Connect 3 - PROGRAM SAMPLER

UNIT X UNIT 4 | 131 Sonia lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Phoenixville is an old town. It is more than 100 years old. There are many old buildings in Phoenixville. The train station is old. The post office is old. The Colonial Theater on Bridge Street is old. Sonia loves the old buildings. Sonia is sad because the theater is closing. Her mother tells her, “The theater needs repairs. The owner doesn’t have money to fix it. So, he has to sell it.” by Betsy Tecco The Show Must Go On! CHECK IN 1. Sequence What happens first in the story? 2. Facts What is one fact you learn on this page? GLOSSARY repairs something you do to fix things that are broken UNIT 4 The Show Must Go On! 131 High Frequency Words because old show tell want CON22_3_SE_U04_130-139_RD.indd 131 30/10/2020 13:53 UNIT 4 / READING High Frequency Words Identify and read high frequency words Ask children to choral read the list of words. Call on individual students to find each word in the classroom list of high frequency words, point to it, read it aloud, and give an example sentence. Distribute sticky notes and have students mark these words as they read the text. Reading: The Show Must Go On! • Follow the instructional routine for reading. The following strategies are a sample routine. • Follow oral content Play the audio for page 131. Ask students to listen for a basic understanding of the narrative without looking at the written text. • Match oral to written words Replay the audio for page 131. This time ask students to read silently. Model how to use a finger or notecard to track the text. • Build oral fluency Relay the audio a final time, asking students to follow along in a whisper read and imitate intonation and phrasing. Repeat as necessary until students demonstrate confidence. Have students who have demonstrated proficiency read the page aloud together. • Call attention to the word repairs. Ask: Who can explain what repairs means? Observe students to see if they notice the glossary before pointing it out. Check In • Monitor comprehension Ask and answer the questions as a class. Have a volunteer explain sequence. Then tell students that the answer to question 1 is stated in the text. Ask students to point out where they found the answer to question 1. • Understand genre Review the term facts with students (true information). Remind students that in historical fiction texts, there is a mixture of facts and fictional elements. Help students identify facts about Phoenixville. • Connect to society Ask students to share how Phoenixville is similar to their community. Ask: Do we have old buildings in our town? What are they? ANSWERS 1. Sonia’s mother tells her the theater needs repairs. 2. Sample answer: Phoenixville is an old town. PRACTICE EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold • Some students may need more time and exposure to a text to comprehend it fully. Allow these students time in class to read the text prior to reading it with the class. • Provide students with a storyboard template to track story events. Ask students to draw the first event in the story. Then support them in writing a description. Use the storyboard while reading the entire text to support students’ literal comprehension. Amplify Have students connect what they read on the first page to their understanding of the historical fiction genre. Ask them to reread the historical fiction descriptors on page 130 and identify the real setting of this story and the two characters who are introduced in the first paragraph.

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