Required Materials |
Project Read Scope and Sequence
Informational/Explanatory Rubric Evidence Based Response Rubric Reimers, Fernando; Chopra, Vidur; Chung, Connie; Higdon, Julia; O'Donnell, E. (2016-07-28). Empowering Global Citizens: A World Course. Kindle Edition. |
Required Texts |
Anchor Text:Night Tree by Eve Bunting and
Legend of the Poinsettia by Tommy DePaola Read Aloud/Read Along Winter Holidays Poetry by Dina Anastasio |
Daily |
Integrate the tenets of Responsive Classroom into morning meeting, the language of the classroom, and structures and routines to develop and support developmentally appropriate social-emotional growth.
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Foundational Skills DailyFoundational Reading
Vowel teams (introduced in grade 1) (ie/ai/ay/oa/ow/oe/ ee/ea/ie/ey) Vowel Team Short /ea/ -dge Foundational Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Language Handwriting lessons from Project Read |
Follow Suggested Lesson Plan for Project Read
Complete Project Read Lessons 25, 26 and Spelling Units 36-39 Supplement with Engage Skills Unit 3 Engage Skills Materials: Vowels, Consonants, Spelling and Student Data Folio |
Lesson 1 (5-7 Days) |
View or read Night Tree by Eve Bunting
Complete the Night Tree Activity and Discussion Read or view Legend of Poinsettia Engage the class in a book talk using the discussion questions Watch Hanukkah in Alaska on Storyline and complete the connected activities Read the African story Holidays with Grandmother Select other holiday stories based upon the cultures represented in your classroom. Have students complete a venn diagram or top hat comparing and contrasting the holidays in the stories. |
Lesson 2 (5-7 days) |
Complete Lucy Calkins Informational/Explanatory Writing unit from Unit 2.1
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Lesson 3 (1-3 days) |
Children Around the World
Complete the remaining activities in World Course Unit 2 |
Suggested Texts |
Vocabulary
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Reading Literature
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Foundational Reading
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Writing
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Speaking and Listening
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Language
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Recount/ retell
Genres Fables Folktales Cultures Central message Moral Characters Conflict Plot Problem/solution Major events Challenges Regular beats Alliteration Rhyme Repeated lines Rhythm Beginning Middle End/conclusion Introduction Sequence Points of view Expression Dialogue Illustration Digital text Characters Setting Plot Compare Contrast |
Long vowel
Short vowel Vowel teams Sight words Syllable Prefixes Suffixes Accurately Smoothly Expression Automaticity Clarification Reading Strategies Reading for meaning Appropriate rate Words correct per minute |
Non-‐fiction
Topic Definitions Facts Informational Explanatory Conclusion Concluding statement Revise Edit Publish Research Report Recall Sources Background knowledge |
Questioning
Complete sentences Turn-‐taking Listening to speaker Eye contact Stem the answer Clarification Active listening Recount/retell Key ideas Details Clarification Appropriate volume Articulation Illustration Audio Visual display Record Voice |
Collective nouns Irregular plural nouns Reflexive pronouns
Past tense of irregular verbs Adjectives and adverbs Complete simple sentences Complete compound sentences Proper nouns Punctuation Comma Apostrophe Spelling patterns Dictionary Reference materials Subject Predicate Complete sentences and thoughts Formal English Informal English Clarification Context clues Reading strategies Prefix Root/base word Compound words Glossary Thesaurus Opposites/antonyms Synonyms Verbs Adjectives Describing words |
Fry Words
upon, wish
leave, also, am, box, call, color, got, red, run
leave, also, am, box, call, color, got, red, run
Sight Words
done, one, through, thought, great
other, eye
other, eye
Text Specific Vocabulary
- World Holiday: Chinese New Year, Christmas, Hanukkah, Holi, Kwanzaa, New Year, Ramadan, Dreidel, kinara, menorah, mkeka, traditions, celebrate, family, light, holidays, songs, gifts, food, friends
- Night Tree: bundle, scramble, spattered, lantern, creatures, admire, hoping, hibernate, gather, lopsided
- The Legend of the Poinsettia: village, burro, casita, shrine, procession, figure, honored, wool, loom, frightened, comfort, tangle, shame, ruined, disappointed, celebrate, blazing, murmur, shimmer
