Unit 4 Week 5 If You Could go to Antarctica

Unit Theme: Where will our adventures take us?

ELL Planning Sheet

High Frequency Words:go, here, from

New Phonics Skills: Ee /e/

Grammar: Uppercase letters and periods

Amazing Vocabulary:Antarctica, continent, icebergs, penguins, seals, whales

Story Vocabulary:icebergs “big as forests”, “white fields of snow”, “sheets of ice” (pg 280)

Activity / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Building
Background Knowledge / Activate Prior Knowledge:
Poster 23
Poster Talk-Through
Poster activities Day 1
Video: Antarctica in 5 Minutes—from youtube
Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
And
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Talk with me/Sing with me Chart 23 A/B:
Antarctica, continent, icebergs, penguins, seals, whales / Talk with me Chart 23 Antarctica, continent, icebergs, penguins, seals, whales / Talk with me Chart 23 Antarctica, continent, icebergs, penguins, seals, whales / Story Vocabulary:
icebergs “big as forests”, “white fields of snow” / Story Vocabulary: “sheets of ice”
Reading
Comprehension / Read: If You Could go to Antarctica / Re-read: If You Could go to Antarctica
Classify and Categorize
Pg 267 T chart animals in water/land and water / Re-read: If You Could go to Antarctica
Classify and Categorize
Pg 281 animals live in Antarctic/not Antarctic / Re-read: If You Could go to Antarctica
Classify and Categorize: T chart how to stay warm people/animals / If You Could go to Antarctica
Expository text graphic organizer
Unit Connection
Grammar
Writing / Uppercase Letters and Periods
Definition/review
Student speak and write about cold weather / Uppercase Letters and Periods
Students Speak and write about what see in Antarctica / Uppercase Letters and Periods
Students speak and write sentence about hear in Antarctica / Uppercase Letters and Periods
Practice Workbook pg. 50
High Frequency
Words / From, go, here
Sentences
Flash Cards / From, go, here
Spell
Flash Cards / From, go, here
Speaking Practice –
Sentences –Poster 23 day 3 (modify)
Flash Cards / From, go, here
Flash Cards
Find HF words in Decodable Reader: Red Hen / From, go, here
Flash Cards
Spelling
(Phonics) / Ee/e/
Phonemic Awareness pictures initial/middle sort (egg, , elephant, envelope, elbow, elk, elm, pen, hen, bed, desk, net )
segment/ blend (got, gap, gum) / Ee/e/ Phonics -
Discriminate initial sound (egg, olive, elephant, envelope, elbow, elk, elm, dot, pig, nut, hat,)
Blend (hen. red, bell) / Ee/e/ Phonics Discriminate middle sound (tan/ten, pot/pet, net/not, bed/bad, Dan/den
blend (Len, pen, hid) / Ee/e/ Phonics - spelling
(leg, den, get) / Ee/e/ Phonics- spelling
(ten, let, bed)
Readers / Phonic Reader: Ten, Ten, Ten!
(keep to re-read on Day 3) / Re-read Phonics Reader: Ten, Ten, Ten! / Decodable Reader: Red Hen
(keep to re-read on Day 5) / Decodable Reader Red Hen

Unit 1 Proposed Assessment Plan

Measure / Frequency / Assessor
High frequency words / weekly / Classroom teacher
Verbal retell / weekly / Classroom teacher
Writing CBM / biweekly / ELL tutor

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Unit 4 Week 5 If You Could go to Antarctica

Unit Theme: Where will our adventures take us?

