Unit 3 Week 1 Little PandaUnit Theme: How do people, plants and animals grow and change

ELL Planning Sheet

Unit 1 Proposed Assessment Plan

Measure Frequency AssessorHigh frequency words weekly Classroom teacher

Verbal retell weekly Classroom teacher

Writing CBM biweekly ELL tutor

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Unit 3 Week 1 Little PandaUnit Theme: How do people, plants and animals grow and change

Day 1High Frequency Words: me, she, withNew Phonics Skills: Nn /n/ Bb /b/Grammar: VerbsAmazing Vocabulary: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious, explore Story Vocabulary: caption

Background Knowledge

Poster 13 Poster Talk-through – read aloud and point as you describe the poster. Have

students repeat the underlined words in the script, after you say them and identify on the poster.

Students need to respond to the following questions with one of the embedded answer choices

Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end of this section to retest.

o Is the mother panda standing or sitting down? The mother panda is standing.

o Is the baby panda standing or sitting down? The baby panda is sitting down.

o Is the baby panda bigger or smaller than the mother panda? The babu panda is smaller than the mother panda.

o Is the mother panda eating bamboo or grapes? The mother panda is eating bamboo.

o Will the baby panda be bigger or smaller next year? The baby panda will be bigger next year.

o Will the baby panda eat bamboo now or when it gets older? The baby panda will eat bamboo when he gets older.

Video: From youtube: San Diego Zoo: Panda Cub is Growing UpBaby Panda Growing Up—non-narrated clip showing the growth of a baby panda born in captivity.Web Cam: San Diego Zoo Panda web cam

Vocabulary(Amazing

Wordsand

Story Vocabulary

Tier II and III)

Display Talk with Me Chart 13 A “This week we will be talking about how a baby panda grows and changes in its first year of life.”

Give a student two objects and ask them to tell which on is heavier.o If we wanted to know how heavy or how much (object name) weighed,

we could put it on a scale.o The doctors weigh the little panda. The panda is sitting on a scale.o Do any of you have a scale at home? (allow students to share what they

know about scales.)o When you go to the doctor they will have you stand on a scale. They

will see how much you weigh.o Do you know how much you weigh? Yes/noo To weigh something means to find out how heavy it is.o What does weigh mean? Find out how heavy something iso What is the word for a way to find out how heavy something is? Weigho What do you think would weigh more a baby panda or a one year old

panda? A one year old panda would weigh more.

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The doctors also measure the little panda.o To measure something means to find out how big it is.o The doctors are measureing the little panda to see if he has grown.o Have you been measure before?o When you go to the doctor, they will measure you to see how much you

have grown.o Have you ever measured something to see how big it is?o What does measure mean? To find out how big something iso What is the word for finding our how big something is? Measured

The panda is healthy.o Healthy is a word we use to describe someone who is not sick.o What does healthy mean? Tells about someone who is not sick.o What word do we use to describe someone who is not sick? Healthy

Look at this plant. It is called bamboo. Say that with me… bamboo.o Bamboo is a kind of woody grass. Pandas mostly eat bamboo.o What is bamboo. Bamboo is a woody kind of grass .o What do we call a plant that is a woody type of grass? Bamboo

Pandas are curious about new things. They want to find out about new things.o Curious means to wanting to learn about something.o What does curious mean? Wanting to learn about somethingo What is the word for wanting to learn about something? Curious

Little panda wants to explore her new home. She will listen, look at, smell, taste, and touch all the things in her new home.

o When you go and learn about something that is called exploring.o What do you do when you explore. You go and learn about something.o What is the word for going to learn about something? Explore

Reading Comprehension

Display Little Panda. Look at the cover. Think Aloud: “ I see a young panda sitting in a tree.. The title of this book is

Little Panda. What do you think this story will be about? Read Little Panda

Grammar and Writing

High FrequencyWords

Me, she, withPoster 13 day 1 develop Concepts and Vocabulary

Pair students up. Explain that when you call on a child he or she must say: This is name. She/he is with me!

Here are this week’s high frequency words.This word is me. What word? me

This word is she. What word? she This word is with. What word? with

Second TimeWhen I touch under the word, say the word in your head.When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.

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Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)Spelling

(Phonemic Awareness/

Phonics)

Nn /n/ Bb/b/Today we will learn a new sound. Listen and watch as I say the sound: /n/, /n/, /n/.

o Please say the /n/ sound……/n/ /n/ /n/o Say nut….nut. What sound does nut start with? /n/

Today we will learn another new sound. Listen and watch as I say the sound: /b/, /b/, /b/.

o Please say the /b/ sound……/b/ /b/ /b/o Say bed….bed. What sound does bed start with? /b/

Show the nut and bed T-chart.o I am going to give you picture. Figure out if that word starts with a /b/

or a /n/ sound. Put your picture under the picture that starts with that same sound.

o Pass out pictures of: nest, bat, nickel, bag, nose, napkin Use three fingers to help children see the number of sounds you say while

segmenting a word. Model then have students repeat.o Segment the word nap. Hold up fingers as you say the individual sounds.

