Sharing Informative Texts About Understanding
Grade
Grade 1
UNIT
8
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Understanding
Unit 8, Lesson 4, “Sharing Informative Texts About Understanding,” reinforces the vocabulary word understanding. Students will practice their reading skills by reading their informative texts to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partner’s informative texts. Then, students will write two sentences that name two ways they have shown understanding. Finally, students will participate in a class discussion focusing on how they have shown understanding.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Read aloud to a partner to support development of English pronunciation, syntax, and grammar
- Listen to a partners’ reading to develop active listening skills
- Participate in a class discussion to develop active listening and conversation skills
- Write complete sentences to practice correct English syntax and grammar
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 1 Unit 8 Worksheet 4: Sharing Informative Texts About Understanding
VOCABULARY:
- Understanding: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will read our informative texts about understanding (from the previous lesson’s worksheet) with a partner.
- Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their informative texts (written in Lesson 3) with their partner (10 min).
- Have students write one sentence on their worksheets that explains how they showed understanding in the past.
- Have students write one sentence on their worksheets that explains how they will show understanding in the future.
- Ask students who would like to raise their hand and share how they have shown understanding.
GRADE 1 UNIT 8 WORKSHEET 4: SHARING INFORMATIVE TEXTS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING
Understanding: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.
ACTIVITY:
Write a sentence about something you succeeded in understanding.
Write a sentence about something you want to understand in the future.
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