Day 1

High Frequency Words: go, here, from

New Phonics Skills: Ee /e/

Grammar: Uppercase letters and periods

Amazing Vocabulary: Antarctica, continent, icebergs, penguins, seals, whales

Story Vocabulary: icebergs “big as forests”, “white fields of snow”, “sheets of ice” (pg 280)

Background Knowledge / Poster 23
  • Poster Talk-through – read aloud and point as you describe the poster. Have students repeat the underlined words in the script, after you say them and identify on the poster.
  • Students need to respond to the following questions with one of the embedded answer choices or complete sentence as modeled.
  • Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end of this section to retest.
  • Is this a ship or a train? This is a ship.
  • Is it cold or hot here in Antarctica? It is cold in Antarctica.
  • Do you think those clouds brought a rain storm or a snow storm? Those clouds brought a snow storm.
  • What are the people wearing to stay warm? The people are wearing, hats, gloves, scarves, coats, boots…..
  • Are the people on vacation or working? The people are working.
  • Are these animals ducks or penguins? The animals are penguins.
Video: Antarctica in 5 Minutes—from youtube
Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
and
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Display Talk with Me Chart 23A
“This week we will be talking about adventures in Antarctica.”
  • The boy is pointing to where Antarctica is on the globe.
  • Where is Antarctica? Antarctica is at the bottom of the earth.
  • Antarctica is also known as the South Pole.
  • What is Antarctica also known as? The south pole
  • Antarctica is a piece of land that is cold covered with ice.
  • What is Antarctica? Antarctica is a piece of land that is cold and covered with ice.
  • What do we call the land at the South Pole that is cold and covered with ice? Antarctica
  • Antarctica is a big piece of land called a continent. The boy is pointing to the continent of Antarctica and the girl is pointing to another continent.
  • A continent is a big piece of land.
  • What is a continent? A big piece of land.
  • What do we call a big piece of land? A continent
  • There are seven continent on our earth.
  • How many continents are on our earth? Seven continents.
  • We live on thecontinent of North America.
  • This is an iceberg.
  • An iceberg is a big piece of ice that floats in the water.
  • What is an iceberg? A big piece of ice that floats in the water.
  • What do we call a big piece of ice that floats in the water? An iceberg
  • This animal is called a …. penguin .
  • Penguins Are birds, but they cannot fly.
  • What are penguins? Birds that cannot fly.
  • These animals are seals .
  • What are these animals called? seals
  • These animals are called whales.
  • Whales are very big animals that live in the water.
  • What are whales? Whales are very big animals that live in the water.

Reading Comprehension / Display If You Could go to Antarctica.
  • Take a picture walk through the book and tell me what you see.
  • Think Aloud: This book is about a real place and real animals. It looks really cold there. The title of this book isIf You Could go to Antarctica. Who do you think this book will be about?
  • Read If You Could go to Antarctica

Grammar and Writing
High Frequency
Words / From, go here
  • Here are this week’s high frequency words.
  • This word is from. What word? From
  • A sentence with the word fromis….”I am from Idaho.”
  • Ask students to use from in a sentence.
  • This word is go. What word? Go
  • A sentence with the word gois….”We can go to recess.”
  • Ask students to use go in a sentence.
  • This word is here. What word? Here
  • A sentence with the word hereis….”Here is my nose.”
  • Ask students to use here in a sentence.
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Spelling
(Phonemic Awareness/ Phonics) / Ee /e/
Today we will learn a new sound. Listen and watch as I say the sound: /e/, /e/, /e/.
  • Please say the /e/ sound……/e/ /e/ /e/
  • Say egg…egg. What sound do you hear at the beginning? /e/
  • Say pen…pen. What sound do you hear in the middle? /e/
  • Which word has the /e/ sound at the beginning, egg….pen? egg
  • Which word has the /o/ sound in the middle, egg …pen? pen
  • Show the egg and pen T-chart.
  • Have students say the words with you as you point to the pictures.
  • Show the other picture cards one at a time.
  • Say the word and have students repeat.
  • Have students identify the position of the /e/ sound.
  • Pass out pictures and have students sort on the egg and pen T-chart.
  • Use three fingers to help children see the number of sounds you say while segmenting a word. Model then have students repeat.
  • Segment the word fan. Hold up fingers as you say the individual sounds. “got: g - o -t”
  • Say it with me. got: g - o -t
  • You (Students) do it. got: g - o -t
  • Repeat with the following words: gap, gum

Readers

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Unit Theme: Where will our adventures take us?

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Unit 4 Week 5 If You Could go to Antarctica

Unit Theme: Where will our adventures take us?

