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Thematic Unit 1

Unit Rationale

My thematic unit is designed to teach an English language arts lesson, the language art lesson that I will teach with

my unit is a fact and opinion lesson. The title of my nit is Lets learn fact and opinion! Through my unit the students

will understand the definitions of the words fact and opinion, they will also be able to understand that authors write

informational books to provide facts about a topic. In addition, students will learn how to identify words and phrases

in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. During my unit I will use a variety of activities and

materials to support the learning styles and strengths of all my students.

It is my philosophy that students should lean in engaging environments that provide many meaningful opportunities

for learning. It is also my belief that teachers should provide students with diverse activities that support different

learning styles, for this reason I have included activities that support the different learning styles of students.

To make this unit meaningful to my students, I will use a variety of activities, videos, books, poems, and an

engaging game. Every day of the unit the students will participate in a thirty minute minilesson, the teacher will use

videos, songs, books, and poems to teach the minilesson. After the minilesson the students will participate in a

fifteen minute independent practice or group activity, these independent practice and group activities are designed so

that student can practice the newly learned material. As part of the independent and group work activities the

students will use poems and books to identify fact and opinion statements, the students will also complete a

vocabulary foldable, writing activities and a fact and opinion sort.

At the end of the unit my students will be able to locate facts in an informational text and will be able to identify

words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

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Thematic Unit 2

Lesson Plan Outline

Day 1

Title of Lesson: Let’s learn fact and opinion______________________

Grade: _First__ Academic Subject Area: ELA________________

Academic Subject Standard Code: _CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.5 Know and use various text features (e.g.,

headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the

senses.

Materials: Foldable, video link, smartboard

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher tells students that today they will start

a new unit on fact and opinion. The teacher tells

students that throughout the unit they will be

participating in many fun and interesting activities.

Lesson Objective (According to standards

listed above) Students will define the vocabulary words

fact and opinion by writing down the

definitions on a foldable.

Essential questions:

1. Why do authors write informational texts?

2. How do I identify opinions in stories and

poems?

Teacher Input The teacher introduces and reads the first essential

question, and then she introduces the vocabulary

words.

Vocabulary words:

Fact, opinion, senses, feelings.

After the teacher reads the essential question and

reviews the vocabulary words she plays he fact

and opinion video from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnFnWWAnlkw

Guided Practice The teacher gives each student a foldable and tells

them that they will use the foldable to write down

the vocabulary words, their definitions and an

example for each word. The teacher models how to

fill out the foldable, she writes the word fact on the

first flap and then she writes the definition of the

word on the inside of the flap, the teacher also

writes down an example of the word fact next to its

definition.

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Independent Practice

The students complete the first and second flaps of

the foldable by defining and giving an example of

the vocabulary words.

Closure The teacher summarizes telling students that a fact

is something that is true and that can be proven,

she tells them that tomorrow they will do an

activity to help them identify facts.

Assessment The teacher will use the foldable as data for

assessment.

Adaptations & Modifications If the independent practice activity is too hard for

students, they will be paired in mix ability groups.

Fast Finishers Students who finish early will be asked to include

another example for the definitions.

Infuse Cultural Diversity I will include a variety of books in the book area to

represent different cultures and traditions.

Infuse Technology The teacher will use smart board to display the

video from the website:



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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 2






senses.

Materials:

Graphic organizer, smartboard, video link, statement cards

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher tells students that yesterday they

started a unit on fact and opinion, she tells them

that today they will continue learning about why

authors write informational texts.


listed above) Students will identify facts by completing a

graphic organizer.


Why do authors write informational texts?

How do I identify opinions in stories and

poems?

Teacher Input The teacher plays the fact and opinion video from


. After playing the video the teacher reads each of

the vocabulary words and explains the definition of

each of the words. After the teacher explains the

definition of each of the vocabulary words, she

explains to students that one of the reasons why

authors write informational texts is to provide the

readers with facts about different topics.

Guided Practice The teacher displays three statements on the smart

board, the teacher has students help her read each

statement. After the teacher and students read the

statements they determine which statements are a

fact and which statements are not a fact. After

sorting the statements the teacher divides students

into groups, she provides each group with a stack

of cards and gives each students a graphic

organizer. She explains to students that they are to

read each card and decide whether the statement

written on the card is a fact or not a fact, if the

statement is a fact they will write the stamen on the

fact column of the graphic organizer, if the

statement is not a fact they will write the statement

on the not a fact column of the graphic organizer.


