English Language Arts Houghton Mifflin Harcourt JOURNEYS COMMON CORE

Grade: Unit: Lesson: 3 2 8Essential Question: Anchor Text:What do traditional tales tell readers about life? The Harvest Birds

Folktale The Treasure Folktale

Writing: Reading Literature & Informational Text: Foundational Skills:Opinion Writing:Response ParagraphFocus Trait:Word Choice

Comprehension Skills and StrategiesTARGET SKILL

Conclusions Literal and Nonliteral Meanings

TARGET STRATEGY Infer/Predict

PhonicsSilent Letters kn, wrFluencyStress

Language:Target Vocabulary: harvest, separate, ashamed, borders, advice, borrow, patch, serious Domain Specific VocabularySpelling: Unexpected Consonant Spellings: itch, wreck, knee, patch, wrap, knot, watch, knife, stretch, write, knew, knock match, wrongVocabulary Strategies: Context Clues Grammar: Using Commas

Planning for English Language Development:Begin with High-Utility Words Tier 1 Words *=Spanish cognatesHigh-Utility Words dared, dream, fail, grow, secret*

Language Support Card 8 Building Background Videos Teacher’s Edition p. E22 Oral Language Chant, Blackline Master ELL 8.4

Move on to Developing Vocabulary Tier 2 &3 Words *=Spanish cognatesTarget Vocabulary harvest, separate*, ashamed, borders, advice, borrow, patch, serious*

Vocabulary in Context CardsReading/Language Arts Terms folktale, conclusion, infer, multiple meaning-words, context, comma, series, response paragraph

Teacher’s Edition pp. E22, E24Scaffolding ComprehensionBuilding Background

Language Support Card 8 Building Background Videos Selection Blackline Master ELL 8.5

Comprehension Teacher’s Edition pp. E23, E24, E26, E28, E30

Conclusions Teacher’s Edition pp. E25, E27

Scaffolding WritingOpinion WritingResponse Paragraphs, pp. T217, T225, T235, T245, T252-T253

Teacher’s Edition p. E31 Common Core Writing Handbook, Response Paragraph

Scaffolding GrammarGrammar: Using Commas, pp. T216, T224, T234, T244, T250-T251

Teacher’s Edition P. E29 Language Support Card 8: Complex Sentences with think that

Whole GroupReading 60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Language Arts Oral/Vocab60 Minutes

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Foundational Skills:PhonicsSilent Letters kn, wrIII-R-2: HI-7: applying knowledge of spelling pattern exceptions. FluencyStress III-R-3: HI-1: reading aloud passages from unfamiliar content area text with fluency. (i.e., accuracy, appropriate phrasing, and attention to punctuation).

Grammar60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Writing60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Target Vocabulary: harvest, separate, ashamed, borders, advice, borrow, patch, serious Domain Specific VocabularySpelling: Unexpected Consonant Spellings: itch, wreck, knee, patch, wrap, knot, watch, knife, stretch, write, knew, knock match, wrong III-R-2: HI-7: applying knowledge of spelling pattern exceptions. III- LS-1: LI-1: producing multi-syllabic words including those with common affixes with accurate pronunciation and stress (e.g.,condition, re-pro-duce, un-productive, relationship, etc.-

Vocabulary Strategies: Context Clues III-R-4: HI-13: drawing conclusions from information implied or inferred in a literary selection.

Grammar: Using Commas III-W-2- LI-5: using punctuation for: • sentence endings • commas to punctuate items in a series and introductory words or phrases • quotation marks for dialogue and titles • colons to punctuate business letter salutations • apostrophes to punctuate contractions and plural possessives.

Students learn about using commas through reading and writing about traditions. III-L-2-LI-5: using punctuation for: • sentence endings • commas to punctuate items in a series and introductory words or phrases • quotation marks for dialogue and titles • colons to punctuate business letter salutations • apostrophes to punctuate contractions and plural possessives.

Students will write response paragraphs, using the Harvest Birds? as a model for including linking words. III-W-1-LI-2: producing one or two paragraphs containing an introductory statement, supporting details and a concluding statement which are connected by one-word transitions and transitional phrases.

The Harvest BirdsFolktale Students will read The Harvest Birds to

use text features to draw conclusions III-R-4: HI-13: drawing conclusions from information implied or inferred in a literary selection.

determine the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in a text

III-R-4: HI-13: drawing conclusions from information implied or inferred in a literary selection.The Treasure Folktale Students will read The Treasure to

Analyze a folktale III-R-4: HI-16: identifying and describing the plot (specific events, problems and solutions) from a fictional text.III-R-4: HI-15: describing the setting using key words from a fictional text.

recognize the lesson or moral of a storyIII-R-4: HI-13: drawing conclusions from information implied or inferred in a literary

selection.

ELL Whole Group Additional Whole Group ResourcesPoint-of-Use Scaffolded Support

Use Visuals Use Gestures Comprehensible Input Peer-Supported Learning Language Transfer Idiomatic Language Use Sentence Frames Expand Language Production

Vocabulary in Context Cards

(front and back)

Progress MonitoringAssess and monitor students’ progress to determine who is on track and who needs help. Clear prescriptions identify targeted instruction to address the students’ needs and get them back on track.Respond to Assessment

Vocabulary, T254 Comprehension, T254 Phonics, T255 Language Arts, T255 Fluency, T255

ELL Small GroupELL Leveled Reader- The Storyteller

Contains the same content as the On-Level Reader but uses more accessible language

ELL Leveled Reader Lesson Plan ELL Blackline Masters

Small Group PlannerTeacher-LedVocabulary Reader: All About Grass, Differentiate Instruction, p. T263Differentiate Phonics: Silent Letters kn, wr p. T261 Differentiate Comprehension: Conclusions; Infer/Predict, p. T265 Leveled Reader: The Storyteller, p. T271 Differentiate Fluency: Stress, p. T267 Differentiate Vocabulary: Context Clues, p. T273 Options for Reteaching: pp. T1274-T1275 What are my other children doing?Reread All About Grass Complete Leveled Practice ELL 8.1Listen to Audio of The Harvest Birds; retell and discussVocabulary in Context Cards 57-64 Talk It Over ActivitiesComplete Leveled Practice ELL 8.2Partners: Reread for Fluency: The Treasure Complete Leveled Practice ELL 8.3Reread The Harvest Birds or All About Grass Complete and Share Literacy Center activitiesIndependent Reading

ELL Extra SupportELL Lesson 8 Resources

Daily Lessons to support the core

Language Support Card 8 ELL Blackline Masters ELL Teacher’s Handbook

o Professional Development o Peer Conference Formso Cooperative Learning Guidelines

Building Background

AssessmentWeekly TestsObservation ChecklistsFluency Tests (Cold Reads)Periodic Assessments

Reading LogVocabulary LogListening LogProofreading ChecklistProofreading MarksWriting Conference FormWriting RubricInstructional RoutinesGraphic Organizer Blackline Masters

Standards