Title – Transportation and Common House Pets Sight Words

By – Maria

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Grade Level – 1

Content:

Sight words relating to either transportation or common pets

New York State Standards:

STANDARD 1:
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information.

STANDARD 2:
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.


Students will read and listen to oral, written and electronically produced texts and performances, relate texts and performances to their own lives, and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language for self-expression and artistic creation.

STANDARD 4:
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.


Students will use oral and written language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.

Objectives:

Students will be able to:
1. Identify sight words for everyday transportation
   
2. Identify sight words for common pets
   
3. Create sentences using these words
   

Materials:

• 
  Big Book of Things That Go
  
  by DK Publishing
  

• http://www.abcteach.com/samples/word_shapes/way_to_go.pdf

  
  

• http://www.abcteach.com/samples/word_shapes/pets_word_shape.pdf

  
  

• Chart paper
  
• Writing journals; if needed

Procedure:

Step 1:
Teacher will read

Big Book of Things That Go

by DK Publishing

Teacher will read the book again, providing a purpose for listening. The purpose will be to identify types of transportation they heard in the book.

Step 2a:

Teacher will make a list of transportation words given by the students from listening to the story.

Step 2b:

Teacher will create a semantic map of common pets with students.

Step 3:

Teacher will have students read a short passage underlining, highlighting, or circling the selected sight words.

Then, the teacher will have the same passage blown up or written on chart paper.

The teacher will then have volunteers come up to the board and use wikka sticks to create the silhouette around the word.

Step 4:

Teacher will use chart paper to create a story using these words. I will provide a word bank at the top and use word silhouettes in the story to have students fill in the blanks.


Step 5/Homework:

Students will complete worksheets provided. (See websites listed in the materials section.)

I will also encourage students to bring in any objects from home that may resemble one of the sight word topics being practiced. This will help create a home to school, real life connection.

Independent Enhancement Activity:

Students will identify these words in a crossword puzzle. They may work with partners to talk about strategies on how to search for the words. Note: there are several crossword generating sites available on-line.

Closure Project:

• Students can create a mobile identifying/labeling either group of words.
  
  Or
  
• Students can create a ‘pet store’ or ‘transportation museum’ identifying/labeling the sight words learned.
  
  Or
  
• Students can write one sentence for each group of words; labeling each word with a picture; creating a picture dictionary for each sight word (writing journals)
  
  Or
  
• Students can go to this website to use the Writers Corner to make a story with pictures using at least three sight words:
  
  

  http://www.time4learning.com/start/freelessons.htm

  Note from LessonPlansPage.com:
  
  Time4Learning is not a free service. They encourage members to “spread the news” in order to “get some free months.” Since we have not reviewed their service, this link should not be viewed as an endorsement on the part of LessonPlansPage.com.
  

Assessment:

• Worksheets
  
• Teacher observations
  
• Closure project

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Maria

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