UNIT X 290 | UNIT 8 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Gather a small group of students who need additional reading support to work through the text in a guided-reading format. Read through the entire text, then together reread it in chunks, pausing to read closely and analyze sections that explain problems and solutions. Provide comprehensible input by using gestures and pantomiming to support comprehension. Amplify Support students who demonstrate reading proficiency in building fluency by partnering them with emerging readers. Direct students to read aloud the text with a peer, modeling pronunciation for partners to repeat and practice. Instructional Routine: Reading p. Txxv Text Genre: Informational Text: Social Studies • Recognize characteristics of genre Say: This text is an informational text. What other informational texts have we read? What do we know about informational texts? (Their purpose is to teach.) Ask: What is information? (facts, numbers, dates) Point out that an informational text presents readers with new facts about a topic. Read aloud the remaining descriptors and ensure students are familiar with the terms inhabitants, condor, innovation, and invention. • Discuss author’s purpose Ask students to think about why an author might write an informational text. Guide students to understand that an author can use this genre to teach readers about many different topics. Say: Most textbooks are informational texts. They are used to teach students facts. Preview • Learn new expressions Read the title aloud and point out the illustration of the condor on page 290. Discuss the meaning of condor. • Connect to self Ask students to share their thoughts about the title, On the Wings of the Condor. • Use illustrations to make a prediction Have students look at the illustrations throughout the text, paying special attention to words in the illustrations. Ask: What do you think this story is about? ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. The condor sees the village below. 2. I see a canoe, hammock, and poncho. 3. I think I will learn how and why these innovations were made. Essential Question: How can innovations improve life for people? • Exchange ideas Ask students to predict the answer to the Essential Question. Say: As you read the story, you will confirm or change your answer. • Activate prior knowledge Have students share how innovations improve life for people. Remind students of innovations they use to solve problems. EXPLORE AND LEARN Preview To preview the text, look at the title and pictures. 1. The title uses the word condor, a large bird. A condor is in the first picture. What do you think the condor sees? 2. What innovations, or inventions, do you see in the pictures? 3. Predict What will you learn about these innovations? TEXT GENRE Informational Text: Social Studies On the Wings of the Condor is an informational text. An informational text contains facts and relevant details about a topic. When you read On the Wings of the Condor, you will find: • facts about the first inhabitants of Latin America • examples to support and explain the facts • images to support the examples How can innovations improve life for people? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Reading Reading 290 UNIT 8 On the Wings of the Condor UNIT 8 / READING
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