Grade 5th
Lesson 5 - How to Read Nonfiction/The Digestive System
45 minutes
Objectives:
CCSS
NC
Essential
Readers will learn to summarize the key ideas and supporting details in
nonfiction text.
Readers will learn to read several texts on the same topic and extract main
ideas that are repeated in each text.
Writers will group information logically and develop their topic with
relevant details, examples, and specific vocabulary.
Learners will understand how structures and systems of the human
digestive system perform.
 R.I.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain
how they are supported by key details: summarize the text.

W.5.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather
relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or
paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a

list of sources
5.PCH.4.2 Summarize the functions of the organs, which make up
the digestive system.
Materials:
Three-Column Note Taking Worksheet
The Digestive System video
Digestive system: word Find
How The Body Works Digestive System diagram
Specific Vocabulary Word Wall Words
Anticipatory
set:
You have been learning about the human digestive system and how
to read non-fiction text and organize new information with all the
information you have learned earlier. Yesterday, we learned how to
read a paragraph and write short fact fragments by eliminating
unnecessary words when taking notes. Today we will learn how to
gather information from a digital source and how to use the website
tools to add new information to your existing knowledge.
The teacher will play The Digestive System video and introduce key
vocabulary: mouth, teeth, saliva, food, esophagus, stomach, small
intestine, digestive, enzymes, bile, liver, pancreas, large intestine,
poop, rectum.
Teaching
procedures:
The teacher will model how to take notes from a non-fiction digital
source.
Today I want to teach you how to gather relevant information from
print and digital sources located on a website.
This is important because when we are learning about a new topic, we
need to add new information onto all that we already know, and keep
Guided
Practice:
gathering more information from as many sources that we can find.
Today we will watch a video, learn specific vocabulary about the digestive
system, and take notes using the Three-Column Note Taking Worksheet.
Watch how I will list the specific vocabulary words that will be
discussed on the Digestive System video. I will write down fact
fragments on the Three-Column Note Taking Word Sheet. I will write
digestive system under the topic. Then I will list each vocabulary word
under the detail column. Watch as I pause the video to take notes about
each word. Before I start the video again, I will write down my questions
and thoughts in the response column.
Watch the Digestive System video. I want to know what the specific
vocabulary word means and what part of the digestive system it affects.
How can I gather this new information? Now I will play the video, watch
and listen for the next word. I will write fact fragments under the detail
column.
Independen
t Practice:
Now it’s your turn! Watch the Digestive system video. What specific
vocabulary word do you see or hear being discussed. Now write a fact
fragment under the vocabulary word. Write down a question or thought
about the digestive system word.
Closure:
Remember that when we are learning about a new topic, we need to add
new information onto all that we already know, and keep gathering more
information from as many sources that we can find.
Student
assessment
The student will work with a partner and use a word bank to label the
digestive system. The students will trade worksheets and correct each
others work.
Links:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html#
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/DSmovie.html?tracking=59983_
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