Megan Lambert

Reading
Week 2

Class Unit/Theme: . Beach/ Summertime, ID Parts of a book, ID different comprehension skills

IB Learner Profile Trait Addressed: Principled- doing the right thing, even when nobody is watching you

End of Week Goals Academic Goals/TEKS Alignment:

Scholars Will Be Able To:
o SWBAT ID the characters, setting, main event, and main idea of Living by the Sea (Tier 1)
o SWBAT Answer question about the characters, setting, and main event of the story Living by the Sea when given multiple,
picture-supported choices (Tier 2)
o SWBAT make an errorless choice about story events and identify answers to WH- questions when given multiple,
picture-supported choices (Tier 3)
TEKS Addressed:
1st Grade
o 110.12. (b) 1a recognize that spoken words are represented in written English by specific sequences of letters;
o 110.12. (b) 1e-f read texts by moving from top to bottom of the page and tracking words from left to right with
return sweep; and identify the information that different parts of a book provide (e.g., title, author, illustrator, table of
contents).
o 110.12. (b) 3h identify and read at least 100 high-frequency words from a commonly used list; and
o 110.12. (b)14 a restate the main idea, heard or read;
- 2nd Grade
o 110.13. (b) 2a decode multisyllabic words in context and independent of context by applying common
letter-sound correspondences including:
o 110.13. (b) 2g identify and read at least 300 high-frequency words from a commonly used list; and
o 110.13. (b) 9b describe main characters in works of fiction, including their traits, motivations, and feelings.

High Level Vocabulary Used:

Beach, Seaweed, Main idea, Author, Illustrator, Sequence

Weekly Materials/Resources:
Go Noodle https://app.gonoodle.com/discover
Online Stopwatch http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Living by the Sea book (Unique>Elementary>Summer 2017>Lesson 3, in scholars blue folders)
Living by the Sea comprehension packet (in scholars blue folders)

Monday Thursday Friday
Tuesday Wednesday
SWBAT choose or write SWBAT identify SWBAT Find/ choose the
SWBAT Complete a NO ELAR
what Clara sees in Living characters, setting, and main idea of Living by the
comprehension quiz over WEDNESDAYS
by the Sea major events of Living Sea
Living by the Sea
by the Sea

Teacher will introduce
Living by the Sea to Scholars must sit at a desk
scholars. Teacher goes
over
- Parts of the book
(front and back
cover, title)
:
Teacher reads the book
Living by the Sea aloud to
scholars. Scholars follow
along from left to right,
turn pages, finish some
sentences for teacher.
Teacher asks scholars to
close their books and take
out their comprehension
packets. Teacher reads the book
Teacher reads the book Living by the Sea aloud to
Living by the Sea aloud scholars. Scholars follow
or a table and will need to scholars. Scholars along from left to right,
pencils follow along from left to turn pages, finish some
right, turn pages, finish sentences for teacher.
Scholars in Tier 3 group some sentences for
can have a break while teacher. Teacher asks scholars to
close their books and
 - Book walk (what
main characters
are doing on
different pages)
- Prediction (I think
that I will read
about___)
Teacher reads the book
Living by the Sea aloud to
scholars.
Scholars will
- follow along from
left to right,
- turn pages,
- finish some
sentences for
teacher.
Teacher asks scholars to
close their books and take
out their comprehension
packets.
Scholars must sit at a desk
or a table
Scholars will cut out the
pictures on the second
page of the packet
(for scholars who cannot
cut accurately, provide
some cutting assistance
and allow scholar to cut
nonessential parts of the
picture)
Tiers 1 and 2 take the
exam.
Scholars will turn to the first
part of their
comprehension quiz.
Teacher will read out the
question and answer
choices, and the scholar
will pick an answer.
Go over the correct
answers at the end
Repeat with Tier 3 group
separately. May need
assistance holding pencil/
not marking on sheet
randomly, may need
possible choices pointed
out to them.
Teacher asks scholars to take out their
close their books and comprehension packets.
take out their
comprehension Scholars must sit at a desk
packets. or a table and have a
pencil
Scholars must sit at a
desk or a table. Will Teacher will ask scholars
need a pencil. to turn to the last page of
their comprehension
Teacher asks scholars to packets (Main Idea)
turn to the first
Standards Connection
sheet, which gives
scholars an opportunity
to identify the Title,
Author, Illustrator, etc.
Teacher will fill out the
sequencing portion of the chart
first with scholars:
- What happened at the
beginning of this story?
What is happening on
the first page?
Teacher will read out the - What happens after
questions to scholars and, in the beginning, on
the Answer section, scholars page 5?
will write words or draw a - What happens at the
picture of their answer.
very end of the story,
on page 10?
Scholars on Tier 3 will choose
between 2 visual choices for
their answer. Worksheets for
these scholars may have no Scholars will choose an answer
work on them, but teacher will from multiple options, draw a
document answers separately picture of their answer, or write
their answer with words
Teacher will give scholars
correct answers at the end of After this, teacher will model
the activity and give scholars finding the main idea of the text
an opportunity to check their from the sequence
work
Teacher will model writing down
a main idea: Clara sees many
things by the sea


[For scholars who cannot

cut, have scholar watch
teacher model as they
cut]

Scholars must return

scissors to teacher (s)

Scholars must obtain glue

sticks and glue down what
they saw Clara see on the
first page of the
comprehension packet.

Scholars should think

about what they saw in
the book only, not what
they wanted Clara to see.

Scholars can look through

their own book for
reference