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Student demonstrates competency over subject matter, including
knowledge, skills, and application of skills and knowledge
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Student consistently demonstrates explicit understanding of the skill/strategy and its purpose.
Example: The student understands that prefixes and suffixes are meaningful parts and that when
added to a word they change the meaning of the word.
Example: The student understands that authors may use cause and effect relationships as an
organizational method when writing.
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Student demonstrates the ability to independently apply the targeted skill/strategy to new situations.
Example: The student independently identifies prefixes or suffixes in words and their meanings.
Example: The student independently identifies the cause and effect relationships expressed in a
newly presented reading selection.
Student demonstrates partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge
and skills
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Student demonstrates understanding of the skill/strategy and its purpose, with teacher support.
Example: With teacher guidance the student demonstrates understanding that prefixes and suffixes
are meaningful parts and that when added to a word they change the meaning of the word.
Example: With teacher guidance the student demonstrates understanding of the cause and effect
organizational method.
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Student demonstrates the ability to apply the targeted skill/strategy within teacher-directed activities.
Example: With teacher guidance, the student identifies prefixes or suffixes in words and their meanings.
Example: With teacher guidance, the student locates cause and effect relationships within a newly
presented reading selection.
Student demonstrates limited mastery of prerequisite knowledge
and skills
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Student demonstrates limited understanding of the skill/strategy and its purpose.
Example: The student demonstrates limited understanding that prefixes and suffixes are meaningful
parts and that when added to a word they change the meaning of the word.
Example: The student demonstrates limited understanding of cause and effect relationships and how
they can be used to organize text.
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Student demonstrates limited ability to apply the targeted skill/strategy and is dependent on teacher
support and guidance.
Example: Despite teacher assistance, the student demonstrates inconsistent ability to identify prefixes
or suffixes in words and their meanings.
Example: The student inconsistently identifies cause and effect relationships in text during teacherassisted activities.
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lesson forty-one
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Word Study
Fluency
Comprehension
Vocabulary
identify the prefixes ‘inter-’
and ‘intra-’ and understand
their meanings
define fluency and
understand how to read
to improve fluency
understand how to
access prior knowledge
before reading
demonstrate familiarity with
content vocabulary words
20 mins.
5 mins.
20 mins.
5 mins.
SET-UP NOTES:
Lesson Materials:
• Student Resource Book:
Student Resource Sheets:
Word Study, Fluency,
Comprehension, Vocabulary
• Dry-erase boards, dry-erase
markers, erasers
Welcome
2 mins.
NOTE: Greet students by name and take attendance.
State Lesson Objectives for today.
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Word Study
identify the
prefixes ‘inter-’
and ‘intra-’ and
understand their
meanings
Introduction
5 mins.
A. Access Prior Knowledge
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Direct Skill Instruction and Guided Practice: Word Study 10 mins.
NOTE: Write ‘intra- + mural = intramural’ on the dry-erase board.
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NOTE: After students have written the prefixes ‘intra-’ and ‘inter-’ on their
dry-erase boards, review the definition and sample word for each. Review
the directions for the activity aloud.
Short Independent Practice
5 mins.
NOTE: Assist students as they work. Review completed work as a group.
Differentiation
After students complete their chart, direct them to respond to the
prompt: ‘My favorite intrastate destination is….’
Differentiation
Direct students to work with a partner to complete the resource sheet.
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lesson forty-one
Fluency
define fluency
and understand
how to read
to improve
fluency
Text Introduction
5 mins.
A. Teacher Introduces Passage with Intonation and Modeling
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NOTE: Orient students to the page and introduce the selection. Read the
first half of the selection aloud to students, using appropriate intonation
and expression. Invite students to join you in reading aloud the second
half of the selection.
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Differentiation
Set a personal goal for increased speed, accuracy, and/or intonation.
Differentiation
Select a reduced portion of the text for fluency practice.
Comprehension
understand how
to access prior
knowledge before
reading
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Introduction
5 mins.
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NOTE: Read the directions aloud to the students. Direct them to first
work independently and then to pair up and compare their webs with
a partner.
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NOTE: Discuss how this would assist students in reading an article
on recycling.
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Differentiation
After students complete their web, direct them to respond to the prompt:
‘Accessing my prior knowledge is important….’
Differentiation
Direct students to complete a reduced portion of the resource sheet.
