Grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies are all part of the journey toward understanding a text. The last in a series of three extra support lessons designed to accompany Theme 5: One Land, Many Trails provides a wealth of ideas to accompany four short texts. The lessons work particularly well with struggling learners.

Concepts

academic intervention, academic language, reading comprehension, active reading, united states geography, american history

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Play audio versions of key words to help demonstrate concepts such as multiple syllables
• Pull out struggling learners in small groups while the rest of the class works independently

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a whiteboard or chart paper and markers to complete many of the activities

Pros

• Includes scripts to make it easy to instantly implement the lessons
• Breaks down most concepts into teach, practice, and apply

Cons

• Lacks creative activities to teach some of the more basic elements of grammar and vocabulary

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.3 L.5.4.b