Module 1 Week 2
My Five Senses
Module 1
Module One: Becoming a Close Reader and Writing to Learn
Students learn how to determine the explicit meaning of a text. They ask and answer questions to determine the central message. They identify an informative topic and write pieces that include two or more facts and a sense of closure. They use narrative writing to describe an experience with thoughts and feelings.
STANDARDS/READING STRATEGIES:
Graphic organizers (Sensory words) Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RESOURCES/E-BOOKS
Sight Words
what, two, up, down, we, want, out, who, are, they, she, good, and, there, give, little, have, that (Kindergarten Review)
5 Senses Chart
Popcorn! A Five Senses Mini-Unit
Brainpop Jr.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose Five Senses FREEBIE!
My Five Senses
Popcorn
Heart Map
Small Moment
Introduce Small Moments
Read Mentor Text: The Kissing Hand (first day school, new teacher, new student)
Teach students to use events from their lives, things they like to do or have happened.
DAILY 5
WRITING/GRAMMAR
Concepts of print:( left to right, spacing between words)
2. Planning For Writing: Writers Touch, Tell, Sketch, then Write
Writers plan what they want to write before they start. Writers use pictures to add on.
3. Introduce sensory words (feelings, adjectives) Teach writers that you bring your writing to life by making characters think and feel.
Personal Narrative Sensory words
4. Small moment( students write with a focus):
I feel happy when…
Brainpop Jr. Writing with the Senses
5. Partnership and Storytelling: writers talk to other writers about their writing and storytell the ideas out loud.