HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
Teacher Name : Rosalie Kesselring
Grade Level (s): 4th grade
Subject : Reading/Language Arts
Building: HEMS
Start Date(s): October 30, 2014
Unit Plan
Unit Title: Think It Through
Essential Questions: How Can Starting A Business Help Others?
Standards: PA Core Standards, PA Academic Standards/Anchors (based on subject)
R1.4.1 Reread
R1.4.2 Main Idea and Key Details
R1.4.7 Persuasive Article
L.3.4b Suffixes
RF.4.3a Fluency
L.4.1f Run-On Sentences
Summative Unit Assessment :
Unit Test
Summative Assessment Objective
Assessment Method (check one)
Students will review rereading strategies, identify main idea and key details,
close read a persuasive article and identify suffixes and their meanings.
____ Rubric ___ Checklist ____ Unit Test ____ Group
____ Student Self-Assessment
____ Other (explain)
Day
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Objective (s)
DOK
LEVEL
Students will build background by
introducing the essential question:
How can starting a business help
others?
Students will listen and respond to
the interactive read aloud “Kids
Can Help”
Students will be introduced to the
genre of a Persuasive Article.
Students will be introduced to
eight new vocabulary words.
Students will read together and
discuss “Dollars and Sense”-
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Students will review vocabulary
and sentences we made up to go
with the vocabulary.
Students will review rereading
strategies.
Students will be able to state main
ideas and key details from the
passages.
Students will be able to recognize
a Persuasive Article and tell what
the author is trying to persuade
the reader about.
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Students will review new
vocabulary with sentences that
have the synonyms in them.
Students will be able to name
many suffixes and the definitions
of each.
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Grouping
DAILY PLAN
Activities / Teaching Strategies
Introduce Essential Question…”How can starting a
business help others?” T266-267
Show video from mcgraw-hill
Collaborative conversation and share T266
Read aloud and discuss “Kids Can Help”T269
Introduce the genre of a Persuasive Article T268
Introduce Vocabulary and write sentences for Practice
T270-271
Book pg.41
Close read “Dollars and Sense”T79-80
Definitions and sentences for new spelling words
Introduce Simple Predicates
Leveled Readers “Think Big”
Go over all vocabulary words with pictures and class
made sentences PB. Pg. 41
Review reread strategies and introduce main idea and
key details using Reading Writing Workshop pgs. 82
and 83.
Read together and answer questions on PB. Pgs. 43-46
Continue with lesson on Simple Predicates
Leveled reader for guided reading “Think Big”
Review vocabulary with picture cards and sentences in
Practice Book
Introduce suffixes and do together PB. Pg. 47
Read and discuss close read article “Kids In Business”
Handout on Run-On Sentences
Leveled Readers for guided reading “Think Big”
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Materials / Resources
Video for Unit #1 Week #5
Vocabulary picture cards
Reading Writing Workshop
Your Turn Practice Book
Teacher’s Manual
Assessment of Objective (s)
Formative-
Summative- PB pages
Oral Responses
Student Self - Assessment-
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Vocabulary picture cards
Reading Writing Workshop
Your Turn Practice Book
Teacher’s Manual
Guided Reading Books
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Formative-Teacher Observation
Summative- Multiple Meaning
Word Quiz
Student Self - Assessment-
Vocabulary picture cards
Reading Anthology
Your Turn Practice Book
Teacher’s Manual
Guided Reading books
Formative-Peer/Self Assessments
Summative-Practice Book pages
and handouts
Student Self - Assessment-
Students will stay with me and be
able to answers questions and cite
evidence from the close reading
article “Kids In Business”
Handouts on Suffixes and Run-on
Sentences.
Students will be able to correct
run-on sentences and fragments.
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Students will be able to read a
passage fluently.
Students will know and tell the
definition of many compound
words.
Students will close read “Starting
A Successful Business” and be able
to answer questions and cite the
evidence.
Students will be able to correct
Run-On Sentences.Students wil collaborate in small
groups to compare research
gained at home of a famous
business owner.
Students will share in groups what
they have learned this week about
how starting a business helps
others.
Using evidence from the text, the
students will analyze how the
author uses key details to support
the main idea.
Students will do well on the spelli
ng page assigned and the spelling
test.
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Review vocabulary
Introduce Compound words and complete together
PB. Pg.48
Read together and discuss “Starting A Successful
Business” pgs. 88-89
More practice with Run-On Sentences and suffixes.
Write an Analysis PB. Pg. 49
Leveled readers for Guided Reading “Think Big”
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Read aloud
Vocabulary Review
Work in groups to compare and analyze
Do together PB. Pg. 49
Assess spelling words
Review simple predicate and run-on sentences
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Vocabulary cards
Reading Anthology
Practice Book
Teacher’s Manual
Formative-Teacher Observation
Summative- Practice Book pages
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Student Self - Assessment-
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Practice Book
Assessment Test
FormativeSummative- Assessment tests
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Student Self - Assessment-