Day 2

High Frequency Words: go, here, from

New Phonics Skills: Ee /e/

Grammar: Uppercase letters and periods

Amazing Vocabulary: Antarctica, continent, icebergs, penguins, seals, whales

Story Vocabulary: icebergs “big as forests”, “white fields of snow”, “sheets of ice” (pg 280)

Background Knowledge
Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
and
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Display Talk with Me Chart 23 A
“This week we will be talking about adventures in Antarctica.”
  • The boy is pointing to where Antarctica is on the globe.
  • Where is Antarctica? Antarctica is at the bottom of the earth.
  • Antarctica is also known as the South Pole.
  • What is Antarctica also known as? The south pole
  • Antarctica is a big piece of land called a continent. The boy is pointing to the continent of Antarctica and the girl is pointing to another continent.
  • A continent is a big piece of land.
  • What is a continent? A big piece of land.
  • What do we call a big piece of land? A continent
  • This is an iceberg.
  • An iceberg is a big piece of ice that floats in the water.
  • What is an iceberg? A big piece of ice that floats in the water.
  • What do we call a big piece of ice that floats in the water? An iceberg
  • Icebergs used to be attached to the ice on Antarctica. The ice broke off and now floats in the ocean. It is now called and iceberg.
  • Icebergs can be as big as a tall building!
  • This animal is called a …. penguin .
  • Penguins Are birds, but they cannot fly.
  • What are penguins? Birds that cannot fly.
  • Penguins live in Antarctica.
  • Where do penguins live? In Antarctica
  • Have you seen the penguins at the zoo?
  • These animals are seals .
  • What are these animals called? seals
  • These animals are called whales.
  • Whales are very big animals that live in the water.
  • What are whales? Whales are very big animals that live in the water.

Reading Comprehension / Display If You Could go to Antarctica.
  • In this story there are many animals. Some live only in the water. Some animals live on the land and in the water.
  • We can understand a book better if we can remember things that are the same.
  • We are going to use this T-chart put animals that are the same together.
  • When we put things into groups that are the same we call it, classify and categorize.
  • What does classify and categorize mean? Putting things that are the same together.
  • Fill in the graphic organizer. Do a picture walk to help prompt student responses.
  • Animals on land and water: penguins, seals
  • Animals in water: whales
ReadIf You Could go to Antarctica
Grammar and Writing / Upper case letters and periods:
  • A complete sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.
  • What do we put at the beginning of a sentence? A capital letter.
  • What do we put and the end of a sentence? A period
  • You are going to write a sentence about cold weather.
  • First have each student say a telling sentence about cold weather.
  • Pass out the paper and pencils
  • What kind of letter does a sentence begin with?A capital letter
  • What do I need to leave between words?
  • What do I need to put at the end of the sentence?
  • Help students as needed to write a sentence about cold weather. Examples: I like snow. It is cold outside. I sled in the snow.

High Frequency
Words / Go, from, here
This word is go. What word?go
Everyone, spell go. g-o
What word did you spell? go
Repeat with the words: from, here
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Spelling
(Phonics) / Ee /e/
  • Hold up an E letter card. This is the letter E. It makes the /e/ sound.
  • Give each student an E letter card.
  • Trace the letter E on your card and say /e/.
  • What sound does this letter make? /e/
  • What is the name of this letter? E
  • I am going to say some words. If the word starts with the /e/ sound, hold up the letter E card.
egg, olive, elephant, envelope, elbow, elk, elm, dot, pig, nut, hat
  • Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.
  • With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter with finger.
  • With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.
  • With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.

Readers / Phonics Reader :Ten, Ten, Ten!
Keep reader to re-read on Day 3

Water /
Land and Water

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Unit 4 Week 5 If You Could go to Antarctica

Unit Theme: Where will our adventures take us?

