TEXT:
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Reflections: Grade 4, Unit 2, Chapter 3, Lesson 1
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“Explorers come to California”
Big Idea:
Explorations led to interactions between Europeans and
California Indians.

Common Core 4 th Grade
Reading Standards for Informational Text
1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
2. Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
3. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain- specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

Scaffolding Tasks:
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Preparing Learners
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Interacting with Texts
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Extending Understanding
Content and
Language Learning

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Activate prior knowledge
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Focus attention on key concepts
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Introduce key vocabulary

Preparing Learners
1.
Independently read each statement and mark whether you agree or disagree. Provide a reason.
2.
With a partner discuss your responses.

Preparing Learners
With a partner, discuss what you see and any questions you may have.
I see…
I notice…
This map is showing…
One question I have is…?
Why…?

Goals:
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Deconstruct the text
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Interact with the text and each other
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Reconstruct the text

Interacting with Texts:
Listening with a Focus
Page 111
Why did conquistadors travel to New Spain?
___traveled to ___ to/in search of___
The text states…
Pages 112-113
What did the explorers discover and learn during their search of the Anián
Strait?
The ___ discovered/learned ___
When ___ searched ___ for ___, they discovered/learned___
Pages 114-115
What do you learn about the galleons?
I learned…
I now understand…

Interacting with Texts
Explorers Graphic Organizer
1.
With a partner, complete the graphic organizer.
2.
Use pages 110-115 for support.
Explorer
Hernán
Cortés
Juan
Rodríguez
Cabrillo
Francis
Drake
Sebastián
Rodríguez
Country of
Origen
Area
Explored
Other
Information

Interacting with Texts
1.
With a partner, complete the graphic organizer.
2.
Use pages 110-115 for support.
Vocabulary
Picture Definition
Source
Sentence conquistador p.111
benefit p.111
peninsula p.112

Goals:
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Apply new learning to novel situations
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Re-present the text in a new way
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Take a critical stance
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Evaluate learning

Extending Understanding
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Each student selects one of the early explorers who visited California.
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Using the Explorers Graphic Organizer and the text, students write an “I Am” poem to demonstrate what they learned about the selected explorer.