Lesson 73 • The North Wind and the Sun, Exams of Meteorology

Download Lesson 73 • The North Wind and the Sun and more Exams Meteorology in PDF only on Docsity! Comprehension strategy focus Main Idea and Details: Literal comprehension: identifies the main idea and finds supporting details. Good readers think as they read. They ask and answer questions to help them focus and to build better understanding. Good readers look for facts and details to help them identify the main idea or key point of the text. Looking for key words in the questions and in the text will help students find the right answers. The two worksheets for this lesson reinforce literal comprehension skills by asking students to identify the main idea in a text and find supporting details. Online objectives Students will: • Predict actions and outcomes • Understand the meanings of words • Infer cause and effect • Use context clues to understand complex vocabulary • Identify the main idea and find supporting details State standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple- meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4.a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Online lesson sequence: • Main Idea and Supporting Details Video: how to identify the main idea of a text and find supporting details. • Cover Story: predicts what the book will be about. • Dictionary: understands the meaning of these focus words: amazing (adjective), powers (noun), prove (verb), obviously (adverb), decide (verb), continue (verb). • Cause and Effect: uses clues to infer cause and effect. • Words in Context: uses context clues to understand complex vocabulary. • Main Idea and Details: identifies the main idea and finds supporting details. • Read the Extract: The North Wind and the Sun (pp. 1-2). • Comprehension Quiz • Map book Big Pumpkin, Chapter 3: The Contest is unlocked. Online assessment • Students complete a 16 question comprehension quiz. The quiz tests literal, inferential, vocabulary and usage, text analysis and critical literacy comprehension skills. Example questions are: - The Wind thought this was a great plan and knew his strength would make him win. What does this tell us about the Wind? - How did they plan to settle the argument? - Which two words best describe what the Wind was doing to the man? Additional writing response Describe a different situation in which the Wind is able to prove that he is stronger than the Sun. Lesson book pages Lesson 73 • The North Wind and the Sun The North Wind and the Sun, pages 1-2 Level 22, Lexile 660L A fable that teaches that gentleness sometimes gets better results than force.