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The students work in groups to complete the

graphic organizer.

Closure The teacher tells students that tomorrow they will

read a book to help them understand why authors

write informational texts.

Assessment The teacher will use graphic organizer as data for

assessment.

Adaptations & Modifications The students will be grouped in mixed ability

groups.

Fast Finishers Fast finisher will be asked to come up with their

own statements to write on the fact column of the

graphic organizer.

Infuse Cultural Diversity I will include a variety of books in the book area to

represent different cultures and traditions.

Infuse Technology The teacher will use smart board to display the fact

and opinion video from the website:


She will also use the smart board during the guided

practice activity.


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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 3






senses.

Materials: book, smartboard, line paper, color pencils


filled a graphic organizer to sort fact

statements, she tells them that today they will

read a book and will identify facts from the

book.


listed above) The students will identify facts from

an informational text by listening to a

read aloud.


Why do authors write informational

texts?

How do I identify opinions in stories

and poems?

Teacher Input The teacher reads aloud the first part of the

book Cats by Seymour Simon, she displays

the book on the smartboard as she reads. The

teacher stops periodically as she reads and

talks about the information that is being read.

After the read aloud the teacher tells students

that one of the reason the authors write

informational books is to provide facts about

different topics.

Guided Practice The teacher has students talk about the facts

from the book, as students name facts the

teacher writes them down on a chart paper.


The teacher gives each students a piece of line

paper and she asks them to write down two

facts that they learned about cats during the

read aloud, she also asks them to draw a

picture for each fact.

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Closure The teacher tells students that authors write

informational texts to provide facts about

topics. She tells them that tomorrow they will

finish reading the book.

Assessment The independent practice activity will be used

as data for assessment.

Adaptations & Modifications The teacher will provide multiple copies of

the book for students to use during

independent practice activity.

Fast Finishers Students who finish will go to the reading area

and will do read to self.

Infuse Cultural Diversity I will include a variety of books in the book

area to represent different cultures and

traditions.

Infuse Technology The teacher will use the smart board to

display the book.

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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 4






senses.

Materials: book, smartboard, line paper, color pencils


identified facts from a book and she tells them

that today they will finish reading the book

and will identify more facts.


listed above) The students will identify facts from

an informational text by listening to a

read aloud.



texts?


and poems?

Teacher Input The teacher reads aloud the second part of the

book Cats by Seymour Simon, she displays

the book on the smartboard as she reads. The

teacher stops periodically as she reads and

talks about the information that is being read.

After the read aloud the teacher tells students

that one of the reason why authors write

informational books is to provide facts about

different topics.

Guided Practice The teacher has students talk about the facts

from the book, as students name facts she

writes them down on a chart paper.


The teacher gives each students a piece of line

paper and she asks them to write down two

facts that they learned about cats during the

read aloud, she also asks them to draw a

picture for each fact.

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Closure The teacher tells students that authors write

informational texts to provide facts about

topics.

Assessment The independent practice activity will be used

as data for assessment.

Adaptations & Modifications The teacher will provide multiple copies of

the book for students to use during


Fast Finishers Students who finish early will go to the

reading area and will read to self.

Infuse Cultural Diversity I will include a variety of books in the book

area to represent different cultures and

traditions.

Infuse Technology The teacher will use the smart board to

display the book.

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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 5






senses.

Materials: smartboard, video link, picture cards

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher tells students that today they will

continue to identify facts, she re-states that a fact is

a statement that is true and that can be proven.


listed above) The students will identify facts by

analyzing pictures and writing the facts

down on a piece of line paper.


Why do authors write informational texts?


poems?

Teacher Input The teacher reviews the vocabulary words and then

plays the fact and opinion video from:


.

Guided Practice After the students watch the video she shows them

a series of picture cards, she displays one card at a

time on the smartboard. As the teacher displays the

cards she asks students to describe the facts that

they see on each card, as students name the facts

the teacher writes them down at the bottom of the

picture card. The teacher then puts students in

groups and gives each group five cards.


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The students work in groups to identify facts on the

picture cards, the students write the facts at the

bottom of each card.

Closure The teacher tells students that today is the last day

that they will be working on identifying facts she

tells them that tomorrow they will start working on

identifying opinions.

Assessment The teacher will use the independent practice

activity as assessment data.

Adaptations & Modifications Students will work in mixed abilities groups.

Fast Finishers Fast finishers will go to the reading area and will

read to self.

