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Present Essential Question to Class: ● Present the essential question, learning objectives, and “I can” statements, using student-friendly language. Clarify any questions that students have about the content and learning objectives. ● Have students preview the text to identify the vocabulary words for this week. Unpack the weekly vocabulary, as appropriate. Article 1: Location Word Count: 14 Vocabulary: location: tells us where places are High Impact Teaching Strategies: Explicit Teaching, Multiple Exposures, Feedback Lesson Plan: 1. Begin the lesson by asking the students where specific items are around the classroom. As they explain where each item is, write down the directional words that they use on the board. 2. Together, locate the title of the article. Read the title to the students. Write the word “location” on the board, and have the students repeat the word after you. Identify the beginning and ending sounds and letters of the word. 3. Explain that this week, students will be learning about location. 4. Read the article together as the students follow along. Discuss that location tells us where places are. It also tells us where things can be found. 5. Refer back to the activity that was done at the beginning of the lesson and the words written on the board. Explain that they were describing the location of objects in the classroom. The students used those words to tell where the items were located in the classroom. 6. Point out the image on the cover of the student edition. Explain: The boy on the cover is using his phone to show you the location of his house. a. Have you ever seen a grown-up use their phone to help them find the location of a place they have never been before? (Answers will vary.) b. What were they trying to find? (Answers will vary.) c. What kinds of location words did the phone use? (directions to turn, names of streets, distances, etc.) 7. Have the students think about their location or where they are. Ask the following questions. As the students discuss their answers, give feedback on their answers. a. What is your location? Where are you? (Answers will vary.) b. How would you tell a friend where you are? (Answers will vary.) 8. Have the following discussion with the students: a. If you wanted to tell a new friend how to come over to your house to play, how would you tell them how to get there? (Answers will vary.) i. Have students turn to a partner and tell them how they would get to the first student’s house. Tell students to think about the words that they are using. (Answers will vary.) Say: You are telling them a location or where a place is. 9. Have a discussion about how we use location to find places or objects. We use location to tell other people where we are.
Location | Week 14
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