Lesson
1
:
Learning Curiosity from Literature
Grade
Grade 4
UNIT
4
•
Curiosity
In Unit 4, Lesson 1, “Learning Curiosity from Literature,” students will learn examples of curiosity from a contemporary work of children’s literature. Students will also create their own sentences demonstrating their comprehension of the word curiosity. Finally, students will practice reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Listen to a read aloud to improve understanding of English sentence structure and comprehension
- Ask and answer questions to understand the meaning of a text
- Determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text
- Demonstrate understanding of the meaning of curiosity
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Book: The Girl With Big, Big Questions by Britney Winn Lee or
- Video: Read aloud of The Girl With Big, Big Questions (~5 min)
- Prohuman Grade 4 Unit 4 Worksheet 1: Learning Curiosity from Literature
VOCABULARY:
- Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Tell students that we will be learning about curiosity.
- Ask students what curiosity means.
- Tell them that curiosity means we want to learn new things.
- Show students a picture from the NY Times series “What’s going on in this picture?”
- Ask: What is going on in this picture?
- Ask: What do you see that makes you say that?
- Ask: What more can you find?
- Next, read them the photo caption.
- Let’s read a book about a girl who shows curiosity. Read the book The Girl With Big, Big Questions by Britney Winn Lee or
- Play the video: Read aloud of The Girl With Big, Big Questions (~5 min)
- Ask students to complete the questions on their worksheet.
- Have students read their sentences to a partner.
GRADE 4 UNIT 4 WORKSHEET 1: LEARNING CURIOSITY FROM LITERATURE
Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
ACTIVITY:
- How did the main character in this story show curiosity?
- What is the story’s main message about curiosity?
- What in this story could be an ethical principle (a rule for doing good) that everyone in the world could follow all the time?
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