Curriculum / ELA / 1st Grade / Unit 1: Being a Good Friend / Lesson 3
ELA
Unit 1
1st Grade
Lesson 3 of 16
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Describe how Ruby’s feelings changed by asking and answering questions about character feelings.
Make connections to what it means to be a good friend and part of a strong team.
Book: Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann
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Tasks that represents the peak thinking of the lesson - mastery will indicate whether or not objective was achieved
What important lesson did Ruby learn at the end of the text?
An example response to the Target Task at the level of detail expected of the students.
Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
Ruby is in a new school for the first day. How do you infer what she is feeling? What are the clues in the story that make you think that?
Think Aloud: I can tell that both the narrator and Miss Hart are talking on this page. The narrator is telling the story first, because they are talking about the other characters (Ruby, Miss Heart). Then I know Miss Hart starts talking because the narrator says she’s talking. (Re-read the first few sentences if necessary).
Ms. Hart says “What a coincidence!” What do you think she means by that? Why?
Who is talking? How do you know?
How does Ruby feel about Angela? How does Angela feel about Ruby? What in the story makes you think that?
Something has changed about Angela on this page. What is it? Why do you think her feelings about Ruby changed?
Why does Ms. Hart keep Ruby back from lunch? What advice does she give Ruby?
Make an inference: Why did Ruby’s ears turn red?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
coincidence
n.
when two things happen at the same time by accident
copycat
someone who repeatedly copies what others say or do
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RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.10 — With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.1.6 — Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.1.6 — Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
Lesson 2
Lesson 4
Explain what the author wanted the reader to learn.
RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.10 RL.1.3 SL.1.1 SL.1.2 SL.1.6
Describe why Molly Lou Melon acts the way she does.
Describe how you are unique and how that helps strong friendships and teams.
RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.3
RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.3 RL.1.6
Explain why the author ends the text by saying “Maybe, just maybe, Brian’s not so invisible after all” by asking and answering questions about character feelings and motivation.
RL.1.1 RL.1.3 RL.1.6
Describe how the main characters change by asking and answering questions about character motivation.
RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3
Explain what Unhei is worried about and why she is worried.
Describe what lesson Unhei learns.
RL.1.1 RL.1.3
Explain what Jamaica and Brianna learn by asking and answering questions about character motivations and feelings.
Describe how the narrator’s relationship with Jeremy Ross changes by asking and answering questions about character feelings.
Describe how Big Al’s relationship with the other fish changes by asking and answering questions about character motivation.
RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.6
Explain what Matthew and Tilly realize and why by asking and answering questions about character motivations, feelings, and actions.
Retell Each Kindness using key details from the story.
RL.1.1 RL.1.6
Explain what Chloe learns and how she learns it by Close Reading a text.
RL.1.2 RL.1.3
Discussion & Writing
Write an opinion piece about what makes a good friend.
L.1.1.a SL.1.1 SL.1.6 W.1.1
Assessment
Narrative Writing – 3 days
Write a narrative about a time you were a good friend.
L.1.1 L.1.1.a L.1.1.j L.1.2 L.1.6 SL.1.1 SL.1.6 W.1.3 W.1.5
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