| Goals/Benefits | Time/Structure | Sample Lessons | Routines | Texts | Assessment |
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“Find Important Facts”
Sample Lesson
Independent Reading Grade 1
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This lesson focuses on comprehension in nonfiction texts in the Spring of first grade. For emphasis on strategies for processing early levels of text, see Early Meaning Making and Make a Plan. For using running record notations in conferring during Independent Reading, see Focus on Fluency.
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| Background on class and structure of IR | Before the Lesson (2:30) | ||
| Part 1 – Engage (2:28) | The teacher explains students will practice pulling out important information as they read informational text in IR today. | How does the introduction engage the students in the strategy the teacher wants them to try? | Mini-Lesson: Part 1 (0:59) |
| Part 2 – Model and Prepare for Independence (6:47) | The teacher models reading to find information, noting “wow” facts, and choosing the most important facts to record on sticky notes. | How does the teacher’s modeling prepare the students for IR? | |
| Conference 1 (6:28) | Teacher confers with individual students while they are independently reading | For each conference, consider:
You may want to consult the teacher conference notes and the student sticky notes as you discuss the above points. |
Conference 1 (1:47) |
| Conference 2 (5:05) | Conference 2 (1:59) | ||
| Buddy Sharing (3:02) | Students share selections from their reading and strategies they used with the class; students respond to the person sharing | What do you think the advantages and disadvantages are to buddy sharing? | Buddy Sharing (1:06) |
| Closure (2:00) | The whole class reconvenes to bring closure to the lesson | Closure (0:55) |