your independent reading book. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. C. For ELLs: Complete the Language Dive 2 Practice in your Unit 1 homework. |
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