“nap: n - a - p”o Say it with me. nap: n - a - po You do it. nap: n - a - po Repeat with the following words: net, bed, Ben

Readers

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Day 2High Frequency Words: me, she, withNew Phonics Skills: Nn /n/ Bb /b/Grammar: VerbsAmazing Vocabulary: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious, explore Story Vocabulary: “caption

Background Knowledge

Poster 13 Give students time to look at the poster. Have them think of something they

would like to tell about the poster. Encourage and support students to use complete sentences. Have the other students repeat each sentence after it is said.

Vocabulary(Amazing

Wordsand

Story Vocabulary

Tier II and III)

Display Talk with Me Chart 13 A “This week we will be talking about how a baby panda grows and changes in its first year of life.”

The doctors weigh the little panda. The panda is sitting on a scale.o To weigh something means to find out how heavy it is.o What does weigh mean? Find out how heavy something iso What is the word for a way to find out how heavy something is? Weigh

The doctors also measure the little panda.o To measure something means to find out how big it is.o What does measure mean? To find out how big something iso What is the word for finding out how big something is? Measured

The panda is healthy.o Healthy is a word we use to describe someone who is not sick.o What does healthy mean? Tells about someone who is not sick.o What word do we use to describe someone who is not sick? Healthyo What are some things we can do to stay healthy and not get sick? East

good food, get sleep, exerciseo Point to each student and ask them if they are sick. Noo You are healthy!o Have child say “ I am healthy!”

Look at this plant. It is called bamboo. Say that with me… bamboo.o Pandas love to eat bamboo.o What do pandas love to eat? bambooo Do you think you would like to eat bamboo? I would/would not like to

eat bamboo.o What does bamboo look like? Bamboo looks like……..o Bamboo is a kind of woody grass. Pandas mostly eat bamboo.o What is bamboo. Bamboo is a woody kind of grass .o What do we call a plant that is a woody type of grass? Bamboo

Pandas are curious about new things. They want to find out about new things.o Curious means to wanting to learn about something.o What does curious mean? Wanting to learn about somethingo What is the word for wanting to learn about something? Curious

Little panda wants to explore her new home. She will listen, look at, smell, taste, and touch all the things in her new home.

o When you go and learn about something that is called exploring.

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o What do you do when you explore. You go and learn about something.o What is the word for going to learn about something? Explore

Reading Comprehension

Display Baby Panda Display web graphic organizer. We are going to use this web to help us tell about pandas. Point to the middle

of the web. This word says panda. Tell me some things about pandas. Write student responses in the outside blocks. (if needed do a picture walk to help prompt students.)

Re-read Baby PandaGrammar and

WritingVerb

Hop up and down. What am I doing? I am hopping.o The word hopping tells what I am doing.o Words that tell what we are doing are verbs.o What are verbs? Words that tell what we are doingo What do we call a word that tells what we are doing? A verb

Imitate coloring? What am I doing? Coloringo Pretend to color with me. What are we doing? Coloringo Coloring is a verb. Say it with me…..Coloring is a verb.

Think of something you can do.o Allow one student at a time to act out their verb. Have them use a

complete sentence to explain what they are doing. I am ___________.o Have other students repeat the action and say the sentence.o Teacher say “ __________ is a verb. Say it with me…. ______ is a verb.

High FrequencyWords

Me, she, withThis word is me. What word? meEveryone, spell me. m-eWhat word did you spell? me

This word is she. What word? sheEveryone spell she. S-h-eWhat word did you spell? she

This word is with. What word? withEveryone spell with. w-i-t-hWhat word did you spell? with

Second TimeWhen I touch under the word, say the word in your head.When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)

Have students mark the words: is, have in the Phonics reader Nan and NatSpelling

(Phonics)Nn /n/ Bb/b/

Listen to the word I am going to say. cano Say can…..can.o What is the last sound in the word can? /n/

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o Repeat with: crayon, fan, garden Hold up a N letter card. This is the letter N. It makes the /n/ sound.

o Give each student a N letter card.o Trace the letter N on your card and say /n/.o What sound does this letter make? /n/o What is the name of this letter? N

Listen to the word I am going to say. Crabo Say crab…..crab.o What is the last sound in the word crab? /b/o Repeat with: tub, web

Hold up a B letter card. This is the letter B. It makes the /b/ sound.o Give each student a B letter card.o Trace the letter B on your card and say /b/.o What sound does this letter make? /b/o What is the name of this letter? B

Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.o With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter

with finger.o With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.o With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.

