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General Unit Preparation 5-Lesson Preparation 12-Lesson Preparation

5-Lesson Unit 12-Lesson Unit

Overview Interpreting Rubric In2Books Rubric 5-Lesson Assessment Checklist 12-Lesson Assessment Checklist Student Assessment Chart Student Self-Checklist End-of-Year Reflection

Code, Comprehend, & Synthesize Strategy Anticipation Guide What I Know Comprehension Strategy: Read, Represent, Remember, Retell Coding Text Handout Graphic Aid Monitoring Hypothesis Review Checklist Writing Hypothesis Worksheet Planning an Investigation Science Report Guidelines Scientific Method Scientific Method Review Tracking My Progress Writing Plan Organizer V Letter Outline Sample Letter Peer Edit Handout Peer Conference Checklist

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5-Lesson Unit	These five engaging mini-lessons are brief but they present powerful bursts of instruction on useful strategies for reading and comprehending science texts. These lessons should be taught in order, but do not need to be taught on consecutive days.
12-Lesson Unit	For the full-length science unit covering informational texts on science topics, click on the 12-lesson unit. The lessons address elements of the genre, building vocabulary, guidance in conducting experiments, and writing their final pen pal letters.

Ready to show your students What’s So Great About Science? Putting a high quality In2Books science text into your students’ hands is just the first step. In this unit, your students will participate in an authentic inquiry experience and discover the power of reading to learn. Students discover the excitement of deliberately studying a shared topic as they ask thoughtful questions, search together for answers, read and write to their pen pal about their findings. The shared subgenre and topic within your classroom provide an ideal stage for specific, rigorous strategy lessons that build a common, necessary framework of nonfiction reading and writing support. Talking, reading, writing, questioning – these units are an engaging cycle of deep learning all motivated by the anticipation of communicating new learning with an adult pen pal!

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5-Lesson Unit Preparation

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LESSON 1	LESSON 2	LESSON 3	LESSON 4	LESSON 5
Exploring Genre and Topic	Comprehension Strategies for Informational Science Texts	Explore our Topic with the Scientific Method	Write a Science Report	Write the Final Pen Pal Letter
60 minutes Engage with Books Discuss Genre Activate Introduce Essential Questions Read Aloud Writer's Notebook	45-50 minutes You choose the focus strategy: Coding* or Read, Remember, Represent, Retell or Graphic Aid Monitoring.* Set Purpose Introduce Procedure Model Guided Practice Independent Practice Student Share	Time varies based on investigations Overview of the Scientific Method Conduct an Experiment Using the Scientific Method	60 minutes Engage Share Report Guidelines Answer Questions Writing Reports Using the Writing Process Celebrate	Time varies Prewriting (including end-of-year conferences Drafting (including Author's Chair) Revising (including Peer Conferencing) Editing (including peer edit) Publishing (type, decorate and send) Celebrate

LESSON 1	LESSON 2	LESSON 3	LESSON 4	LESSON 5
Introduce Genre and Topic	Build Key Vocabulary	Comprehension Strategies for Informational Science Texts	Inquiry and the Scientific Method	Ask a Question and Form a Hypothesis
60 minutes Engage with Books Discuss Genre Activate Introduce Essential Questions Read Aloud Writer's Notebook	Two 45-50 minute sessions Session One: Using Marzano's Six-Step Approach to teach Academic Vocabulary Session Two: Using Concept Cards to Teach Topic Specific Vocabulary	45-50 minutes You choose the focus strategy: Coding* or Read, Remember, Represent, Retell or Graphic Aid Monitoring.* Set Purpose Introduce Procedure Model Guided Practice Independent Practice Student Share	60 minutes Introduce Inquiry Learning Overview of the Scientific Method Paired Practice Inquiry Preparation)	45 minutes Engage Ask Questions Explain Hypothesis Write Hypothesis Paired Review Finalize Hypothesis
LESSON 6	LESSON 7	LESSON 8	LESSON 9	LESSON 10
Plan an Investigation	Conduct the Investigation	Write a Science Report	Prewriting Final Letter	Independent Drafting with Author's Chair
55-60 minutes Engage Introduce Planning Chart Model Planning Chart Independent Planning Reflection Paired Review School-Home Connection	Time varies based on investigations Review Investigation Plans Explains Expectations Investigate Small Group Discussions Whole Group Reflection Writer's Notebook Discussions Closure	60 minutes Engage Share Report Guidelines Answer Questions Writing Reports Using the Writing Process Celebrate	Time varies based on number of conferences Reflection on Past Letters End-of-Year Conferences and Prewriting	45 minutes Drafting Author's Chair Revise and Type
LESSON 11	LESSON 12
Revising and Conferencing	Edit, Complete and Send Letters to Pen Pals
50 minutes Read Letters Aloud Revise and Conference	50 minutes Peer Editing Mini Lesson Peer Edit Type Final Draft Self-Check Letter Spell Check Decorate and Send