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Description
OVERVIEW
In this two-day lesson, students will be introduced to the key terms within the context of the unit through short reading passages. Students will be able to identify, define, and give examples in words and/or images of each key term in the unit.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
- What key terms do we need to know in order to be successful in this unit?
Teacher Tools
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Lesson Plan, Teacher Guide, Primary Sources Used
Downloadable/editable versions of this lesson plan, including a step-by-step guide through the lesson.
Student Activities
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Warm-up and Exit Ticket
In this printable Warm-up / bell-ringer activity, students will define, give an example, an antonym, write the word in a sentence, and create an image that represents a a classroom-appropriate common slang word or phrase. This activity will help students differentiate between definitions and examples and prepare them for the work they will be doing with the unit vocabulary.
In this Exit Ticket, students will match four sentences giving examples of vocabulary terms with the correct term. This question is based on the new STAAR item type called Drag and Drop.
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Slideshow
This ready-to-use classroom slideshow presentation contains the warm-up exercise (above), the daily objective, the “We will / I will” statements, and the essential question for the lesson. It guides the class through the assignment providing larger versions of images, visual representations of the directions, and supports for reading and answering questions including sentence stems for in-class responses. It concludes with the exit ticket.
This slideshow provides the reading passages that students will use to complete their student work.
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Student Work: Grade Level
This two-day printable assignment provides brief reading passages that place the vocabulary terms within the context of the unit, giving background information and examples they will see in the coming assignments. Students will use these short readings to complete their vocabulary chart.
Grade Level work requires students to provide each term’s definition, choose from three multiple-choice options of the correct example from the reading, and an image that represents the word.
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Student Work: Foundations
Foundations level work requires students to choose from three multiple-choice options of each term’s definition and provide an image that represents the word.
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Student Work: Advanced
Advanced level work requires students to provide each term’s definition, an example from the reading, an antonym, an image that represents the word, and to use it in a sentence.
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Vocabulary Quiz: Grade Level
This assignment may be used to assess student understanding of the unit’s vocabulary terms.
Grade Level provides matching, fill-in-the-blank with a word bank, and a short, constructed response to assess student mastery of unit vocabulary.
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Vocabulary Quiz: Foundations
Foundations level work provides matching, fill-in-the-blank with a lettered word bank so that students may write the entire term or only the letter that corresponds with each term for a reduction in writing.
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Vocabulary Quiz: Advanced
Advanced level provides matching, fill-in-the-blank, and three short, constructed response questions to assess student mastery of unit vocabulary.
Sources
Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.
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Drawing of Man with Spear and Shield
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Photograph of a bluebonnet in Jasper Texas
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Rio Grande River in Santa Elena Canyon
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Sculpture in Caddo Mounds.
- Wichita Indian grass hut. Oklahoma. Hut exhibited at World's Fair, St Louis, Missouri. U. S. Indian School.
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