Readers Phonics Reader : The Cap Keep reader to re-read on Day 3

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PANDA

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N N13

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P a m

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Day 3High Frequency Words: me, she, withNew Phonics Skills: Nn /n/ Bb /b/Grammar: VerbsAmazing Vocabulary: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious, explore Story Vocabulary: caption

Vocabulary(Amazing

Wordsand

Story Vocabulary

Tier II and III)

Display Talk with Me Chart 13 A “This week we will be talking about how a baby panda grows and changes in its first year of life.”

The doctors weigh the little panda. The panda is sitting on a scale.o To weigh something means to find out how heavy it is.o What does weigh mean? Find out how heavy something iso What is the word for a way to find out how heavy something is? Weigh

The doctors also measure the little panda.o To measure something means to find out how big it is.o What does measure mean? To find out how big something iso What is the word for finding out how big something is? Measured

The panda is healthy.o Healthy is a word we use to describe someone who is not sick.o What does healthy mean? Tells about someone who is not sick.o What word do we use to describe someone who is not sick? Healthy

Look at this plant. It is called bamboo. Say that with me… bamboo.o Bamboo is a kind of woody grass. Pandas mostly eat bamboo.o What is bamboo. Bamboo is a woody kind of grass .o What do we call a plant that is a woody type of grass? Bamboo

Pandas are curious about new things. They want to find out about new things.o Which picture do you think shows a panda who is curious, and wants to

find out about her new home?o When I get a package in the mail, I am curious. I want to find out what

is in the package.o If I put a wrapped up present on the table, would you want to find out

what was in the present? Would you be curious. I would be curious about the present.

o If you went home and their were balloons and decorations all around would you want to find out what was going on? Would you be curious? Yes, I would be curious.

o Curious means to wanting to learn about something.o What does curious mean? Wanting to learn about somethingo What is the word for wanting to learn about something? Curious

Little panda wants to explore her new home. She will listen, look at, smell, taste, and touch all the things in her new home.

o Let’s pretend we are a baby panda and we are going to explore our new home. Prompt students to look, listen, smell, and touch to find out about our new home.

o When you go and learn about something that is called exploring.o What do you do when you explore. You go and learn about something.o What is the word for going to learn about something? Explore

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o Which picture do you think shows panda exploring her new home?Reading

ComprehensionDisplay Little Panda

Display Venn Diagram. This is called a Venn Diagram. What is it called? Venn diagram We use a Venn Diagram to show how things are the same and different. What do we use a Venn Diagram for? To show how things are the same and

different We are going to talk about how people and pandas are the same and different. Let’s start talking about how people and pandas are the same. We will write

this information in the center where the panda circle and the people circle cross over each other.

Examples of same: eyes, ears, stand up, sit, grow bigger, get weighed and measured at doctor, like to explore, play…..

Examples of differences:o People: walk on 2 legs, skin, talk, eat lots of different foods….o Panda: walk on 4 legs, fur, great climbers, eat a lot of bamboo….

Re-read Little PandaGrammar and

WritingVerb

Verbs are words that show action or something we do.o What is a verb? an action, or something we doo What do we call a word that tells something we do? A verb

Let’s make a list of things that Hua Mei can do. Let’s make a list of verbs.High Frequency

WordsMe, she, withHold up the like flash card.

A sentence with the word me is….”Will you divide your candy with me?” Ask students to use me in a sentence.

Hold up the she flash card. A sentence with the word she is….”She is eating bamboo.” Ask students to use she in a sentence.

Hold up the with flash card. A sentence with the word with is….”Hua Mei is with her mother.” Ask students to use with in a sentence.

Second TimeWhen I touch under the word, say the word in your head.When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)

Spelling(Phonics)

Nn /n/ Bb/b/ Hold up a N letter card. This is the letter N. It makes the /n/ sound.

o Give each student a N letter card.o Trace the letter N on your card and say /n/.o What sound does this letter make? /n/o What is the name of this letter? N

Hold up a B letter card. This is the letter B. It makes the /b/ sound.o Give each student a B letter card.o Trace the letter B on your card and say /b/.o What sound does this letter make? /b/

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o What is the name of this letter? B Pass out letter N and B cards I am going to say some words. If they start with a /n/ sound, hold up the N card.

If the word starts with a /b/ sound, hold up the letter B card. Use the following words: nose, bat, bed, nut, bubbles, nest Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.

o With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter with finger.

o With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.o With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.

