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Lesson 42 - Setting Purpose: From Engagement Text to Decodables

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teaches Common Core State Standards RF.2.3 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/2/3
teaches Common Core State Standards RF.2.3.d http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/2/3/d
teaches Common Core State Standards RF.2.3.f http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/2/3/f
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Daily Learning Targets: 

  • Opening A: I can retell the events from the current edition of the Sunnyside Gazette: “Local Student Wins City Spelling Bee.”
  • Opening B (optional): Using evidence from the text, I can answer questions about the current edition of the Sunnyside Gazette: “Local Student Wins City Spelling Bee.”
  • Work Time A: I can read irregularly spelled high-frequency words “finally,” “won,” “friend,” “one.”
    • I can read second-grade words that “don’t play fair” (irregularly spelled words).
  • Work Time B: I can read the decodable text: “The Spelling Bee.”
    • I can decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
    • I can read second-grade words that “don’t play fair” (irregularly spelled words).

In advance: 

  • Prepare:
    • Snap or Trap T-chart
    • Snap or Trap Word Cards (write the following words on index cards: “even,” “finally,” “won,” “wrong,” “friend,” “ready,” “one”)
    • Interactive Word Wall (one to display)
    • Comprehension Conversation questions (if different from suggested questions)
  • Pre-determine partnerships for retelling during Opening A and Work Time B.
  • Gather materials for differentiated small group instruction (see Differentiated Small Groups: Work with Teacher section).

Vocabulary:

  • Lesson- specific: comprehension, grapple, responsibility, retelling
  • Text-specific: advance, competed, competition, congratulate, emceed

Materials: 

  • Enlarged Engagement Text: Sunnyside Gazette: “Local Student Wins City Spelling Bee”
  • Snap or Trap Word Cards
  • Snap or Trap T-chart (on white board or chart paper; Snap on one side and Trap on the other; from Lesson 27)
  • Enlarged Decodable Reader: “The Spelling Bee” (one to display)
  • Interactive Word Wall (one to display)
  • Decodable Reader: “The Spelling Bee” (one per student)
  • Highlighters (one per student and one for teacher)
  • Highlighting tape (for the teacher to use to highlight the Decodable Reader; optional)
  • Snap or Trap Word List
  • Tape, magnet, or other material to fasten Snap or Trap Word Cards to the Snap or Trap T-chart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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