Reading Comprehension

5th Grade Modified ELA

Non-fiction Unit

Objectives:

·        Skill: SWBAT identify features of a newspaper article

·        Knowledge: Students will know that newspaper articles give information on non-fiction topics and current events.

·        Understanding: Students will understand that information in newspapers are based on facts and opinions of current events.

Standards:

·        Standard 1:   Language for Information and Understanding

·        Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation

·        Standard 4:   Language for Social Interaction

Anticipatory Set

• Give each pair or tri-ad a cut up newspaper article (amount of pieces vary with level of students)
• Have students piece this “mystery” together to see what we will be studying next
• Tell that we are going to be studying newspaper articles

Teaching Input

• Tell that we are going to be looking at the different features of newspapers and what the purpose of newspapers are
• Show examples of different kinds of newspapers
• Hand out articles and have students share what features they notice (magazines, billboards, headlines, pictures…)

Teaching: Modeling

• Choose a short article to show on the SMART board and read to class
• Students should also have copy in front of them
• Analyze article highlighting important words or phrases
• Complete graphic organizer for summary (attached)
• Write summary as class

Teaching: Checking for Understanding

• Have students write in one sentence what the article is about
• Tell them to write 2 questions that can be answered from the article
• Ask if there is anything else they are still wondering

Guided Practice:

• Put a bunch of articles out and have the students each choose an article that they ant to read (option: work in pairs)
• Have students repeat activity with their article
• Complete graphic organizer

Closure:

• Students share articles and tell in own words what it is about nd what they have learned
• Students ask the group 1-2 questions that can be answered from their summary

Independent Practice:

·        Have students either choose an article to complete for homework, or find one they are interested in on their own

·        Repeat lesson with articles from magazine

Materials:

·        Pencils

·        Paper

·        Newspapers

·        SMART Board

·        Graphic organizer sheet

·         Highlighters