Readers Re-read Phonics Reader : Nan and Nat

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PANDAPEOPLE

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VERB

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Day 4High Frequency Words: me, she, withNew Phonics Skills: Nn /n/ Bb /b/Grammar: VerbsAmazing Vocabulary: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious, explore Story Vocabulary: caption

Vocabulary(Amazing

Wordsand

Story Vocabulary

Tier II and III)

Tier Two Story Vocabulary : , divvy, spins tall tales/tailsThis week we will be talking about how a baby panda grows and changes in its first year of life.”

A caption is a group of words next to a picture in a story.o Display some captions in Little Panda.o How do captions look compared to the other words on the page?

Captions are smaller, lightero Captions are used to tell about pictures in the story.o Captions are next to pictures, they are words that tell about the picture.o What is a caption beside? A caption is beside a picture in a book.o What do captions tell about? Captions tell about the picture.o What do we call small words next to a picture? A captiono Read Little Panda, but only read the captions

Reading Comprehension

Display Little Panda Display Venn Diagram. This is called a Venn Diagram.

o What is it called? Venn diagramo We use a Venn Diagram to show how things are the same and different.o What do we use a Venn Diagram for? To show how things are the same

and different We are going to talk about how Hua Mei and her mother, Bai Yun (by yoon) are

the same and different.o Let’s start talking about how Baby Hua Mei and her mother, Bai are the

same. We will write this information in the center where the two circles cross over each other.

o Examples of same: black and white, fur, climb, play, explore, cuddle with each other,…..

o Examples of differences: Hua Mei: drinks milk, no teeth, wobbly legs, , small, when baby

–pink and pale with white fuzz, curious Bai Yun:, big, eats bamboo,

Re-read Little PandaGrammar and

WritingVerb

Verbs are words that show action or something we do.o What is a verb? an action, or something we doo What do we call a word that tells something we do? A verb

I will tell you a sentence. Tell me which word is the verb. Tell me which word tells something we can do, or an action.

o A panda eats bamboo.o I drive the bumber car.o The rabbit hops across the snow.

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o They swim in the water.o He opens the door.o We push the swing.

High FrequencyWords

Me, she, withFirst TimeWhen I touch under the word, say the word in your head.When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)

Second TimePass out Decodable Reader -Nat!Have students find and underline the sight words Me, she, with in the story.

Spelling(Phonics)

Nn /n/ Bb/b/

Display a N letter card. This is the letter N. It makes the /n/ sound.What is the name of this letter? NWhat sound does this letter make? /n/Have students air write the letter N while saying the /n/ sound.

Display a B letter card. This is the letter B. It makes the /b/ sound.What is the name of this letter? BWhat sound does this letter make? /b/Have students air write the letter B while saying the /b/ sound.

Use the page with arrows and blocks to practice blending words together.With students slowly sound out each letter while pointing to the letter with finger.With students repeat sounding out and pointing at a faster speed.With students repeat reading and pointing at a normal speed.

Readers Decodable Reader: Nat! Keep reader to re-read on Day 5

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HUA MEI

BOTH

BAI YOON

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Day 5High Frequency Words: me, she, withNew Phonics Skills: Nn /n/ Bb /b/Grammar: VerbsAmazing Vocabulary: weigh, measure, healthy, bamboo, curious, explore Story Vocabulary: caption

Vocabulary(Amazing

Wordsand

Story Vocabulary

Tier II and III)Reading

ComprehensionDisplay Little Panda.

Display the sequence retell graphic organizer. We are going to use this graphic organizer to show how Hua Mei changed and

grew. Prompt students to tell the sequence of the story. Use book as a reference. Write student responses in the graphic organizer Examples: very little, drinks milk, white fuzz, patches of dark skin, fur, holds up

head, learns to sit, learns to walk, learns to climb, gets bigger, eats bamboo

How did Hua Mei grow and change?Grammar and

WritingVerbs

Practice Book pg 10High Frequency

WordsMe, she, withWhen I touch under the word, say the word in your head.When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.Unpredictable individual turns (Not everyone will have an individual turn.)

Spelling(Phonics)

Nn /n/ Bb/b/Display a N letter card. This is the letter N. It makes the /n/ sound.What is the name of this letter? NWhat sound does this letter make? /n/Have students air write the letter N while saying the /n/ sound.

Display a B letter card. This is the letter B. It makes the /b/ sound.What is the name of this letter? BWhat sound does this letter make? /b/Have students air write the letter B while saying the /b/ sound.

We are going to spell some words. Pass out writing materials. If a word is a proper noun, remind students to begin that word with a capital letter.

Teacher say “Nat” Students say “Nat”

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Teacher and students segment word. Hold up one finger for each letter sound. N - a - t

Students write the word. Repeat for the following words: bin, an, am, bam, pin

Readers Decodable Reader : Nat!

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