To learn more about this lesson, read the Lesson 4 Overview found under the Additional Materials tab.
Daily Learning Targets
- Opening A:
- I can read with expression/rhythm and rhyme (choral reading for fluency).
- Opening B:
- I can share my ideas with others.
- Using evidence from the letter, I can add my understanding of the author and her purpose.
- Work Time A:
- I can work with the teacher to write a message.
- I can write a letter or letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds I hear.
- I can use what I know about letters and their sounds to spell simple words.
In advance
- Prepare:
- Poem: “Open a Book, Unlock a Door,” displayed on chart paper or projected onto a white board (optional).
- Independent Writing Work from Lesson 2 in this Cycle (“Where I would like a book to take me.”)
- Large chart paper for Work Time B (shared writing)
- Materials for Independent Work Rotations: Sorting Words and Word Card Templates; paper, pencils, crayons, or other coloring materials; blank paper; and books for Independent Reading.
- Pre-determine the focus of the written message that will be produced during Work Time B.
- Suggestions for the content:
- A favorite class book and why
- What students are learning about in first grade
- Suggestions for the content:
Vocabulary
- Lesson-specific: segment
- Text-specific: blotting, damp, simmers
Materials
- Poem: “Open a Book, Unlock a Door,” displayed on chart paper or projected onto a white board (optional)
- Independent Writing Work from Lesson 2 in this cycle (“Where I would like a book to take me”)
- Mystery letter #4
- Large chart paper
- Whiteboards (optional; one per student)
- Whiteboard markers (optional; one per student)
- Whiteboard erasers (or tissues, socks, etc.) (optional; one per student)
- Letter Formation Chart
- Articulatory Gestures Chart (from Lesson 1)
- Sorting Words and Word Card Templates for independent work time
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