Infuse Cultural Diversity Diverse pictures will be provided for the


Infuse Technology The teacher will use the smart board to display the

pictures and to play the fact and opinion video

from the website:


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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 6






senses.

Materials: Foldable, video link, smartboard

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher tells students that today they work

on identifying opinions.


listed above) Students will define the vocabulary

words feelings and senses by writing

down the definitions on a foldable.



texts?


and poems?

Teacher Input The teacher play the fact and opinion

video/song from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAKprpl7Po

After playing the video/song the teacher reads

each of the vocabulary words and reviews the

definition of each of the words. After the

teacher reviews the definition of each of the

vocabulary words, she passes out the

vocabulary foldable for students to finish

completing it.

Guided Practice The teacher reminds students that they will use

the foldable to write down the vocabulary

words, their definitions and an example for each

word.


The students complete the last two flaps of the

foldable by defining and giving an example of

each of the vocabulary words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAKprpl7aPo

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Closure The teacher summarizes that an opinion is what

someone thinks about a particular thing.

Assessment The teacher uses the foldable as assessment

data.


students, they will be paired in mix ability

groups.

Fast Finishers Students who finish early will be asked to

include another example for the definitions.

Infuse Cultural Diversity I will include a variety of books in the book area

to represent different cultures and traditions.


video/song from the website:



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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 7






senses.

Materials: smartboard, video link, poem, index card

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher plays the fact and opinion video

from:



listed above) The students will read a poem and

identify opinions in the poem.



texts?


poems?

Teacher Input The teacher displays the poem The Little Plant

by Emilie Paulson on the smartboard. She

explains to students that they will read the poem

and then will identify opinions by identifying

words or phrases that appeal to feelings. She

explains that an opinion is what a person thinks

or feels about a particular thing.

Guided Practice The teacher reads the poem aloud and then she

asks students to identify words that appeal to

feelings, as students provide responses the

teacher underlines the words or phrases on the

poem that appeal to feelings. The teacher then

provides students with an index card and asks

them to write down one opinion from the poem.


Students use the index card to write down an

opinion from the poem.


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Closure The teacher summarizes that an opinion is what a

person thinks or fells about something.

Assessment The teacher will use the index card as a data for

assessment.



groups.


include another opinion on their card.




poem and the video/song from the website:



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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 8






senses.

Materials: smartboard, video link, poem, index card

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher plays the fact and opinion video

from:



listed above) The students will read a poem and

identify opinions in the poem.



texts?


poems?

Teacher Input The teacher reads the second essential question

and reviews the definition of the word opinion.

After reviewing the essential question and

vocabulary words, she displays the poem A

Worm In My Pocket by Jodee Samano on the

smartboard.

Guided Practice The teacher reads the poem aloud, after she reads

the poem she gives each student a copy of the

poem and asks them to read the poem again and

identify words that appeal to feelings.


The students use a highlighter to underline the

words from the poem that appeal to feelings.


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Closure The teacher summarizes that an opinion is what a

person thinks or fells about something.

Assessment The teacher will use the poem as a data for

assessment.



groups.


include another opinion on their card.




poem and the video/song from the website:



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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 9






senses.

Materials: Game

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher tells students that they have come

to the end of the fact and opinion unit, she

tells them that they will play a game to

conclude the unit.


listed above) The students will sort fact and opinion

statements by playing a fact and

opinion game.

Teacher Input The teacher introduces the game and explains

the instructions for playing the game.

Game:

Fact and Opinion sort

Directions:

The students play in groups, each group gets a

game mat and a stack of cards.

1. The students place the stack of cards

face down on the table.

2. The students take turns flipping the

cards. When a student flips a card he

or she reads the card and then places

the card on the corresponding column.

3. The game is completed when all the

cards are gone.

Guided Practice The teacher models how to play the game and

then puts the students in groups.


Students get in their groups and play the

game.

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Closure The teacher tells students that they have come

to the end of the fact and opinion unit and that

tomorrow they will have and assessment to

complete the unit.

Assessment The teacher will observe students as they play

the game.

Adaptations & Modifications Students will be placed in mixed abilities

groups.

Fast Finishers Students who finish early will play the game

again.

Infuse Cultural Diversity N/A

Infuse Technology N/A

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Lesson Plan Outline

Day 10






senses.

Materials: Smartboard, video links, assessment

Focus & Review (Anticipatory Set) The teacher tells students that today is the last day of the fact

and opinion unit, she explains that today they will watch a video

and take a short test.


listed above)

The students will identify facts and opinions by completing the

fact and opinion assessment.

