LANGUAGE ARTS Lesson 24 (Watching in the Wild)

Day 4 (10:15 11:15 and 1:20 2:00)

Enthusiastic About applying knowledge of words and sounds, creating contractions, and learning facts about
Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees.
Materials: Storytown textbook, dry erase boards, worksheet, YouTube, PowerPoint

Objectives:

Students will identify r-Controlled Vowel /ar/ -air

and are words and categorize them according to
word endings.
Students will modify words to create contractions
such as wont, dont, hasnt, and didnt.
Students will differentiate between a diagram,
chart, map, and graph.
The students will demonstrate reading fluency
and active listening.

Assessment of Objective Accomplishment:

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Teacher Observation
Question and answer
Dry erase boards
Contractions worksheet

Procedure with Amount of Time Stated for Each Activity:

Instruction
(Morning) 1 hour
r-Controlled Vowel /ar/ -air and are :The teacher will display transparency R128 on the Polyvision board. The
teacher will ask students if they notice any similarities between the words listed at the top of the page. The students
will choral read the words to become familiar and comfortable with the air-are spelling and sound. The teacher will
display a sentence and ask students to write the r-controlled vowel words on their individual dry erase boards. Once
all students have responded, the teacher will circle the words on the Polyvision board. (20 minutes)
Contractions: The teacher will show an animated PowerPoint slideshow to explain what a contraction is and how
to change words into contractions. Students will participate in an interactive contractions matching game at the end
of the slideshow. Students will move back to their seats and complete a worksheet that requires them to make
contractions as well as change contractions back into their original word forms. (30 40 minutes)
(Afternoon) 40 minutes
Quick Review: Graphic Aids diagram, chart, map, and graph (pgs. 280-281 in Storytown text)
The students will read the featured nonfiction text Watching in the Wild. Before reading, the teacher will review
what they discussed about chimpanzees during the prior lesson. During reading, the teacher will ask comprehension
questions after each section of the story.
After reading, the class will watch People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (11 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZ2pJ71Lzw
To close the lesson, the teacher will ask the students to share something new they learned and will add the
information to what is already written on the dry erase board.

State Standard(s) Addressed:

CC.1.1.2.D
CC.1.2.2.F
CC.1.2.2.K