lesson 1 reading closely to expand our understanding of adaptations

Lesson 1Reading Closely to Expand Our Understanding of Adaptations

Learning Targets

• I can identify the main idea of “Staying Alive: Animal Adaptations” by reading the text closely.• I can list key details from the text that support the main idea.• I can describe the different kinds of animal adaptations.

Read Aloud

Gist: Finding the Main Idea of a small section

Rereading for Important Details: What are different kinds of animal

adaptations?

Frog Adaptations

Physical Behavioral

Pages 30- 31

What do you notice? What does it make you wonder about?

Lesson 2Using Informational Text Features and

Learning Freaky Frog Vocabulary

Learning Targets

• I can use text features to efficiently find information in the text Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can determine the meaning of key words about

freaky frogs.

EXPLORE!!

Exit Ticket

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Lesson 3Asking and Answering Questions: Studying the

Life Cycle of a Frog

Learning Targets

• I can ask and answer questions about the life cycle of a frog. • I can describe the life cycle of the frog.• I can determine the meaning of unknown words using

context clues.

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle

Pages 28- 29

What did we learn about on these two pages?

Life Cycle of a Frog p.14- 15

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Lesson 4Studying the Skin of a Frog

Learning Targets

• I can ask and answer questions about frogs’ skin in Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can describe how frogs shed their skin. • I can determine the meaning of unknown words using

context clues.

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle

Pages 12-13

What did we learn about on these two pages?

The Skin of a Frog

Pages 12- 13 “Super Skin”

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Lesson 5Asking and Answering Questions: Reading

about a Frog’s Habitat

Learning Targets

• I can ask and answer questions about frogs’ habitat in Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can describe an adaptation that helps a frog survive in a

particular habitat.• I can determine the meaning of unknown words using

context clues.

Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle

Pages 6-7

What did we learn about on these pages?

Frog Habitat

Pages 18-19

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Exit Ticket

Four Corners

Lesson 6Mid-Unit Assessment: Close Reading of “The

Spadefoot Toad”

Learning Targets

• I can identify the main idea of an excerpt from “The Spadefoot Toad” by reading the text closely.• I can list key details in the text that support the main

idea. • I can explain how information in the illustrations and

the words help me understand the main idea. • I can determine the meaning of new vocabulary using

clues in the text around a word.

Directions

• First for gist• Then to identify unfamiliar words• Then to think about key information and details•One last time to answer the questions.

Lesson 7Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Glass Frog,”

Pages 32 and 33 of Everything You Need to Know about Frogs

Learning Targets

• I can ask questions about glass frogs in Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can answer questions about glass frogs. • I can determine the meaning of words in Everything You Need to

Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can use text features to find information efficiently about glass frogs.• I can use information from illustrations (maps, photographs) to

understand about glass frogs.• I can use information from the words to understand about glass frogs.

Poem

How might poetry be different from informational text?

How might it be the same?

What is the glass frog’s habitat? What evidence from the text helps you know this?

What is Douglas Florian trying to teach us about glass frogs when he writes: “It’s hard to see/Which part is leaf/And which part is me?”

Glass Frogs: Pages 32- 33

Glass Frogs: Pages 32- 33

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Lesson 8Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Water-

Holding Frog,” Pages 36 and 37 of Everything You Need to Know about Frogs

Learning Targets

• I can ask questions about water-holding frogs in Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can answer questions about water-holding frogs. • I can determine the meaning of words in Everything You Need to Know about

Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can use text features to find information efficiently about water-holding

frogs.• I can use information from illustrations (maps, photographs) to understand

about water-holding frogs. • I can use information from the words to understand about water-holding

frogs.

Poem

What are some of the vivid and precise words Douglas Florian used to describe the physical characteristics of the red- eyed tree frog?

Water Holding Frogs: Pages 36- 37

Water Holding Frogs: Pages 36-37

Water Holding Frogs: Pages 36- 37

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Lesson 9Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Amazon

Horned Frog,” Pages 20 and 21 of Everything You Need to Know about Frogs

Learning Targets

• I can ask questions about the Amazon horned frog from the text Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.• I can answer questions about the Amazon horned frog section. • I can determine the meaning of words about the Amazon horned frog.• I can use text features to find information efficiently about the Amazon

horned frog section.• I can use information from illustrations (maps, photographs) to

understand the Amazon horned frog.• I can use information from the words to understand the Amazon horned

frog.

Poem

What color are poison dart frogs? What evidence from the text helps you know this? What do you think Douglas Florian means when he writes “their poison can tip a dart”?

Amazon Horned Frog: Pages 20- 21

Amazon Horned Frog: Pages 20- 21

Amazon Horned Frog: Pages 20- 21

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Lesson 10Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about

Poison Dart Frogs:Poison!

Learning Targets

• I can read and identify the main idea and key details of pages 14–15 in Deadly Poison Dart Frogs. • I can listen and identify the main idea and key details of pages 8–9 in

Poison Dart Frogs Up Close. • I can compare and contrast the main ideas and key details of sections

of Deadly Poison Dart Frogs and Poison Dart Frogs Up Close.

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Poison!!

Pages Pages

Ink- Pair- Share

Compare and Contrast the Two Books

Lesson 11Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about

Poison Dart Frogs:Legs and Toes

Learning Targets

• I can read and identify the main idea and key details of pages 8–9 in Deadly Poison Dart Frogs. • I can listen and identify the main idea and key details

of pages 12–15 in Poison Dart Frogs Up Close. • I can compare and contrast the main ideas and key

details of sections of Deadly Poison Dart Frogs and Poison Dart Frogs Up Close.

Toes and Legs!!

Pages Pages

Ink- Pair- Share

Compare and Contrast the Two Books

How do poison dart frogs’ toes and legs help them survive?

Lesson 12Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts about

Poison Dart Frogs:Eggs and Tadpoles

Learning Targets

• I can read and identify the main idea and key details of pages 10–11 in Deadly Poison Dart Frogs. • I can listen and identify the main idea and key details

of pages 16–19 in Poison Dart Frogs Up Close. • I can compare and contrast the main ideas and key

details of sections of Deadly Poison Dart Frogs and Poison Dart Frogs Up Close.

Toes and Legs!!

Pages Pages

Ink- Pair- Share

Compare and Contrast the Two Books

How do poison dart frogs help their babies?

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Lesson 13End of Unit Assessment:

On-Demand Informational Paragraph about How the Poison Dart Frog Survives

Learning Targets

• I can create a plan for my poison dart frog informational paragraph.• I can write an informative paragraph to explain the adaptations that

help poison dart frogs survive. • I can support my topic with details from Deadly Poison Dart Frogs and

Poison Dart Frogs Up Close.• I can write a sentence to close my paragraph.• I can use words and phrases for effect to help my reader learn about

the poison dart frog. • I can read a freaky frog poem fluently.

Fact Frenzy

• Choose one person to be the first writer/drawer.• When the timer starts, the first person will write/draw one fact about

how the poison dart frog survives. You do not have to use complete sentences (for example, you could write “poison skin”).• The first writer passes the to the next person, who then writes/draws

a new fact.• Keep passing the marker around and adding facts until the timer runs

out!

A quality paragraph should have…

1. Topic sentence2. Supporting details and facts3. Conclusion sentence4. Uses words and phrases for effect