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RELA Unit 1:
A Delicate Balance Lesson 15:
Gaining Information From Maps, Photographs, and Words
What 2 literary texts have we read recently about people
who had special relationships with animals?
One was in the rainforest, the other on farms
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Are these texts fiction or non-fiction?
These texts were realistically
presented, but are classified as fiction.
Realistic Fiction
These texts are
literary texts.
TABLE TALK: What are some
characteristics of a literary text?
characters
setting events of a story
central message
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Today, we are going to read an article,
“Kids to the Rescue!” to gain information about the
true-to-life relationship between humans and nature.
This is an informational text.
TABLE TALK: What do you think are some
characteristics of an informational text?
photos maps
captions
Real Facts Real People Real Events
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Are informational texts fiction or non-fiction?
Non-Fiction! They give us information
about real facts, real events, or real people
Can you think of any examples
of informational texts?
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Unlike other sea turtles, female Kemp's ridley turtles come ashore to lay their eggs in the daylight hours.
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Gulf Oil Spill of April 2010
TABLE TALK: Find a photograph, map, or
caption in a National Geographic Magazine and be ready to explain what it is about.
What kind of information did your photo, map, or caption give you?
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Why do you think features like photos, maps, and captions are included in informational texts?
They help to give us more information so we can better understand what we are reading in
the text!
Today’s Objective: We will use information gained from photographs, maps, and
words to demonstrate understanding of the text,
“Kids to the Rescue!”
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What information did I find out from this text?
By Olivia and Carter Ries, Founders of One More Generation
What questions to I have after reading this text?
By Olivia and Carter Ries, Founders of One More Generation
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What informational text features would help you to better understand what you
read and answer your questions?
By Olivia and Carter Ries, Founders of One More Generation
Open to page 150-151 in your Reading/Writing Workshop Book
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What information from the text is in the photographs?
How did the caption help you to understand the information better?
How did the photograph help?
Was there something you expected to see a photograph
of and didn’t see?
Preview the rest of the text. What other
features do you see?
These features will help you to understand the text you are
reading today and will also help to gain even more information that
is not in the text!
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Page # Feature Explain what the feature is:
Explain how this helps you to understand the text better:
Page150
Page 151
Page 152
Page 153
Page 154
Page 155
Name: Ms. Neral “Kids to the Rescue!”
Photograph with caption
The photograph shows Olivia and Carter Reis.
The picture of the sea turtle helped me understand the type of animal that is affected by an oil spill.
The photograph shows a sea turtle underwater.
Photograph
I can predict that these Olivia and Carter are brother and sister, and that they worked to help these animals.
Schedule To Meet With
the Teacher
1. 2. 3.
INDEPENDENT WORK EXPECTATIONS:
1. Finish Organizer
2. Finish Publishing Your Final Copy of Narrative
3. Read-to-Self- National Geographic
Magazine OR Another Daily 5 Activity
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32U4mYt19Ew
Extra Time Activity: Watch how Olivia and Carter are now working to help save rhinos!
Handouts & Resources...
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Green Group Itinerary: 1. Facilitate reading page 150-154 of
text, stopping along the way to fill out chart, ask comprehension questions (below), and examine vocabulary words (below).
• PAGE 152: • “Why did Olivia and Carter Ries
start One More Generation?” • “Why were animals in the gulf
getting sick?” • “What in the article could help
you determine the meaning of the word threatened?”
• PAGE 153: • “What resources do turtles
need to live? (resources: a supply of something (such as food or money) that someone has and can use when it is needed)
• What clues help you determine the meaning of survive?
• PAGE 154: • Locate sentences from the text
which match the map. • What information did you gain
from this map?
2. Explain to students their expectations for filling out the rest of the chart on their own –just for page 155 (they may need to fill it out as a group if they are still struggling).
(Scaffolded)
Red Group Itinerary: (Enrichment)
1. Students will have already read the text at their seats.
2. Have students retell the story with a partner.
3. Flip through the text with students, asking comprehension and vocabulary questions, while also checking their organizers along the way:
• PAGE 152: • Why did Olivia and Carter start
One More Generation? • Why were animals in the gulf
getting sick? • How did that threaten the
animals’ habitats? • PAGE 153:
• What resources do turtles need to survive?
• What clues help you determine the meaning of survive?
4. Continue to go through the rest of the text asking questions about their organizers. 5. Set expectations for students to finish the rest of the organizer at their seats.
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Blue Group Itinerary: (Acceleration)
1. Ask students what they think these vocabulary words mean: • Threatened • Resources • Survive
2. Have them go into the text to find words or phrases that help them understand the meaning of the vocabulary words.
3. Have students share ideas from organizers, adding to their own with any new ideas from their peers.
4. Ask students if they can think of other features in informational texts that were not presented in “Kids to the Rescue!”
5. Share with students mini-posters that explain these text features. 6. Give each student a “National Geographic for Kids” magazine. 7. Have students share examples of other text features they found in their magazine and how these features would help them to understand the text in the magazine better.
Page #
Feature Explain what the feature is:
Explain how this helps you to understand the text better:
150
Photograph With Caption
The photograph shows Olivia and Carter Reis.
I can predict that these Olivia and Carter are brother and sister, and that they worked to help these animals.
151 Photograph The photograph shows a sea turtle underwater.
The picture of the sea turtle helped me understand the type of animal that is affected by an oil spill.
152
Name: __________ Date:_______ “Kids to the Rescue!”
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Page #
Feature Explain what the feature is:
Explain how this helps you to understand the text better:
153
154
155
Page #
Feature Explain what the feature is:
Explain how this helps you to understand the text better:
150
Photograph With Caption
The photograph shows Olivia and Carter Reis.
I can predict that these Olivia and Carter are brother and sister, and that they worked to help these animals.
151 Photograph The photograph shows a sea turtle underwater.
The picture of the sea turtle helped me understand the type of animal that is affected by an oil spill.
152 Photograph with caption
The photograph shows a Veterinarian showing Olivia and Carter a baby sea turtle.
This picture of the veterinarian showing the baby turtle to Olivia and Carter helped me to
understand...____________________________________________________
Name: __________ Date:_______ “Kids to the Rescue!”
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Page #
Feature Explain what the feature is:
Explain how this helps you to understand the text better:
153 ________________________
This photograph shows three veterinarians helping a large sea turtle.
This picture of the veterinarians helping the large sea turtle helps me to understand how the sea turtles were able to make it back to the Gulf.
154 Map This map shows...
__________________________________________
This map helps me to understand...
_________________________________________________________________________________
155 Photograph with Caption
This photograph shows...
____________________________________
This picture helps me to understand...
_________________________________________________________________________________
List This is a list of ways you can help animals.
This list helps me to understand...
_________________________________________________________________________________
