Lesson 1 - Types of Text
CCSS.ELA
Materials:
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Lesson - 20-30min
1. Distribute informational text for students to look at. As students look through the text have them discuss, with a partner, some of the things they find the same in their books. Teacher may need to model. “My book has a picture with labels, does your book have a labels?”
2. After a few minutes of discussion, bring the class together to share what they have found. Lead the discussion by telling students that all these text are called informational text. Place this on chart paper.
3. Have students share what they have found and add ideas to chart. If students do not use the correct vocabulary share with them the words.
4. Any parts of informational text not discuss, share with class and add to the chart.
5. At the end of the lesson discuss how informational text are also called Non Fiction text which means they are about real life people, places, and things.
Student Activity – 20 min
1. Students will be given a worksheet similar to the shark picture on the chart paper above. Students will be asked to provide a header, labels and caption for the picture.
2. At the end of the activity have students share the caption they wrote. Student’s captions should be information they already know about scarecrows (ex. Scarecrows are found on farms. Scarecrows are made of straw.)
3. When finished, students can continue to practice labeling on the computer or ipad. The link for the page can be found under Student Tab: Week 1 Day 1 Activity.
1. Distribute informational text for students to look at. As students look through the text have them discuss, with a partner, some of the things they find the same in their books. Teacher may need to model. “My book has a picture with labels, does your book have a labels?”
2. After a few minutes of discussion, bring the class together to share what they have found. Lead the discussion by telling students that all these text are called informational text. Place this on chart paper.
3. Have students share what they have found and add ideas to chart. If students do not use the correct vocabulary share with them the words.
4. Any parts of informational text not discuss, share with class and add to the chart.
5. At the end of the lesson discuss how informational text are also called Non Fiction text which means they are about real life people, places, and things.
Student Activity – 20 min
1. Students will be given a worksheet similar to the shark picture on the chart paper above. Students will be asked to provide a header, labels and caption for the picture.
2. At the end of the activity have students share the caption they wrote. Student’s captions should be information they already know about scarecrows (ex. Scarecrows are found on farms. Scarecrows are made of straw.)
3. When finished, students can continue to practice labeling on the computer or ipad. The link for the page can be found under Student Tab: Week 1 Day 1 Activity.