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English Language Arts Second Grade Unit: Friendly Letter Writing Comprehension Strategies Stage 1 Desired Results
Established Goals: Students will demonstrate competency in the writing process. Students use a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade level texts. Big Ideas: Enduring Understandings: students will understand that: Letters are a way of written communication Letters have parts Commas have special places in a friendly letter Facts and opinions have differences

Why do I need to know how to correctly write a letter?

Essential Questions: What are ways of written communication? When you are reading, how do you know the difference between fact and opinion?

Knowledge:
Students will know... (NOUNS) How to use the details in a story to make an inference . How to use the details in a picture to make an inference . How to make inferences about current issues. How to use inferences in a story to comprehend better. How to identify facts and opinions in a story.

Skills:
Students will be able to... (VERBS) Write a letter to a family member and mail it. Write a letter to Emily using facts from the letter to make her realize it is really fiction. Determine which character tells facts and which character tells opinions. Distinguish fact and opinion after reading the story Justins Alligator.

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks: Constructed Response : Other Evidence: Technology Connections: United Streaming Video:
Employees at Work Moving the Mail: Postal

Selected Response : Letter writing activities accompanying the lesson outlined in daily plans. Informal/Self-Assessment :
Label and check letter parts

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Learning Activities:
Day Essential Activating Questions Strategies 1 How can I use details in a story to make inference s? Whats Going On Teaching Strategies Summarizing Extending/ Refining Strategie s The Flat Stanley Project is the extending/ref ining project for this unit. In the projects, the students learn about the postal system. They also mail a letter a family member or

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Strategies Pre-Reading Introduce Vocabulary Tell a details, disappoint, forcibly, information, oceans and partner stroke one detail Students complete vocabulary flip chart that you used from During Reading the story to Pair, share and think Justins Alligator make After Reading an How can you tell this story is fantasy? inferen How do you know Justin is kind? ce Why do you think Justin was sad when Honey went about back to the zoo? Justins If you could rename this story what would the new kindness. title be? Pre-Reading Complete Review vocabulary whale KWL details, disappoint, forcibly, information, oceans and chart stroke

During Reading Show students the power point slide of whales in After Reading Where do you think whales live? How do whales and humans interact? Why do you think whales cannot live in lakes How are whales and fish alike and different? What is one fact you know about whales and one opinion you have heard about whales? Each student completes inference math chart and shares with the whole group.

How can I use the details in story to inference s?

Ask Pre-Reading students Review vocabulary what they details, disappoint, forcibly, information, oceans and can Students complete the vocabulary criss cross infer student During Reading who Share pair and think Dear writes Mr. Blueberry After Reading letters to Why do you think Emily was writing Mr. Blueberry? their How do you know that Mr. Blueberry is correct? teacher. Why was it a bad idea for Emily to put salt in the pond? What was the last thing Emily did in the story? Who are the main characters in this story? Pre-Reading Review vocabulary details, disappoint, and information During Reading Share pair and think Meet Mr. President After Reading What inferences can you make about the Presidential election in November? What How do you think most people feel President will be kinds of activities do you think the about the involved in over the next four years? What is one fact you learned about the President? Who is the main character in this story?

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Mrs. Potters Question The weather wear a big coat today. What can you infer about the weather?

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5 How can I identify facts and opinion s in a story? Assess prior knowle dge by giving a list of facts and opinions. Pre-Reading Review vocabulary details, disappoint, forcibly, oceans, stroke, and information During Reading Share, pair, and think Dear Mr. Blueberry After Reading What is one fact you learned about whales in Dear Mr. Blueberry? What is one opinion you formed about Mr. Blueberry? How doyoutellthedifferencebetweenafactandanopinion? 6 How can I use inferenc es to help me compreh end informati on I am reading in a story? Assess prior knowled ge by asking students the strat egies they currently use to help them when trying to underst Assess prior knowle dge by giving a list of facts and opinions. Have students compare organizer to their partners.

Pre-Reading
Review vocabulary details, disappoint, stroke, forcibly, ocean, and information Teaching Transparency 123 with the whole group

During Reading Share, pair, and think Dear Mr. Blueberry After Reading What did you infer about the relationship between Emily and Mr. Blueberry? What clues did you use to figure out who Mr. Blueberry was? What conclusion can you make about the whale Emily thinks is in her yard? Pre-Reading Review vocabulary details, disappoint, forcibly, oceans, stroke, and information Complete Guess the Covered Word During Reading Share, pair, and think Wonderful Whales After Reading How do you know this story has more facts than opinions? What is the difference between a fact and an opinion? Of the two types of whales which do you like best Pre-Reading and why? i e w vdoesb u l anon-fiction story differ from R e v How o c a this r y details, disappoint, forcibly, oceans, stroke, and information

How can I identify facts and opinion s in a story?

How can I identify facts and opinion s in a story?

Assess prior knowle dge by giving a list of facts and opinions.

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Mrs. Potters Question Your friend tells you he or she went to the beach and saw a huge animal one day, but the next day the animal 3 Facts about whales you knew before reading the story 2 Facts you learned from the story 1 Opinion you have heard about 3