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Whom Does He Look Like?

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Title:

Whom Does He Look Like?

URL:

https://www.readworks.org/article/Whom-Does-He-Look-Like/46ac94c0-f30d-49b0-9ba4-eb5cdb566580#!articleTab:content/

Content Source:

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ReadWorks.org

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

The teacher will present an informational fiction text from the website, ReadWorks. The students and teacher can interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity would be useful to introduce students to the concept parents and their offspring have similarities and differences in their appearance.

Content Standard(s):

Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 1	7 ) Make observations to identify the similarities and differences of offspring to their parents and to other members of the same species (e.g., flowers from the same kind of plant being the same shape, but differing in size; dog being same breed as parent, but differing in fur color or pattern). NAEP Framework NAEP Statement:: L4.6: Plants and animals closely resemble their parents. Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns Disciplinary Core Idea: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Make observations, firsthand or from media, to identify similarities and differences of plant and animal parents to their offspring. Teacher Vocabulary: identify observation similarities differences offspring parents members species evidence pattern Knowledge: Students know: Young animals are very much, but not exactly, like their parents. Plants are very much, but not exactly, like their parents. Skills: Students are able to: Use observations as evidence to identify similarities and differences between parents and offspring and between offspring and other members of the same species. Understanding: Students understand that: Patterns can be used as evidence that individuals of the same kind of plant or animal are recognizable as similar but can also vary in many ways. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Organisms, STC Wild Feet, ETA/hand2mind Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SCI.AAS.1.7-Identify similarities and differences between parents and offspring in animals.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R3. Background knowledge Vocabulary Discussion Knowledge: R3. Students know: Relating experiences through discussions, writing, and reading will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary. Skills: R3. Students are able to: Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing. Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing. Understanding: R3. Students understand that: Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing. Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	21. Identify the main topic and key details of literary and informational texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 21. Identify Main topic Key details Literary texts Informational texts Knowledge: 21. Students know: Main topic of literary and informational texts. Key details of literary and informational texts. Skills: 21. Students are able to: Identify the main topic of literary and informational texts. Identify key details of literary and informational texts. Understanding: 21. Students understand that: Literary and informational texts have a main idea and supporting details.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	22. Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 22. Ask Answer Questions Key details Literary texts Informational texts Knowledge: 22. Students know: Key details are present in literary and informational text. Skills: 22. Students are able to: Ask questions about key details in a literary and informational text. Answer questions about key details in a literary and informational text. Understanding: 22. Students understand that: Literary and informational text include key details that must be understood to comprehend the text. After reading a text, knowledge and understanding can be expanded by asking and answering questions.

Tags:

grandma, grandpa, informational fiction text, offspring, parent, relative

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ReadWorks is a website that provides K-12 teachers with free literacy resources (About ReadWorks). ReadWorks has literary and informational texts on a variety of subjects and reading skills. You may narrow your search using grade level or Lexile level, making this website a wonderful tool for differentiation. Students will complete their work digitally, and you will provide their score and feedback digitally. This makes it easy to go paperless for this activity.

Prior to implementing this activity, you will need to sign up for an Educator Account on ReadWorks. After setting up an account, create a class from the Class Admin tab, this will provide you with a Class Code to give to students. Next, use the Find Content tab to search for the informational article that will be used during this activity, "Whom Does He Look Like?" After navigating to the article, click on the blue Assign button to assign it to your class.

Each student will need access to a digital device, such as a tablet or laptop. The first time students enter the website they will need to enter the Class Code that is listed on your Class Admin page. Alternatively, you can print the article and corresponding questions for students, if digital devices are not available. The teacher could also complete this activity by projecting the article and questions for the whole class to view.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

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Whom Does He Look Like?