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Information Literacy SkillsTheme: Weather

Theme Information Literacy Skills

ResearchOpportunities

Week 1Big Book:A Rainy Day

Big Book of Explorations: The Wind, Slip on your raincoat, Four Seasons and the Rain on the Rooftops

Read-Aloud Anthology: The Frog and the Locust

Decodable Reader:Ed Can, Ted Can

Kinds of WeatherApproaching:Do you like rain?

On Level:What can you do?

Beyond:Look at the Weather

ELL:You can do this

Comprehension Strategy: Visualize

Comprehension Skill:Identify the main idea and details

FluencyEcho-ReadChoral readRead for fluencyReread for fluencyWord automaticityHigh Frequency Words: this, do

LiteratureNonfictionPoetry

Legend

Reference/Research Skills

Graphic OrganizersWord Web 1489Chart 1501, 1511 Technology

Listening Library CD

Main Writing:SentencesPrewrite and draft a weather reportRevise and edit a weather reportPublish and present

Other: Wild, Wonder Weather Record the weather on a

chart for two weeks

Week 2Big Book:In The Yard

Big Book of Explorations: A Year with

Seasons

Approaching:What can Len Do?

On Level:Go and Play

Comprehension Strategy: Visualize

Comprehension Skill:Identify settingsRetell

FluencyEcho-Read

Main WritingAfter reading In the Yard, have students create lists (p 1563) of what their family does in the yard in all four seasonsInteractive writing, question and answer sentencesPrewrite and draft

7K

Bears

Read-Aloud Anthology: How Turtle flew south for the Winter

Decodable Reader:Hot Ben, Hot Lin

Beyond:How the Bear lost his tail

ELL:You Can Play

Choral readRead for fluencyReread for fluencyWord automaticity Text Feature: photosHigh Frequency Words: and, what

Literature

Realistic Fiction Nonfiction photo essay Folk tale

Reference/Research Skills

Graphic Organizers Lists 1563Chart 1565, 1577, 1595Word web 1587 Technology

Listening library audio CDHandwriting CD

sentencesRevise and edit sentencesPublish and presentLists

Question and answer Sentences

OtherAlliteration

Week 3Mar. 19

Big Book:Bear Snores On

Big Book of Explorations: Let It Snow!

Read-Aloud Anthology: The Mitten

Decodable Reader:Pat and Tip

How Weather Affects UsApproaching:What can we do?

On Level:In the snow

Beyond:The Woodpecker

ELL:

Snow

Comprehension Strategy :Visualize

Comprehension Skill:Distinguish between fantasy/realityRetell

FluencyEcho-ReadChoral readRead for fluencyReread for fluencyWord automaticityHigh Frequency Words: this, do, and, whatText Feature: photos

LiteratureFantasy

Nonfiction photo essay Folk tale

Reference/Research Skills

Graphic OrganizersChart 1639, 1663Word web 1641, 1653Venn Diagram 1671TechnologyListening library audio CD

Main WritingA chartSentencesPrewrite and draft sentencesRevise and edit sentencesPublish and presentWrite an invitation

OtherRhyme

Unit Theme: Wild, Wonderful WeatherProject: Record the weather two weeks and chart itStudent Questions:

Research Component

Activities Skills Materials

AppreciationStudent realizes the need for information after a viewing, reading, listening or other type of sensory experience.PresearchStudents establish a focus by developing an overview of the topic and exploring relationships.SearchStudents plan and implement a search strategy by identifying

information providers, selecting information resources and tools, and seeking relevant information.InterpretationStudents interpret the information they have gathered to make new meaning. They assess the usefulness of their information and reflect on the information to develop personal meaning.CommunicationStudents apply their information to construct and present their new knowledge.EvaluationStudents think about and evaluate both their process and their product during research and at the conclusion of research.

Task Skills Procedures/Products

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