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The Moon: Main Idea and DetailsAuthor: Diletta DangBased on lesson by: Date created: 02/24/2013 11:31 AM UMST ; Date modified: 02/24/2013 12:01 PM UMST

VITAL INFORMATION

Subject(s) Elementary, Language Arts (English), Reading, Science

Topic or Unit of Study Exploration; The Moon; HMH 16; Reading Informational Text

Grade/Level Grade 1

Objective Students will be able to identify the main idea and supporting detailsof the informational text Let's Go to the Moon! They will be able touse a web map to communicate the main idea and details.

Summary Students will use a web map to identify the main idea and details ofthe text Let's Go to the Moon!

IMPLEMENTATION

Learning Context This is a modified version of lesson 16 in Unit 4 of Houghton MifflinHarcourt's Journeys program. It is part of an integrated two-weekunit on exploration. Students have worked previously with webmaps and main ideas and details. The students will continue towork with this comprehension strategy and text to deepenunderstanding throughout the week. Students will fill out their ownweb maps in the follow-up lessons.

Procedure Anticipatory Set:

1. The teacher will ask students if they've ever looked up at thenight sky. What did they see? When students mention the moon,the teacher will ask if the moon always looks the same (no,sometimes it's small and thin, sometimes it's big). The teacher willexplain that we will be reading a text about the moon and findingthe main idea and details. The teacher will explain that goodreaders look for the main idea and details of a text in order tounderstand it better.

Teach/Model:

2. Students and teacher will read and discuss Student Book p. 13.

3. The teacher will display projectable 16.2 and read "The Moon"with the students. The teacher will explain that we will use a webmap to record the main idea and details.

4. The teacher will begin filling out the web map for "The Moon,"thinking aloud to explain her reasoning. The teacher will helpstudents identify supporting details and fill in the small ovals of themind map.

Guided Practice:

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5. The teacher will introduce the selection Let's Go to the Moon! andtake a picture walk with the students, pointing out the headings. The teacher will model setting a purpose for reading (to find outwhat happens on a trip to the moon).

6. The students will read the story once through following alongand be given a couple of minutes to talk with their tables aboutwhat they learned or found interesting.

7. The students will read the story through again. This time, theteacher will pause periodically to ask comprehension questions andto fill out a web map (projectable 16.3) to find the main idea anddetails of the text.

Closure:

Students will recall what they learned about the moon. They will beasked to restate the main idea and some supporting details.

Differentiated Instruction ELL students will be given sentence frames to assist in the formationof complete sentences. Vocabulary will be introduced and discussedduring the picture walk.

Sample Student Products

Collaboration

Time Allotment 1 class periods. 45 Mins. per class.

Author's Comments &Reflections

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Instructional Materials Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Unit 4 teacher's guide

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Unit 4 Student Books (1/student)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Unit 4 projectables 16.2 and 16.3

Resources

STANDARDS & ASSESSMENT

Standards Display: Collapse All Expand All

AZ- Arizona Academics Standards

Subject: Language Arts

Subject/ Grade/ Domain: Reading

Grade: GRADE 1

Strand: Strand 3: Comprehending Informational Text

Concept: Concept 1: Expository Text Identify, analyze,and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, and

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elements of expository text.

Performance Objective PO 1: Identify the topic ofexpository text, heard or read.

Performance Objective PO 2: Answer questions(e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how) aboutexpository text, heard or read.

Performance Objective PO 3: Identifyorganizational features (e.g., title, table of contents,heading, bold print) of expository text.

Subject: Science

Subject/ Grade/ Domain: GRADE 1

Strand: Strand 2: History and Nature of Science

Concept: Concept 1: History of Science as a HumanEndeavorIdentify individual and cultural contributions toscientific knowledge.

Performance Objective PO 2. : Identify how diversepeople and/or cultures, past and present, have madeimportant contributions to scientific innovations (e.g.,Sally Ride [scientist], supports Strand 6; Neil Armstrong[astronaut, engineer], supports Strand 6).

Strand: Strand 3: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

Concept: Concept 2: Science and Technology in SocietyUnderstand the impact of technology

Performance Objective PO 2. : Describe how suitabletools (e.g., magnifiers, thermometers) help make betterobservations and measurements.

Strand: Strand 6: Earth and Space Science

Concept: Concept 2: Objects in the SkyIdentify objects inthe sky.

Performance Objective PO 3. : Describe observablechanges that occur in the sky, (e.g., clouds forming andmoving, the position of the Moon).

Assessment/Rubrics Weekly comprehension test Lesson 16 (HMH Weekly Assessments)