3rd Grade ELD Unit 4: Lesson A

Grade: 3 ELA Unit 4: Survival Of Living Things ELD Lesson Time Frame: 3-5 days
ELA Standards: ELD Standards:
R.I. 3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key Part I B.6&7
details and how they support the main idea. Part II B.3

Target Language Function Why is this important?

Recount Key Details
To recount is to tell about again; to tell in detail. A key detail It is important to recount key details because when you read
is an example that explains or tells more about the main text you may be asked to remember information that you
idea. have read. Recounting key details can help you understand
what the text says.
Target Language Form Language Form Purpose
Sentence Frames
A sentence frame is a temporary scaffold that ELLs can use Students often struggle finding just the right words to produce
to extend, reinforce, and apply target language forms and sentences appropriate to a particular task or situation. One
language functions. way to help English Learners is by providing sentence frames.

Resources/Teacher Notes
Familiar Informational Text:
Science Book
Readworks non-fiction passages.

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Grade: 3 ELA Unit 4: Survival of Living Things
Objective: Students will be able to recount key details using sentence frames.
Emerging
Reading/viewing closely
I.B.6 Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g.,
ELD Continuum &
insect metamorphosis), and text elements
Standards
(e.g., main idea, characters, setting) based
on understanding of a select set of grade-
level texts and viewing multimedia with
substantial support.
Teach target language function and target
language form. Teacher reviews main idea.
Teacher provides the main idea and key
details of familiar text on a chart. Teacher
models recounting key details by asking
what details in the text support the main
idea. Teacher models answering the
question by using the sentence frame.
Input/Frames
Say: The main idea of the informational text
is_____.
Ask: What key details supports the main
idea?
______ is a detail that supports the main
idea.
Teacher provides the main idea and
Performance
key details of familiar informational text.
With substantial support students work
Task
to recount 2 key details using the
sentence frame.
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3rd Grade ELD Unit 4: Lesson A
Expanding
Reading/viewing closely
I.B.6 Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., how
cows digest food), and text elements (e.g.,
main ideas, characters, events) in greater
detail based on understanding of a variety of
grade-level texts and viewing of multimedia
with moderate support.
Teach target language function and target
language form. Teacher reviews main idea.
Teacher provides the main idea of familiar
informational text. Teacher models recounting
key details by asking what details in the text
support the main idea. Teacher models
answering the question by using the sentence
frame.
Say: The main idea of the informational text
is_____.
Ask: What key details support the main idea?
__________ is a key detail that supports the main
idea.
_____ is another key detail that supports the
main idea.
Ask: How does the detail support the main
idea? It supports is because______________.
Teacher provides the main idea of familiar
informational text. With moderate support
students work in pairs to recount 3-4 key
details using the sentence frames.
ELD Lesson Time Frame: 3-5 days
Bridging
Reading/viewing closely
I.B.6 Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g.,
volcanic eruptions), and text elements (e.g.,
central message, character traits, major
events) using key details based on
understanding of a variety of grade-level texts
and viewing of multimedia with light support.
Teach target language function and target
language form. Teacher reviews main idea.
Teacher provides the main idea of familiar
informational text. Teacher models recounting
key details by asking what details in the text
support the main idea. Teacher models
answering the question by using the sentence
frame.
Say: The main idea of the informational text
is_____.
Ask: What key details support the main idea?
__________ is a key detail that supports the
main idea.
A key detail that supports the main idea is____.
_____ is another key detail that supports the
main idea.
Another key detail that supports the main idea
is______.
Teacher provides the main idea of familiar
informational text. With light support
students independently to recount 5-6 key
details using the sentence frames.
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