Teacher Input The teacher plays the fact and opinion video from:

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/factsopinions.html

Guided Practice After students watch the video the teacher gives directions for

the assessment.


Students complete the fact and opinion assessment.

Closure The teacher tells students that they have come to the end of the

fact and opinion unit and that on Monday they will start a new

unit.

Assessment The teacher will assess students understanding of the unit in the

following way:

Understands the concepts

Students correctly answer 6 or more questions on the test and

accurately complete more that 90% of the independent practice

activities.

Has some understanding of the concepts


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Students correctly answer 4-5 questions on the test and

accurately completes more that 75% of the independent practice

activities.

Has minimal understanding of the concepts

The students correctly answer 3 or less questions on the test and

accurately completes 70% or less of the independent practice

activities.

:

Adaptations & Modifications The teacher reads the assessment aloud for students who

struggle with reading.

Fast Finishers Students who finish early will be asked to read to self.

Infuse Cultural Diversity N/A

Infuse Technology The student will use the smart board to play the video from the

website:



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Foldable

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Cards and Graphic Organizer

Flowers are

plants.

There are

different

types of

flowers.

I like to read

books about

animals.

Our teacher

is Mrs. Fugon.

Flowers are

pretty.

Vanilla ice

cream is the

best.

Ice cream

comes in

different

flavors.

Mrs. Fugon is

the best

teacher ever.

Fact Not a fact

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Picture cards for day five

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______________________________

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Thematic Unit 26

Poem for day seven

The Little Plant

Emilie Poulsson

In my little garden bed

Rak'd so nicely over,

First the tiny seeds I sow,

Then with soft earth cover.

Shining down, the great round sun

Smiles upon it often;

Little raindrops, patt'ring down,

Help the seeds to soften.

Poem for day eight A Worm In My Pocket

Jodee Samano

One rainy day on my way home from school,

I found a big worm and thought it was cool.

I picked up the worm with my bare hand,

held it up high thinking how grand!

The worm was so cute and wiggled a lot,

I put him in my pocket to show Mom what I'd caught.

What will she say when I show her my find?

Will she let me keep it? I hope she won't mind.

Mom was in the kitchen when I showed her what I'd found.

She screamed, "No, way! Put it back in the ground!"

Now I'm so angry, she always says "No",

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If she won't let me keep it, then I will just go!

So me and my worm packed a sandwich or two,

ran out the door and down the street we both flew.

We walked to the park and sat on a bench,

I pulled out my worm and noticed a stench.

He looked kind of floppy, but wiggled a bit,

I thought, "Oh my Gosh, my worm is not fit!"

I laid him in the dirt and let him go free.

I guess that my pocket was not the best place to be.

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Game for day nine

Game mat:

Fact Opinion

Cards:

Grapes are the best snack ever

The first day of the week is Sunday

The four seasons are winter, spring, summer,

and fall

Spring is my favorite season

Blue is the prettiest color

Dogs have four legs

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People who wear t-shirts are cool

Winter is cold

Wednesday is the best day of the week

Water is better than soda

Fish live under water

Apples are a type of fruit

Red apples are good

Basketball is a sport

Comic books are really fun

Purple is a color

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Name: ____________________ Date: ______

Circle the word fact if the statement is a fact or circle the word

opinion if the statement is an opinion.

Fact or

Opinion

Cats are the best pets.

Fact or

Opinion

Birds have wings and fly.

Fact or

Opinion

Chocolate ice cream is the best.

Fact or

Opinion

I have the nicest mom in the world.

Fact or

Opinion

The sky is blue.

Fact or

Opinion

Bananas are a type of fruit.

Fact or

Opinion

I am a very nice friend.

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References

Brewer, J. (2013). Facts Vs. Opinion . Retrieved from You tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnFnWWAnlkw

Kids, P. (2014, April 26). Arthur. Retrieved from PBSKids:


Poulson, E. (2011). The Little Plant. Retrieved from Rainy day Poems: http://www.rainydaypoems.com/poems-for-

young-children/the-little-plant-poulsson.html

Samano, J. (n.d.). Family Friends Poems. Retrieved from Funny poems for kids:

http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/a-worm-in-my-pocket

Simon, S. (2004). cats.

TheGrammarheads. (2012). Fact versus opinion-educational-music video-song Retrieved from You tube.:


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