Cristina O’Farrill

2017-2018

Unit/Lesson: 1.2
Topic: Civics/ The Trial of Cardigan Jones
Approximate Time Frame: 2 weeks

Foundational Skills:
 Phonological Awareness: Long vowels: a, e, i, o, u
 Fluency: Phrasing
 Writing: Narrative writing/Dialogue
 Grammar: Kinds of Sentences
Reading Literature and Informational Text:

Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Conclusions, Author’s Word Choice

Language:

 Spelling: spoke, mile, safe, excuse, cone, invite, cube, Price, erase, ripe, broke, flame,
life, rule
 Target vocabulary: trial, jury, convince, guilty, pointed, honest, murmur, stand

Stage 1- Desired Results

Standards:
RL3.1 Ask and answer questions referring to the text.
RL3.2 Recount stories and determine the message, lesson or moral.
RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding, referring to the text.
RI 3.10 Read and comprehend informational texts.
RF. 3.3c Decode multi-syllable words.
RF.3.4ª Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.3.4b Read orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
W.3.1b Provide reasons that support the opinion.
W3.3a Establish a situation and introduce a narrator or characters, organize an event sequence.
W.3.5 Develop and strengthen writing by planning, revising, and editing.
SL.3.1b Follow rules for discussions.
SL.3.1d Explain own ideas and understanding.
SL.3.3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker.
L.3.1.i Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
L.3.2c Use commands and quotation marks in dialogue.
L.3.4d use glossaries or dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify meaning of
words and phrases.
L.3.5b Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
Deep Understanding: Essential Question:
 Courts play an important part  Are laws made to protect citizens?
in our cities and towns.

Stage 2- Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks: Other evidence:
Create a small trial about a  Test, Quiz, Spelling Quiz, Write About Reading
Mysterious Disappearing Activity
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Pencil. Students will play Workbook: pages 15-28

different roles in our court Court video:
system to solve the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EswF5p41S
They will create a dialogue for fs
the play.  Phonics video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX-
fzW2Pjt8
 Types of sentences:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdBZZTo
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Stage 3 - Learning Plan, Experiences, and Instruction
Learning Activities:

 W, H: Introduce the topic and story of the week. Show a video about the Court System.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EswF5p41Sfs) Discuss and predict possible
answers to the Essential Question.
 E, R: Phonological Awareness: Work in five groups, each with a VCe spelling pattern.
Students will brainstorm words with the pattern and list them on a sheet of construction
paper. Display the posters. The group with the most words will be the spelling winner.
Play Tic Tac Toe with spelling words on the white board. (Workbook page 15 and 18)
 E: Reading Literature: Reader’s Guide pages 21-22 of the Reader’s Notebook.
 O, E, R: Vocabulary: Complete sentence frames for each vocabulary word. Work in
small groups to look for the definition of the vocabulary words in their book’s glossary.
https://quizlet.com/6241743/test?matching=on&mult_choice=on&tf=on&prompt-
with=2&limit=14 (online vocabulary quiz)
T, H, O: Writing: Work on the writing process to develop dialogue for a play.
 H, R: Grammar: Work with a partner. One student will say a different kind of sentence
and his or her partner will try to identify the sentence.
 E: Use the White board to write the correct punctuation to finish a sentence.
 W, E: Group discussion on the different topics of the day. Use this discussion to review
past topics and get ready for the new ones.
 E: Daily Proofreading Practice
 E: Work on workbooks individualy and in small groups.
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2017-2018