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Lesson 1 - Setting Purpose: Words Represent Something

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teaches Common Core State Standards RF.K.1.b http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/1/b
teaches Common Core State Standards RF.K.1 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/1
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Lesson 1 - Setting Purpose: Words Represent Something

About this lesson

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Daily Learning Targets

  • Opening A:
    • I can tell the word for an object or action I see.
  • Work Time A:
    • I can say the name of a classmate and “read” his or her name. 
    • I can explain the connection between words and letters.
  • Work Time B:
    • I can listen to the Story: “The Search for Names.”

In advance

  • Prepare Student Name Cards (write each student’s name on an index card; these will be used again in Lesson 2).
  • Preview the Story: “The Search for Names.”
  • Gather materials for independent work rotations (see Independent Work Time).

Vocabulary

  • Lesson-specific: letter, name, word
  • Text-specific: spout, stout

Materials

  • Picture of a Teapot or a real teapot
  • Student Name Cards (on index cards; see Teaching Notes, “In advance” section)
  • Story: “The Search for Names” (one for teacher use)
  • Illustrations for Story: “The Search for Names”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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