Learning Curiosity from a Nonfiction Text
Grade
Grade 1
UNIT
4
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Curiosity
Unit 4, Lesson 2, “Learning Curiosity from a Nonfiction Text,” reinforces the vocabulary word curiosity. Students will develop their reading comprehension skills by hearing a reading from the teacher, learn examples of curiosity from a nonfiction text, and create their own sentences that demonstrate reading comprehension.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Listen to a read aloud to develop reading comprehension skills
- Spell, define, and give an example of curiosity
- Compose 2 sentences that demonstrate comprehension of the word curiosity
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
- Practice reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- An inexpensive pack of fake dinosaur fossils for a class fossil dig—an example on Amazon is a 60-pack for around $11
- One inexpensive plastic shovel for each student
- Sandbox or designated playground area
- Book: Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers or
- Video: Read aloud of Dinosaur Lady by Mrs. K’s Bookworm Adventures (~10 min)
- Prohuman Grade 1 Unit 4 Worksheet 2: Learning Curiosity from a Nonfiction Text
VOCABULARY:
- Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
In preparation for the class activity—a dig for “dinosaur fossils”—bury the plastic fossils either in the playground sandbox or in a small area of the playground. Ideally, bury 3 fossils per student.
- Today we will continue to learn about curiosity.
- Ask students what we learned about curiosity from the last lesson.
- Write curiosity on the board.
- Ask students to spell curiosity on their worksheets.
- Read the text aloud or play the read-aloud video for the whole class.
- Take the students on a dinosaur dig for each student to find 3 dinosaur fossils.
- Ask students how Mary Anning showed curiosity, and have them write their sentences on their worksheets.
- Have students take turns sharing their sentences with a partner.
GRADE 1 UNIT 4 WORKSHEET 2: LEARNING CURIOSITY FROM A NONFICTION TEXT
Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
Write the word curiosity:
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ACTIVITY:
Write 1 sentence that explains how Mary Anning showed curiosity.
Write 1 sentence that explains how Mary Anning’s curiosity helped others.
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