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The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect

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The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect

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Overview:

This unit introduces the concept of cause and effect with Trinka Hakes Noble's books about Jimmy and his boa constrictor. Each lesson begins with the teacher reading a new story about Jimmy and his boa and the chaos they bring to each place they visit. Class discussions about each event and its cause are followed by tasks for the students to help illustrate understanding of the concept. Students create cause-and-effect pictures, puzzles, and flow charts as they explore the genre. As a culminating activity, students write their own book with causes and effects, which are assessed with a rubric.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	2. Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 2. Actively engage Teacher-led reading experiences Collaborative discussions Background knowledge Peers Knowledge: 2. Students know: How to engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge. Skills: 2. Students are able to: Build background knowledge by actively engaging in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers. Understanding: 2. Students understand that: They need to build background knowledge to be successful as they learn to read and read to learn. They need to actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and discussions with peers to build their background knowledge.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	4. With guidance and support, ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify information presented orally, through text, or other media. Example: Use interrogatives who, what, where, when, why, and how to ask questions. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 4. Ask Answer Seek Clarify Orally Media Guidance Support Knowledge: 4. Students know: Questions to seek help. Questions to get information. Questions to clarify information. Common stems for asking questions (i.e., interrogatives like who, what, when, why, and how). Skills: 4. Students are able to: Ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify information presented orally, through text, or other media with guidance and support. Understanding: 4. Students understand that: They can seek help, get information, or clarify information presented orally, through text, or other media by asking and answering questions.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	15. Orally read and reread grade-appropriate decodable texts smoothly, accurately, and expressively, at an appropriate rate to support comprehension. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 15. Fluency Orally read Grade-appropriate decodable texts Smoothly Accurately Expressively Appropriate rate Comprehension Knowledge: 15. Students know: Fluent reading requires accurate decoding. Fluent reading is smooth and expressive. Reading at an appropriate rate will support their comprehension. Skills: 15. Students are able to: Fluently read grade-appropriate decodable texts with accuracy and expression. Read orally at an appropriate rate. Comprehend text that they read aloud. Understanding: 15. Students understand that: Reading smoothly, accurately, expressively, and at an appropriate rate, supports comprehension, or their understanding of the text.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: K	33. Express ideas orally and connect these ideas through drawing and emergent writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 33. Express Ideas Orally Connect Drawing Emergent writing Knowledge: 33. Students know: Techniques for using discussion, drawing, and basic writing to express their thoughts. Skills: 33. Students are able to: Express ideas orally. Connect ideas through drawing and emergent writing to express their thoughts. Understanding: 33. Students understand that: They can express ideas through discussion, drawing, and basic writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	23. Identify and describe the main story elements in a literary text. a. Describe the characters and settings, using illustrations and textual evidence from a story. b. Retell the plot or sequence of major events in chronological order. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 23. Identify Describe Story elements Literary text 23a. Describe Characters Settings Illustrations Textual evidence Story 23b. Retell Plot Sequence Major events Chronological order Knowledge: 23. Students know: Main story elements in a literary text. 23a. Characters in a story. Settings in a story. Characters and settings in a story can be identified using information from the text or illustrations. 23b. Chronological order. Techniques for retelling a literary text orally using key details./li> Skills: 23. Students are able to: Identify the main story elements in a text. Describe the main story elements in a text. 23a. Identify characters in a story. Identify the setting of a story. Describe the characters of a story using illustrations and textual evidence. Describe the setting of a story using illustrations and textual evidence. 23b. Identify major events in a story. Retell the plot of a story in chronological order. Understanding: 23. Students understand that: Literary texts include predictable story elements, such as plot, characters, setting, conflict, and resolution, to help the reader to better comprehend the text. 23a. A story tells about a character's experience, and they can use information from the text or illustrations to identify and describe characters in a story. The setting is the time and place that a story takes place, and they can identify and describe the setting by using information from the text or illustrations. 23b. The major events that occur in a story is called the plot of the story. Chronological order means that a story has a timeline of events that occur in sequence from beginning to end. They can demonstrate their comprehension of a story by describing its main events in chronological order.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 2	R5. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R5. Writing process Plan Draft Revise Edit Publish Genres Knowledge: R5. Students know: The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Various genres of writing. Skills: R5. Students are able to: Plan writings in various genres. Draft writings in various genres. Revise writings in various genres. Edit writings in various genres. Publish writings in various genres. Understanding: R5. Students understand that: The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier. There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.

Tags:

boa constrictor, book, book cover creator, cause and effect, discussion, flow charts, illustrate, Jimmys Boa, publication, puzzles, read aloud, snake, Trinka Hakes Noble, writing

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The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect