Lessons
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Reading with purpose
SWBAT set a purpose for reading by coming up with questions and answering questions as they read.
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Identify Details: Fiction
Students will be able to answer identify details questions by using their knowledge of sequence.
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Identify Details: Non-Fiction
Students will be able to answer identify details questions in a non-fiction text using knowledge of headings.
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Understanding questions on a test
Students will be able to rephrase a question in order to understand what details they should locate in a text.
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Assessment on Identify Details
Students will be able to demonstrate mastery of strategies taught to answer identify detail questions.
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Inferences with background knowledge
Students will be able to make inference using evidence from a text and background knowledge.
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Fiction Inferences
Students will be able to make inferences about characters in a fiction text.
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Non-fiction Big Ideas
Students will be able to infer big ideas about a non-fiction article.
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Eliminating distraction answers
Students will be able to eliminate answer choices to correctly answer analyze detail questions.
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Asssess on analyze details and draw conclusions
Students will demonstrate mastery of strategies taught to correctly answer analyze details questions.
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Main Idea: Strategies
Students will use a variety of strategies to determine the main idea of a text.
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Chunking Text: Fiction
Students will be able to chunk a fiction text into smaller sections to find the main idea.
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Using headings to find main idea in NF
Students will find the main idea of each section in a non-fiction text.
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Eliminating interesting details to select the main idea
Students will eliminate answer choices on a test to select the main idea of a passage.
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Assess on main ideas
Students will demonstrate mastery on a main idea assessment.
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Author's Purpose overview
Students will be able to define the three types of author's purpose.
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Story Elements: Entertain
Students will be able to use their knowledge of story elements to determine the author's purpose of a story.
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Compare and contrast persuasive and informative writing
Students will be able to use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two types of writing.
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Author's Purpose: Testing Examples
Students will be able to answer multiple choice test questions based on the author's purpose for writing.
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Assess on Author's Purpose
Students will demonstrate mastery of skills taught during the week-long study of author's purpose.
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Figurative Language Overview
Students will review metaphors and similes for assessment in poetry.
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Meaning of Poetry
Students will find the main idea of a poem.
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Assess on Poetry
Students will look at sample test questions and practice test-taking strategies to answer questions about poetry.
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Procedural Text: Sequence
Students will be able to sequence a procedural text.
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Goals of Procedural Texts
Students will write a procedural text detailing how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They will also evaluate a partners directions.
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Assess on Procedural Text
Students will answer example test-questions based on procedural texts.
