Intermediate Guided Reading Lesson Plan

Intermediate Guided Reading Lesson Plan

Title: Tundra By: Catherine Chambers Scholastic	Genre: NF		Text Structure: Narrative Informational	Level: P
Literacy Core Objective: 3^rd Grade: 4000-0702 Recognize features in informational text. C: identify information from pictures, captions, diagrams, charts, graphs, and table of contents, index and glossary. d. Identify different structures in text. (question answer) 0702 i: compile information from text			Enduring Understanding: Purpose for reading Students will be able to describe the world ecosystem of the Tundra.
Content Core Objective: 3^rd Grade Standard 1 objective 2 a: Describe the major world ecosystems. (Tundra) 2b: Describe the important resources of the world (tundra)			“I Can Statements” - Essential Questions: I can describe the plants and animals of the Tundra I can locate tundra of the world. I can describe how people live in tundra areas of the world. I can compile information about the Tundra using picture and diagrams as well as text.
ELL Strategies: Complete these sentences about tundra. You can use a picture or a word. In the tundra I can .see ___________. In the grasslands I can see____________. In the tundra I can see ___________. In the tundra I can see____________. The tundra are _________________.
Pacing Guide: Reading and Activities should be paced over 4 sessions Day 1: pages 1-13 Day 2: pages 14-21 Day 3: pages 22-32
Before Reading
Vocabulary: bleakest pg.5 tundra pg 5 hemisphere pg 8 alpine pg 9 caribou pg 9 Aurora Borealis pg 12 soggy pg 14 cushion pg 16 lichens pg 16 lemmings pg 21 voles pg 21 water-repellent pg 25 ozone pg 26 hypothermia pg 27 methane pg 26 permafrost pg 26 Activate/Build Prior Knowledge: This book is about the tundra. The tundra is the kind of land that is located around the north pole. The summers are short and just a bit warm. Life is hard in the tundra. Plants and animals have to adapt to the harsh conditions. Tundra is a treeless plain. The soil remains frozen most of the year. This presents a problem for the plants and animals. Let’s browse the book. Look to see what kind of format the author used as you browse. That is right. The authors used a question and answer format. Look at the table of contents page. Notice that the contents are set up as questions. If you wanted to find out where tundra is located you would turn the page 6. If you wanted to know about the people that lived in the tundra, you would turn to page 22. The author has also set up some text boxes called “What on Earth.” Here the author is showing us some interesting facts that she has set aside to tell us more about the tundra. The author has also added other questions to each big topic question section. This helps us to see extra details about the tundra on each page. Comprehension Strategy: Question/ Answer and summarizing information.
During Reading
Using appropriate Guided reading strategies, students will be reading at their own pace and teachers will be listening to students read, monitoring, giving feedback, taking anecdotal notes and running records. As you read think about the kinds of plants and animals that live in the ecosystem of the tundra. Think about why the tundra is so important. When you are finished reading, fill out a graphic organizer to summarize your information about the tundra. Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
After Reading
Fill out the graphic for summarization plants and animals unusual facts about the tundra people and the tundra Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
Content Core Integration:(Science, Soc. St., Math, etc.) Social Studies
Assessment: Answer questions on the attachment. If you need to use your graphic organizer you may.		Activities: Tundra activities; http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/tundra/tundra.shtml Tundra information: http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/tundra5/tundra5.html http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra.htm

*Not all activities will be done in each lesson. Some lessons may take multiple days to complete. However, all students should be reading each time you meet.

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Answer these questions using complete sentences from your reading.

Assessment:

1. What is the Tundra?
2. Where is the Tundra?
3. What kinds of plants and animals live on the Tundra?

4. How do the plants and animals survive?

5. Write what you know about the people who live in the tundra.

6. How would you survive in the tundra?

7. What facts do you think others should know about the Tundra?


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Interesting facts of the tundra

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People and the Tundra
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