Vocabulary
demonstrate
familiarity with
content vocabulary
words
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NOTE: Review answers. Students may have responded ‘unhappy’ or ‘sad’
and ‘easy.’
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Direct students to identify antonyms for the words ‘brief,’ ‘locate,’
and ‘improve.’
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Direct students to work in pairs to complete the activity.
Summary/
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Total Time
60 mins.
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within a state
to throw in between
between different religions
within a galaxy
Recycling helps
to save the
environment.
Plastic, newspaper,
bottles, cardboard,
etc. are recyclable.
intolerant, disapproving
There is a pick-up
that is separate
from the trash
pick-up.
respectful, please
ignore, indifferent, castigate
You must separate
the materials before
the pick-up.
The recycling
effort has grown
trememdously in the
last ten years.
Donating unused
and unwanted items
is also considered
recycling.
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abolish To put an end to; to officially end a law,
system, etc., especially one that has existed for
a long time
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calculated Figured by using mathematics;
measured something or found out how much
something will cost, how long it will take, etc.
accepting Tolerant, resigned to, in agreement with
capacity The ability to hold, receive, or contain;
the amount of space a container, room, etc.
affliction Pain, suffering, or distress; something,
has to hold things or people
usually a medical condition, that causes pain or
unhappiness
catalog To make a list of
alcoves Nooks; small recessed sections of rooms; a
place in the wall of a room that is built further
back than the rest of the wall
celebrate To mark a special occasion with festive
activity
circumstances The facts or conditions that affect a
situation, action, event, etc.
amenity Anything that provides or increases
comfort or convenience; something such as a
coastline The contour of the land along the sea;
piece of equipment, store, or park that makes it
The land on the edge of a coast
easier to live somewhere
coincidental Happening completely by chance
amid Among or surrounded by
without being planned
appreciate To recognize the worth, value,
commodity A product that is bought and sold
importance of; to be grateful for something
compensate Make up for; to make an equal
someone had done
payment for; to reduce or balance the bad
atmospheric The dominant mood or effect; a place,
effect of something
event, or sound that gives you a particular
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feeling, especially a pleasant or mysterious one
save natural resources; someone who works to
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plant life; the number and variety of organisms
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someone or something that makes you feel
better when you are sad or disappointed
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efficiently in a common cause or effort;
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diagnosis The process or result of finding out what
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the ability to deal with situations in a way that
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courage or confidence to do something
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showing a lot of interest and excitement about
something
environmentalist Any person who works to protect
natural resources from pollution
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mind of the reader, spectator, etc.; the effect
or influence that an event, situation, etc. has
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without any preparation, especially because you
are forced to do this by unexpected events
iridescent Showing colors that seem to change in
different lights
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lavish Using in great amounts, extravagant; large,
generous, or expensive
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given subject; a long talk given to a group of
people on a particular subject, especially as a
method of teaching in colleges or universities
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job
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condition; went on being
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new supplies into something
offend To cause anger, resentment, displeasure; to
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or be contained
or saying something that insults them or shows
restrictions Something that confines or keeps
a lack of respect
within limits
opposition The act or condition of being in
rhythmic The pattern of movement or activity with
conflict, or resistance; strong disagreement
uniform recurrence of beat; having a regular,
with, or protest against, something such as a
repeated pattern of sounds or movement
plan, law, or official decision
optimistic Hopeful; expecting that things will go
well; believing that good things will happen
in the future or feeling confident that you will
succeed
rural Happening or relating to the country, not the city
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pediatrician A doctor who treats children
speleology The study and exploration of caves and
their contents
perception Awareness through the senses,
especially seeing or hearing; the way you
understand or think of something and your
beliefs about what it is like
stalactites Sharp pointed objects hanging down
from the roof of a cave, which formed
gradually by water that contains minerals, like
limestone, as it drops slowly from the roof
perplexed Confused and worried by something that stalagmites Sharp pointed objects coming up from the
you cannot understand; puzzled
floor of a cave formed by drops from a stalactite
protest An expression of disapproval or objection
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opposition
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surgical Relating to operating on a patient
synchronize To arrange for two or more actions to
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make someone angry or upset by saying things
that are not nice or by laughing at their faults
or failures
technique A systematic procedure or method by
which a complicated task is accomplished;
a special skill or way of doing something,
especially one that has to be learned
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temperate Moderate temperature; a type of weather
or a part of the world that is never very hot or
very cold
traditional Characteristic of any long-continued
practice or custom; relating to the traditions of
a country or group of people
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