Lesson 8 - Putting Facts Into Your Own Words
CCSS.ELA
Materials
- W. K. 2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
- W.K.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects.
- W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a questi
- ISTE Standard 5: Digital Citizenship
- Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behaviors.
- Given information from a text, students will be able to write a sentence using the information in their own words with support.
- Using the Conventions of Standard English in Writing, students will be able to write an informational statement with a focus on improving one or more areas to the level of independent application.
- I can put facts into my own words.
- I can use sight words, spacing, punctuation, capital letters, and stretch out my words when writing.
Materials
- Chart Paper
- Teacher Markers
- Informational Text (mark pages to reread)
- Facts About Worksheet
Lesson – 15-20min
1. Review Day 7’s Anchor chart about Facts in your own words.
2. Read aloud a different informational text.
3. Using the Document Projector model writing facts in your own words onto the Facts About Worksheet.
4. Model going through the Writing Checklist to check your work for mistakes. Point out the use of spacing and punctuation in your writing. As well as stretch out words and using known words correctly.
Student Activity – 20-30min
1. Read the whole informational text through a second time. Before reading tell the students to think about 1 fact they would like to write in their own words.
2. After reading, have students share the fact they will write down with a partner before sending them off to work on their own Facts About Worksheet.
3. Remind the class to self edit their paper before they finish. After writing independently, have students share their fact with the class.
1. Review Day 7’s Anchor chart about Facts in your own words.
2. Read aloud a different informational text.
3. Using the Document Projector model writing facts in your own words onto the Facts About Worksheet.
4. Model going through the Writing Checklist to check your work for mistakes. Point out the use of spacing and punctuation in your writing. As well as stretch out words and using known words correctly.
Student Activity – 20-30min
1. Read the whole informational text through a second time. Before reading tell the students to think about 1 fact they would like to write in their own words.
2. After reading, have students share the fact they will write down with a partner before sending them off to work on their own Facts About Worksheet.
3. Remind the class to self edit their paper before they finish. After writing independently, have students share their fact with the class.