English Language Arts Houghton Mifflin Harcourt JOURNEYS COMMON CORE

Grade: Unit: Lesson: 1 6 27Essential Question: Anchor Text:Why is it important to try your best? What Can You Do?

Informational TextThe Wind and the SunFable

Writing: Reading Literature & Informational Text: Foundational Skills:Opinion Writing: Opinion SentencesFocus Trait: Sentence Fluency

Comprehension Skills and Strategies TARGET SKILL • Author’s Purpose• Using ContextTARGET STRATEGY • Analyze/Evaluate

HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDSalways, different, enough, happy, high, near, once, stories PhonicsBase Words with Inflections –er, -est(change y to i)Syllable -leFluencyIntonation

Language:Spelling: Base Words Ending in –er, -esthard, harder, hardest, fast, faster, fastest, slow, slower, slowest, soonerGrammar: Kinds of SentencesVocabulary Strategies: Classify and Categorize: Emotion Words

Planning for English Language Development:Begin with High-Utility Words Tier 1 Words *=Spanish cognatesHigh-Utility Words athletic*, difficult*, easier, practice*, court, jump, rope, sneakers

Language Support Card 27 Building Background Videos Teacher’s Edition p. E12 Oral Language Chant, Blackline Master ELL 27.5

Move on to Developing Vocabulary Tier 2 &3 Words *=Spanish cognatesWords to Know different, near, enough, stories, high, always, once, happy

Vocabulary in Context CardsReading/Language Arts Terms base word, inflection*, informational text*, graphic features, photograph*, analyze*, evaluate*, classify*, categorize*, syllable*, fable*, statement, question, exclamation*, sentence, capital letter, period, question mark, exclamation point*, opinion*

Teacher’s Edition pp. E12, E14, E16, E18, E20Scaffolding ComprehensionBuilding Background

Language Support Card 27 Building Background Videos Selection Blackline Master ELL 27.6

Comprehension Teacher’s Edition pp. E13, E14, E15, E18, E20

Author’s Purpose Teacher’s Edition pp. E13, E15, E20

Scaffolding WritingOpinion WritingOpinion Sentences pp. T176-T177

Teacher’s Edition p. E21 Common Core Writing Handbook: Opinion Sentences

Scaffolding GrammarGrammar: Kinds of Sentences pp. T174-T175

Teacher’s Edition P. E19o Language Transfer Issue: Using Capital Letterso Language Support Card 27: Present Progressive Verbs

Whole GroupReading 60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Language Arts Oral/Vocab60 Minutes

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HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDSalways, different, enough, happy, high, near, once, storiesII-R-2: HI-13: reading high frequency words and irregular sight words fluently.Phonics Base Words with Inflections –er, -est(change y to i)Syllable -leII-L-2-: LI-9: differentiating the meaning of words by applying knowledge of suffixes.II-R-2: LI-4: segmenting two-syllable words into syllables.FluencyIntonationII-R-2: HI-2: using punctuation, including commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks to guide reading for fluency.

Grammar60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Writing60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Spelling: Base Words Ending in –er, -esthard, harder, hardest, fast, faster, fastest, slow, slower, slowest, soonerGrammar: Kinds of SentencesVocabulary Strategies: Classify and Categorize: Emotion WordsII-R-2: LI-9: differentiating the meaning of words by applying knowledge of suffixes.II-W-2: HI-10: using subject-verb agreement in sentences in a variety of writing applications with instructional support.II-L-2: HI-1: classifying words into conceptual categories and providing rationale.

Children review different kinds of sentences by reading and writing simple and compound sentences.II-W-2: HI-10: using subject-verb agreement in sentences in a variety of writing applications with instructional support.

Children write a narrative using What Can You Do? as a model for stating reasons for opinions. II-W-1: HI-3: completing a written summary of the key events or ideas of informational text using simple sentences.II-W-2: HI-4: using resources to spell words.

What Can You Do?Informational TextChildren will read What Can You Do? to

Recognize the author’s purpose. Use context to determine the meaning of

words and phrases. II-R-4: HI-9: identifying the author’s purpose for writing a book.II-R-4: HI-8: extracting and interpreting specific information from external text features of text.The Wind and the SunFable/Reader’s TheaterChildren will read The Wind and the Sun to

Recognize the features of a fable. Discuss that fables have a lesson or

message.II-L-4: HI-8: extracting and interpreting specific information from external text features of text.

II-R-4: LI-1: identifying characteristics of literary selections that designate the text as fiction or nonfiction.

ELL Whole Group Additional Whole Group ResourcesPoint-of-Use Scaffolded Support

Use Visuals Use Gestures Comprehensible Input Peer-Supported Learning Language Issues Idiomatic Language Use Sentence Frames Expand Language Production

Vocabulary in Context Cards

(front and back)

Decodable Readers The Three Races, pp. 35-42 Seed Sisters, pp. 43-50 The Fox and the Grapes, pp. 51-58 Jingle, Jangle, and Jiggle, pp. 59-66

Progress MonitoringAssess and monitor children’s progress to determine who is on track and who needs help. Clear prescriptions identify targeted instruction to address children’s needs and get them back on track. Respond to Assessment

Vocabulary, p. T178 Phonics, p. T178 Comprehension, p. T179 Language Arts, p. T179 Fluency, p. T179

ELL Small GroupELL Leveled Reader- A Fun Baseball GameContains the same content as the On-Level Reader but uses more accessible language

ELL Leveled Reader Lesson Plan ELL Blackline Masters

Small Group PlannerTeacher-LedVocabulary Reader Helping at Home, Differentiated Instruction, p. T187Differentiate Words to Know using Context Cards, p. T185Differentiate Comprehension: Author’s Purpose; Analyze/Evaluate Strategy, p. T189Reread Seed Sisters, p.T141Leveled Reader A Fun Baseball Game, p. T195Differentiate Fluency: Intonation, p. T191Differentiate Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and Categorize Emotion Words, p. T197Reread Jingle, Jangle, and Jiggle, p. T163Options for Reteaching: pp. T198-T199Reread One of this week’s Decodable Reader selections. What are my other kids doing?Listen to Audio of What Can You Do?Complete Leveled Practice, ELL 27.1-ELL 27.2Listen: Follow along with Audio of What Can You Do?Retell: Partners retell What Can You Do? using Retelling CardsComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 27.3Reread Partners read A Fun Baseball GameListen to Audio of The Wind and the SunComplete Leveled Practice, ELL 27.4Listen to Audio of The Wind and the SunReread: Partners read The Fox and the GrapesReread: Choose among this week’s stories

Complete and share Literacy Center activitiesELL Extra SupportELL Lesson 27 Resources

Daily Lessons to support the core Language Support Card 27

ELL Blackline Masters

Building Background

ELL Teacher’s Handbooko Professional Development o Peer Conference Formso Cooperative Learning Guidelines

AssessmentWeekly Tests Answer KeyObservation ChecklistsFluency Tests Periodic AssessmentsAdditional ResourcesReading LogVocabulary LogListening LogProofreading ChecklistWriting Conference FormWriting ChecklistInstructional RoutinesGraphic Organizer Blackline MastersHandwriting Models

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