UNIT X 182 | UNIT 5 Instructional Routine: Oral Language p. Txxviii • Discover and pre-teach vocabulary Ask children to preview the activity by looking at the picture and reading the page. Ask: What is our purpose for listening? (to learn about healthy and unhealthy plants) • Identify key words Use the vocabulary routine to present the words healthy and unhealthy. Allow children to ask about any other vocabulary words they are unsure of. • Identify repetitive words and phrases Ask children to identify words they learned in this unit, such as plants, sunlight, and soil. A • Listen to identify main topics Play the audio through for children to listen for general understanding. Ask: What is the main topic? (healthy and unhealthy plants) • Activate prior knowledge Tell children to look closely at the picture. Ask: Which plants look healthy? Why? Which plants look unhealthy? Why? Tell children they will listen to find out. • Match vocabulary to illustrated stories Tell children to listen and point to the plants that are healthy. (C, D) Tell children to listen again and point to the plants that are unhealthy. (A, B, E) EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE B • Listen to identify key details Tell children to read the questions. Ask: What will you listen for? (to find out what the unhealthy plants need) • Have children work with a classmate to compare and write answers in complete sentences. You may want to have children answer why? for items 2 and 3. ANSWERS 1. Plant B needs sunlight. The leaves are yellow. 2. Plant A needs water. (The leaves are brown. The soil is dry and cracked.) 3. Plant E needs soil. (The roots are out of the soil.) 4. Plants need sunlight, water, and soil to be healthy. SCRIPT You have a plant! Can you take care of your plant? You want your plant to be healthy. A healthy plant has pretty green leaves. It has flowers that bloom. Look at your plant. Is it healthy? Are the leaves yellow? Your plant is unhealthy. It needs sunlight. Are the leaves brown? Is the soil dry and cracked? Your plant is unhealthy. It needs water. Look at the roots of your plant. Are they out of the soil? Your plant needs more soil. It needs more room to grow. Now you know how to take care of your plant! DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold After listening to the audio multiple times as a class, if some children are still unsure of the content, provide them a copy of the audioscript. Ask them to listen again and follow along with the words on the page. Have them listen a final time without looking at the script to help them see the words in their mind as they listen. Amplify Pair children who have higher levels of English proficiency and need to be challenged. Once they have completed Activity B, provide them with an additional problem to solve. For example: Help! My plants are unhealthy! My plants are in a sunny window. I water my plants every month. I sing to them at night. But my plants are not green. They are not healthy. What is wrong? Healthy Living Things A Listen. • Point to the plants that are healthy. • Point to the plants that are unhealthy. B Listen again. Look at the picture. 1. Which plant needs sunlight? Why? 2. Which plant needs water? 3. Which plant needs soil? 4. What do plants need to be healthy? Which plant needs wat Plant needs sunlight. The are yellow. A B C D E CONNECT TO Oral Language UNIT 5 182 CON22_1_SE_U05_182-183_COL.indd 182 30/10/2020 11:51 UNIT 5 / CONNECT TO ORAL LANGUAGE
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