These resources have been made available to be used for a pull-out lesson of a small group of First Grade ELLs. They relate to the 5-day plan in the Weekly Lessons Sampler. The text used is a Grade 1 narrative text, Watching the Storm.

 

Click here to download Weekly Lessons Planner

Lesson Plan for Watching the Storm

The basic pattern for planning the week’s literacy program is:

• Sharing a genre text (a play, a poem, a chant, a song)
• Sharing a text using the CD-ROM, or text (modeling)
• Teaching an essential skill (phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension)
• Independent/Small Group activities (apply and practice)
• Celebrate literacy learning

click here to download the pdf

 

This pull-out class is an example of the classes
using AWARD to maximize results for ELLs.

Weekly planner for RTI/ELL

A tool to help teachers plan their lessons, selected from the ideas in the Teachers’ Guide

click here to download the pdf

Genre Text

A collection of different genre introduces the class or group to the weekly text. Four selections

click here to download the pdf ?

Watching the Storm information sheet

The features of this text explained

click here to download the pdf

Watching the Storm on CD-ROM

Note:
– The text is read twice.
– Associated learning activities

• relate directly to the text
• focus on learning letters, words, and about writing

 

 

Assessment

AWARD Assessment is formative. It informs teachers, students, and parents about progress in learning to read.

Click play to view assessment in the classroom