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Lesson 3 - Setting Purpose: Reading the Printed Word

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teaches Common Core State Standards RF.1.2 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/1/2
teaches Common Core State Standards RF.1.2.a http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/1/2/a
teaches Common Core State Standards RF.K.3 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/3
teaches Common Core State Standards RF.K.3.a http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/3/a
teaches Common Core State Standards RF.K.3.b http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/3/b
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Daily Learning Targets: 

  • Opening A: I can review the meaning of the poem: “Open a Book, Unlock a Door” (act it out).
  • Opening B: Using evidence from the letter, I can add to my understanding of the author and her purpose.
  • Work Time A: I can match letters and sounds in the poem: “Open a Book, Unlock a Door.” 
    • I can look at a letter in a word and say its sound.
    • I can identify the most common single graphemes (letters) for short vowels.
    • I can identify long and short vowel sounds in (single-syllable) words that I hear.
    • I can name the five vowel letters and explain that these are the long vowel sounds.

In advance: 

  • Prepare:
    • Poem: “Open a Book, Unlock a Door,” displayed on chart paper or projected onto a white board
    • Copies of poem: “Open a Book, Unlock a Door” (see Lesson 1) placed in clear plastic sleeves with cardboard (students will write on these)
  • Materials for Independent Work Rotations (paper, pencils, crayons, or other coloring Materials; blank paper; books for independent reading)

Vocabulary:

  • Lesson-specific: decode
  • Text-specific: chattering

Materials: 

  • Poem: “Open a Book, Unlock a Door,” displayed on chart paper or projected onto a white board (from Lesson 1)
  • Mystery letter #3
  • Copies of poem in clear plastic sleeves with cardboard or clipboards (if a hard surface is needed) (one per student or partners)
  • Whiteboard markers (one per student)
  • Whiteboard erasers (or tissues, socks, etc.; one per student)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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