E / E
E / E

Day 3

High Frequency Words: go, here, from

New Phonics Skills: Ee /e/

Grammar: Uppercase letters and periods

Amazing Vocabulary: Antarctica, continent, icebergs, penguins, seals, whales

Story Vocabulary: icebergs “big as forests”, “white fields of snow”, “sheets of ice” (pg 280)

Vocabulary
(Amazing Words
and
Story Vocabulary
Tier II and III) / Display Talk with Me Chart 23 A
“This week we will be talking about adventures in Antarctica.”
  • The boy is pointing to where Antarctica is on the globe.
  • Where is Antarctica? Antarctica is at the bottom of the earth.
  • Antarctica is also known as the South Pole.
  • What is Antarctica also known as? The south pole
  • Antarctica is a big piece of land called a continent. The boy is pointing to the continent of Antarctica and the girl is pointing to another continent.
  • A continent is a big piece of land.
  • What is a continent? A big piece of land.
  • What do we call a big piece of land? A continent
  • This is an iceberg.
  • An iceberg is a big piece of ice that floats in the water.
  • What is an iceberg? A big piece of ice that floats in the water.
  • What do we call a big piece of ice that floats in the water? An iceberg
  • This animal is called a …. penguin .
  • Penguins Are birds, but they cannot fly.
  • What are penguins? Birds that cannot fly.
  • These animals are seals .
  • Some seals live in Antarctica.
  • Where do some seals live? in Antarctica
  • Seals live on land in the water.
  • Where do seals live? Seals live on land and in the water.
  • Seals have thick fur, and fat to keep them warm.
  • How do seals stay warm? Seals stay warm because they have thick fur and fat.
  • These animals are called whales.
  • Whales are very big animals that live in the water.
  • What are whales? Whales are very big animals that live in the water.
  • Whales breathe air through holes on the tops of their heads.
  • How do whales breathe? Whales breathe through holes on the tops of their head.
  • Whales have flippers and wide tails.
  • What do whales look like? Whales are very big and have flippers and wide flat tails.

Reading Comprehension / Display If You Could go to Antarctica.
  • When we put things into groups that are the same we call it, classify and categorize.
  • What does classify and categorize mean? Putting things that are the same together.
  • ( Record students responses to the following questions. You do not need to write complete sentences, just make a list. )
  • Which animals live in Antarctica? Penguins, seals, and whales live in Antarctica.
  • What is the land like in Antarctica? The land is frozen and covered with ice and snow.
  • Who are the only people living in Antarctica? Scientists are the only people living in Antarctica
  • We could call this list a group of Things in Antarctica.
  • Could trees be part of this group? No
  • Could cows and horses be part of this group? No
  • Trees, cows and horses do not belong in the group Things in Antarctica because they cannot live in Antarctica.
ReadIf You Could go to Antarctica
Grammar and Writing / Upper case letters and periods
  • A complete sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.
  • What do we put at the beginning of a sentence? A capital letter.
  • What do we put and the end of a sentence? A period
  • You are going to write a sentence about what we see in Antarctica.
  • First have each student say a telling sentence about what they see in Antarctica.
  • Pass out the paper and pencils
  • What kind of letter does a sentence begin with? A capital letter
  • What do I need to leave between words?
  • What do I need to put at the end of the sentence?
  • Help students as needed to write a sentence about cold weather. Examples: I see snow. I see penguins……

High Frequency
Words / Go, from, here
Poster 23 Day 3
  • “I can go (display word card) from (display word card) here (display word card) to the play ground.”
  • Please say it with me… (have students point to the word cards as the words are said.)
  • Have a student create their own ending to the sentence frame. As they say sentence have them point to word cards.
  • Have all students repeat the sentence while pointing the word cards at the appropriate time.
  • Repeat, letting each student create an ending to the sentence frame.
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)
Spelling
(Phonics) / Ee /e/
  • Hold up an E letter card. This is the letter E. It makes the /e/ sound.
  • Give each student an E letter card.
  • Trace the letter E on your card and say /e/.
  • What sound does this letter make? /e/
  • What is the name of this letter? E
  • I am going to say some words. If the middle sound in the word is /e/, hold up the E letter card.
  • Teacher say: ten
  • Say it with me: ten
  • What is the middle sound in the word tan? /e/
  • Repeat script using the following words: ten/tan, pot/pet, net/not, bed/bad, Dan/den
  • Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.
  • With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter with finger.
  • With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.
  • With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.

Readers / Re-read Phonics Reader :Ten, Ten, Ten!

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