English Language Arts Houghton Mifflin Harcourt JOURNEYS COMMON CORE

Grade: Unit: Lesson: 1 3 11Essential Question: Anchor Text:What kinds of plants and animals would you find in the ocean?

At Home in the OceanInformational Text

WaterInformational Text

Writing: Reading Literature & Informational Text: Foundational Skills:Informative Writing: SentencesFocus Trait: Sentence Fluency

Comprehension Skills and Strategies TARGET SKILL • Author’s Purpose• DetailsTARGET STRATEGY • Analyze/Evaluate

HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDSblue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, wherePhonics Digraph thBase Words and –s, -es, -ed, -ing EndingsFluencyPhrasing: Punctuation

Language:Spelling: Digraph th that, them, then, with, this, bathGrammar: Proper NounsVocabulary Strategies: Classify and Categorize Words

Planning for English Language Development:Begin with High-Utility Words Tier 1 Words *=Spanish cognatesHigh-Utility Words animals*, home, lots, swim, ocean*, turtle

Language Support Card 11 Building Background Videos Teacher’s Edition p. E2 Oral Language Chant, Blackline Master ELL 11.5

Move on to Developing Vocabulary Tier 2 &3 Words *=Spanish cognatesWords to Know cold, where, blue, live, far, their, little, water

Vocabulary in Context CardsReading/Language Arts Terms consonant*, informational text*, analyze*, evaluate*, author’s purpose*, topic, classify*, category*, base word, proper noun*, capital letter, title*, sentence, information*, verb*, adverb*, period

Teacher’s Edition pp. E2, E4, E6, E8, E10Scaffolding ComprehensionBuilding Background

Language Support Card 11 Building Background Videos Selection Blackline Master ELL 11.6

Comprehension Teacher’s Edition pp. E3, E4, E5, E8, E10

Author’s Purpose Teacher’s Edition pp. E3, E5, E10

Scaffolding WritingInformative WritingSentences That Inform pp. T74-T75

Teacher’s Edition p. E11 Common Core Writing Handbook: Sentences That Inform

Scaffolding GrammarGrammar: Proper Nouns, pp. T72-T73

Teacher’s Edition P. E9o Language Transfer Issue: Using Capital Letterso Language Support Card 11: Questions with What

Whole GroupReading 60 Minutes

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

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HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDSblue ,cold, far, little, live, their, water, whereII-R-2: HI-13: reading high frequency words and irregular sight words fluently.Phonics Digraph thBase Words and –s, -es, -ed, -ing EndingsII-R-2: LI-9: reading regularly spelledtwo-syllable words by applying the most common letter-sound correspondences, including the sounds represented by single letters, consonant blends, consonant/vowel digraphs (th, sh, ck).II-R-2: HI-12: identifying inflectional endings(-s, -ed, -ing) and their functions (tense, plurality, comparison and part of speech).FluencyPhrasing: PunctuationII-R-3: HI-1: reading aloud (including high frequency/sight words) with fluency demonstrating automaticity.

Grammar60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Writing60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Spelling: Digraph th that, them, then, with, this, bathGrammar: Proper NounsVocabulary Strategies: Classify and Categorize Words

II-R-2: LI-9: reading regularly spelledtwo-syllable words by applying the most common letter-sound correspondences, including the sounds represented by single letters, consonant blends, consonant/vowel digraphs (th, sh, ck).

II-L-1 (Nouns): HI-2: explaining differences between common and proper nouns in context (singular and plural).

II-L-2(Vocabulary): HI-1: classifying words into conceptual categories and providing rationale.

Children learn about proper nouns through writing sentences that relate to people, animals, places, or things at the ocean.II-W-2: HI-10: using subject-verb agreement in sentences in a variety of writing applications with instructional support. II-W-2: HI-8: using various subjects (common nouns, singular and plural proper nouns, pronouns, possessive nouns and pronouns) in sentences in a variety of writing applications.

Children write sentences that inform using At Home in the Ocean as a model for writing about animals.II-W-3: HI-3: writing a student generated draft with a main idea and supporting details in a logical sequence.

II-W-2: HI-4: using resources to spell words.

At Home in the OceanInformational Text Children will read At Home in the Ocean to

Understand an author’s purpose for writing.

Observe details to learn more about a text’s topic.

II-R-4: HI-20: identifying words (nouns, adjective, verbs and adverbs) that the author selects in a literary selection to create a graphic visual image.II-R-4: HI-3: locating facts and answering questions about text.WaterInformational Text Children will read Water to

Learn about the different forms of water.

Gain information from a diagram.II-R-4: HI-8: extracting and interpreting specific information from external text features of text.II-R-4: HI-19: locating specific information by using organizational features (e.g., titles, table of contents, heading captions, bold print, glossary, indices) in expository text.

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 Seth and Beth, pp. 3-8 Zeb Yak, pp. 9-14 The Duck Nest, pp. 15-20 Animal Moms, pp. 21-26

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, p. T76 Phonics, p. T76 Comprehension, p. T77 Language Arts, p. T77 Fluency, p. T77

ELL Small GroupELL Leveled Reader- Happy Birthday, Toad

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 Shark, Differentiated Instruction, p. T85Differentiate Words to Know using Context Cards, p. T82Differentiate Comprehension: Author’s Purpose; Analyze/Evaluate Strategy, p. T87Reread Zeb Yak, p.T39Leveled Reader Life in the Coral Reefs, p. T93Differentiate Fluency: Phrasing: Punctuation, p. T89Differentiate Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and Categorize Color Words,p. T95Reread Animal Moms p. T61Options for Reteaching: pp. T96- T97Reread One of this week’s Decodable Reader selections. What are my other kids doing?Listen to Audio of At Home in the OceanComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 11.1-ELL 11.2Listen: Follow along with Audio of At Home in the OceanRetell: Partners retell At Home in the Ocean using Retelling CardsComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 11.3Reread Partners read Life in the Coral ReefsListen to Audio of WaterComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 11.4Listen to Audio of WaterReread: Partners reread The Duck NestReread: Choose among this week’s stories

Complete and share Literacy Center activitiesELL Extra SupportELL Lesson 11 Resources

Daily Lessons to support the core

Language Support Card 11

Building Background Video Clip for Lesson 11: Snorkeling

ELL Blackline Masters ELL Teacher’s Handbook

o Professional Development o Peer Conference Formso Cooperative Learning Guidelines

AssessmentWeekly Tests Answer KeyObservation ChecklistsFluency Tests Periodic AssessmentsReading LogVocabulary LogListening LogProofreading ChecklistProofreading MarksWriting Conference FormWriting ChecklistWriting RubricInstructional RoutinesGraphic Organizer Blackline MastersHandwriting Model

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