English Language Arts Houghton Mifflin Harcourt JOURNEYS COMMON CORE

Grade: Unit: Lesson: 1 1 4Essential Question: Anchor Text:Who can you meet in a neighborhood? Lucia’s Neighborhood

Informational TextCity Mouse and Country MouseFable

Writing: Reading Literature & Informational Text: Foundational Skills:Narrative Writing: Class StoryFocus Trait: Word Choice

Comprehension Skills and Strategies TARGET SKILL • Text and Graphic Features• Author’s Word ChoiceTARGET STRATEGY • Question

HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDSall, does, here, me, my, whoPhonics Short eConsonant yConsonant wFluencyIntonation

Language:Spelling: Short e; Consonants y, wyet, web, pen, wet, leg, hen Grammar: AdjectivesVocabulary Strategies: Alphabetical Order

Planning for English Language Development:Begin with High-Utility Words Tier 1 Words *=Spanish cognatesHigh-Utility Words fix, home, street, we, people, woman

Language Support Card 4 Building Background Videos Teacher’s Edition p. E32 Oral Language Chant, Blackline Master ELL 4.5

Move on to Developing Vocabulary Tier 2 &3 Words *=Spanish cognatesWords to Know my, here, who, all, does, me

Vocabulary in Context CardsReading/Language Arts Terms vowel*, consonant*, informational text*, question, graphic feature*, text feature*, captions, alphabetical order*, adjective*, size, shape, story

Teacher’s Edition pp. E32, E34, E36, E38, E40Scaffolding ComprehensionBuilding Background

Language Support Card 4 Building Background Videos Selection Blackline Master ELL 4.6

Comprehension Teacher’s Edition pp. E33, E34, E35, E38, E40

Sequence of Events Teacher’s Edition pp. E33, E35, E40

Scaffolding WritingNarrative WritingClass Story, pp. T360-T361

Teacher’s Edition p. E41 Common Core Writing Handbook: Class Story

Scaffolding GrammarGrammar: Adjectives (size, shape), pp. T358-T359

Teacher’s Edition P. E39o Language Transfer Issue: Adjectiveso Language Support Card 4: Nouns

Whole GroupReading 60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Language Arts Oral/Vocab60 Minutes

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HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDSall, does, here, me, my, whoII-R-2: HI-13: reading high frequency words and irregular sight words fluently.Phonics Words with Short eConsonant yConsonant wII-R-2: B-9: reading regularly spelled one-syllable words by applying the most common letter-sound correspondences, including the sounds represented by single letters with instructional support.FluencyIntonationII-R-3: HI-1: reading aloud (including high frequency/sight words) with fluency demonstrating automaticity.

Grammar60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Writing60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Spelling: Short e; Consonants y, wyet, web, pen, wet, leg, hen Grammar: AdjectivesVocabulary Strategies: Alphabetical OrderII-R-2: B-9: reading regularly spelled one-syllable words by applying the most common letter-sound correspondences, including the sounds represented by single letters with instructional support.II-L-1(ADJ) HI-3: using sensory/personality adjectives.II-R-1: HI-5: alphabetizing a series of words to the second letter with instructional support.

Children learn about adjectives through describing pictures and using those adjectives in sentences.II-L-1(ADJ) HI-3: using sensory/personality adjectives.

Children write a class story using Lucia’s Neighborhood as a model for writing about a neighborhood. II-W-3: HI-1: generating ideas through student-led prewriting activities (e.g., advanced graphic organizers, etc.) and student recording of the ideas.II-W-1: HI-1: writing a narrative or short story that includes a main idea, character, setting and a sequence of events.

Lucia’s NeighborhoodInformational TextChildren will read Lucia’s Neighborhood to

Identify various graphic features. Learn why the author chose the words he

did.II-R-4: LI-8: locating specific information from external text features of text.II-R-4: LI-9: identifying the purpose for reading specific books.City Mouse and Country MouseFable/Readers’ TheaterChildren will read City Mouse and Country Mouse to

Experience a fable in the format of Readers’ Theater.

Analyze what the story lesson is.II-R-4: LI-1: identifying characteristics of literary

selections that designate the text as fiction or nonfiction.

ELL Whole Group Additional Whole Group ResourcesPoint-of-Use Scaffolded Support

Use Visuals Use Gestures Comprehensible Input Peer-Supported Learning Language Issues Idiomatic Language Use Sentence Frames Expand Language Production

Vocabulary in Context Cards

(front and back)

Decodable Readers Pals, pp. 75-80 Ned, pp. 81-86 Ken and Vic, pp. 87-92 My Pets, pp. 93-98

Progress MonitoringAssess and monitor children’s progress to determine who is on track and who needs help. Clear prescriptions identify targeted instruction to address children’s needs and get them back on track. Respond to Assessment

Vocabulary, T362 Phonics, T362 Comprehension, T363 Language Arts, T363 Fluency, T363

ELL Small GroupELL Leveled Reader-The Places in Our Town

Contains the same content as the On-Level Reader but uses more accessible language

ELL Leveled Reader Lesson Plan ELL Blackline Masters

Small Group PlannerTeacher-LedVocabulary Reader Firehouse, Differentiated Instruction, p. T371Differentiate Words to Know using Context Cards, p. T369Differentiate Comprehension: Text and Graphic Features; Question Strategy, p. T373Reread Ned, p.T325Leveled Reader The Places in Our Town, p. T379Differentiate Fluency: Intonation, p. T375Differentiate Vocabulary Strategies: Alphabetical Order, p. T381Reread My Pets p. T347Options for Reteaching: pp. T382-T383Reread One of this week’s Decodable Reader selections. What are my other kids doing?Listen to Audio of Lucia’s NeighborhoodComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 4.1-ELL 4.2Listen: Follow along with Audio of Lucia’s NeighborhoodRetell: Partners retell Lucia’s Neighborhood using Retelling CardsComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 4.3Reread Partners read The Places in Our TownListen to Audio of City Mouse and Country MouseComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 4.4Listen to Audio of City Mouse and Country MouseReread: Partners read Ken and VicReread: Choose among this week’s stories

Complete and share Literacy Center activitiesELL Extra SupportELL Lesson 4 Resources

Daily Lessons to support the core

Language Support Card 4

ELL Blackline Masters

Building Background Video Clip for Lesson 4: Cleaning Up a City Lot

ELL Teacher’s Handbooko Professional Development o Peer Conference Formso Cooperative Learning Guidelines

AssessmentWeekly TestsObservation ChecklistsFluency Tests Periodic Assessments

Additional ResourcesReading LogVocabulary LogListening LogProofreading ChecklistProofreading MarksWriting Conference FormWriting RubricInstructional RoutinesGraphic Organizer Blackline MastersHandwriting Model

Standards