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Title of Text: Rectangular Prism
Author/Illustrator: Jennifer Boothroyd GRL: E Series: First Step Nonfiction Genre: Nonfiction, Math Engage
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Standard: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text Lesson Objectives: To ask and answer questions about the jet details in the text with prompting and support, to use inferring as the strategy, and to use cause and effect as the skill Skill: Cause and Effect Comprehension Strategy: Inferring Fluency: Intonation Academic Vocabulary: explain or research the meanings of the words below. Discuss the morphology of the words: suffixes, taking a root word and adding to it to change the meaning of the word. Have students talk about the meaning of each word, using antonyms, synonyms and situations where each word can be used correctly. a. rectangular prism b. box c. desk d. dresser Foundational Skills: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words Before Reading: ENGAGE! THINK! 1. Build Background Knowledge a. Let’s look at the front and back cover. What do you know about this topic? b. What would you like to learn about rectangular prisms? c. What is the object on the front cover? d. Describe what a rectangle shape. e. What does the word prism mean? 2. Skill Introduction: a. Cause and Effect – as we read today, find out what causes a rectangle to become a rectangle prism. 3. Strategy Introduction: a. Inferring – roll a pencil on a desk to the left. Ask students what will happen if it continues to roll. Talk about how this is inferring. 4. Fluency: Intonation – read page 8 and not how your voice changes with the question mark. Talk about sentences that end in a period and question mark. Standard ‐ With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. What makes a rectangular prism? Foundational Skills: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words‐ As we read today notice that we have several words with one, two, and more. Talk about the differences and count them when you come to them in your reading.
Copyright © 2012 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. Lerner Digital™ and Lerner eSource™ are trademarks of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.lernerbooks.com During Reading: Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late! Check for Understanding (Stop Midway through the Book) 1.
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Tell me about a part you didn’t understand? Turn and Talk: how is using the strategy of inferring helpful in your reading? What can you infer about the picture on page 4. 3. Cause and Effect – What causes the box on page 3 to become a rectangular prism? Standard ‐ With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Is there anything else in the picture on page 4 besides the disk that is a rectangular prism? Explain
After Reading: EVALUATE! 1. What did you learn? What surprised you? 2. What more do you want to learn about a rectangular prism? 3. Name some rectangular prisms in your classroom. 4.
Standard: Cause and Effect – The effect is that the lunch box on page 7 is a rectangular prism. What is the cause? Standard: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. What are the items in the text that are examples of rectangular prisms? Vocabulary: Foundational Skills: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. Look at each page of the text and read the sentence. Take each word and pronounce, blend and segment each syllable. Talk about how many syllables and what makes up a syllable. Writing Standard: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic? Task: Write an informational piece on what makes a rectangular prism and give examples by drawing them. This can be done in a shared writing format. IF/THEN: Inferring – if students struggle with the strategy, talk about what would happen if you kicked the trash can over. Encourage students to give you another example. Copyright © 2012 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. Lerner Digital™ and Lerner eSource™ are trademarks of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.lernerbooks.com