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Amazing Animals

Lesson 24

ELA

Unit 3

1st Grade

Lesson 24 of 24

The following assessments accompany Unit 3. For more guidance, see the Summative Assessments and Assessments Accommodations & Modifications Teacher Tools.

Content Assessment

The Content Assessment measures students' understanding of the unit's content knowledge and vocabulary. It should serve as the primary assessment for the unit.

Warm Read Assessment

The Warm Read Assessment measures students' ability to apply the Reading Focus Areas of the unit to comprehend a new text, topically or thematically related to the content of the unit. It may be administered in addition to the Content Assessment.

Lesson 23

Lesson Map

Explain how animals use different body parts to survive.

What Do... pp. 1–14 — stop before eyes

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7RL.1.5SL.1.1

Explain how animals use different body parts to survive.

What Do... — pp. 15–end

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1

Use frequently occurring conjunctions and a comma to produce compound sentences.

Simple Sentence and Conjunction Cards (G1, U3, L3)

Standards

L.1.1.gL.1.1.jRI.1.3

Explain what it means to camouflage and give an example of how animals use camouflage to survive.

What Color Is Camouflage?

Standards

L.1.1.gL.1.1.jL.1.2.bL.1.4L.1.6RI.1.4RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2

progress
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progress
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Explain how animals use colors to survive.

Living Color pp. 1–10 — (red and blue)

Standards

L.1.1.gL.1.1.jL.1.2.bRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1

Describe how animals use color to survive.

Living Color — (yellow and green)

Standards

L.1.1.gL.1.1.jL.1.2.bRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7

progress
monitoring

progress
monitoring

Describe how animals use color to survive.

Living Color — (orange, purple, pink)

Standards

L.1.1.gL.1.1.jL.1.2.bL.1.4L.1.6RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7RI.1.9

3 days

Write a narrative about an animal using its color to camouflage and survive.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.

Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
Mentor Text 1 (G1, U3, L8)
Book Template

Standards

W.1.3W.1.5

Day 2 - Drafting

Draft a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.

Mentor Text 1 (G1, U3, L8)
Book Template
Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2) — from Day 1

Standards

W.1.3W.1.5

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

Revise compound sentences to remove and replace repetitive words.

Mentor Text 1 (G1, U3, L8)
Book Template

Standards

L.1.1.dL.1.1.gL.1.1.jRI.1.3W.1.3W.1.5

Write a compound sentence about the gecko.

Gecko

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7

Use frequently occurring adjectives to describe nouns.

Standards

L.1.1.bL.1.1.fL.1.1.j

Explain what different animals do if something wants to eat them.

What Do...

Standards

L.1.1.bL.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7RL.1.5

progress
monitoring

progress
monitoring

Debate whether camouflage is the most effective way for animals to protect themselves.

What Color Is Camouflage?
Living Color
What Do...

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.3SL.1.5SL.1.6

Explain how animals rely on their brothers and sisters for survival.

Sisters and Brothers pp. 1–10

Standards

L.1.1.bL.1.1.fL.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.5

Describe how brothers and sisters rely on each other for survival.

Sisters and Brothers pp. 10–18

Standards

L.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1

progress
monitoring

progress
monitoring

Describe how animals rely on their brothers and sisters for survival.

Sisters and Brothers p. 19 — to end

Standards

L.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1

Discuss the behaviors parents, siblings, and babies engage in to help each other survive.

Sisters and Brothers

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.3SL.1.4SL.1.5SL.1.6

3 days

Write an informational report about how an animal group survives.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm the main idea and supporting facts about an animal group before writing an informational report.

Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5)
Mentor Text 2 (G1, U3, L17)

Standards

L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8

Day 2 - Drafting

Draft an informational report to teach a reader about an animal and how it survives.

Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3)
Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5) — from Day 1

Standards

L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

Revise an informational text by adding text features to tell the reader more information.

Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3) — from Day 2

Standards

L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8

Explain how lizards are the same.

Lizards pp. 1–15

Standards

L.1.1.bL.1.1.fL.1.1.jL.1.4RI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.6RI.1.7

Explain how lizards are different.

Lizards p. 16 — to end

Standards

L.1.1.bL.1.1.fL.1.1.jRI.1.2RI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.6RI.1.7

progress
monitoring

progress
monitoring

Explain how frogs are the same.

Frogs pp. 1–15

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.5RI.1.6RI.1.7

Explain how frogs are different.

Frogs — pp. 16–end

Standards

RI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7RI.1.9

Discuss the ways individual animals of the same kind are similar and different.

Standards

L.1.1.bL.1.1.jRI.1.3RI.1.6RI.1.7SL.1.1SL.1.2SL.1.3SL.1.4SL.1.5SL.1.6

3 days

Write an informational report about an endangered species.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm the main idea and supporting facts about an endangered animal group before writing an informational report.

Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5)
Mentor Text 3 (G1, U3, L24)

Standards

L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8

Day 2 - Drafting

Draft an informational report to teach a reader about an endangered animal, the challenges it faces, and a potential solution to its challenges.

Mentor Text 3 (G1, U3, L24)
Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3)
Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5) — from Day 1

Standards

L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

Revise an informational text by adding text features to tell the reader more information.

Creature Feature Report Template (G1, U3) — from Day 2

Standards

L.1.1.fL.1.1.gL.1.1.jW.1.2W.1.5W.1.7W.1.8

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