Grade: Grade 3 Subject: English Language Arts Created by: Camille Freydl Lesson Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Keywords/Tags: Reading, Vocabulary, Group Discussions, Writing Lesson Description: During this lesson, students will read and respond to "The Little Red Hen." The goal of this lesson is to introduce children to new vocabulary allow the to discover the meaning of words through the use of context clues and to develop reasoning skills and develop. Students will learn how to use contextual support to back their beliefs during a discussion on the story. Students will apply their new vocabulary words and reasoning skills during a final writing assignment in which the must use supporting details from the story to define the value of hard work.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1b: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Lesson Content: Reading
Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed.
The Little Red Hen
There were many animals on the farm. They lived there happily. Every day the farm family took care of them.
The little Red Hen was in the farmyard with her chickens when she found some grains of wheat. That is a small seed that can grow into a plant.
"Who will plant this wheat?" she said. “Please plant it. Then we can have more grain when the plant grows.”
"Not I," said the Goose.
"Not I," said the Duck.
"I will, then," said the little Red Hen. She was disappointed. The other animals should have helped. But she planted the grains of wheat by herself. She watered it, too. Every day she checked the plants to see how they grew. After a month, the wheat grew into plants.
The wheat plants had many more seeds. Those can be planted or used to make food. When the wheat was ripe she said, "Who will take this wheat to the mill?" The mill is a place where people grind the seeds. It turns into flour. Then you can make bread from the flour.
"Not I," said the Goose.
"Not I," said the Duck.
"I will, then," said the little Red Hen, sadly. “I will do it myself.” So then she took the wheat to the mill.
When she brought the flour home she said, "Who will make some bread with this flour?"
"Not I," said the Goose.
"Not I," said the Duck.
"I will, then," said the little Red Hen. She was disappointed again.
When the bread was baked, she said, "Who will eat this bread?"
"I will," said the Goose
"I will," said the Duck .
"No, you won't," said the little Red Hen. "You did not help. I will eat it myself. Cluck! Cluck!" She ate it with her children, the chickens.
Task 1: Vocabulary Activity
(30 points)
Instructions: Please complete the following vocabulary activity by choosing the correct meaning of each word selected from the passage and use of each word correctly in a sentence.
Vocabulary Questions
Word/Phrase: Ripe | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q1
In the story, the the hen asks "When the wheat was ripe she said, 'Who will take this wheat to the mill?'" What does the word "ripe" mean in this sentence?
A. Rotten
B. Fully grown *
C. Pretty
D. Stinky
Which one of these sentences uses the word "ripe" correctly?
A. My car made a ripe sound when I slammed on the brakes.
B. My bedroom looked ripe, so my mother told me to clean it.
C. We can not make guacamole until our avocados are ripe. *
D. The pot was ripe after I finished washing it.
Word/Phrase: Farmyard | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q2
In the story, the author says "The little Red Hen was in the farmyard with her chickens when she found some grains of wheat." What does farmyard mean?
A. A shopping mall
B. A parking lot
C. A petting zoo
D. A yard surrounded by farm buildings *
Which one of the sentences below uses the word "farmyard correctly."
A. I bought a cool new shirt at the farmyard last weekend.
B. The cows ate the grass in the farmyard while the farmer planted his corn. *
C. If I clean my room, my mother said I can go to the farmyard to see the new dinosaur movie with my friends.
D. I watched the whales swim around the farmyard.
Word/Phrase: Grain | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q3
In the story, the Hen says “Please plant it. Then we can have more grain when the plant grows.” What does the word "grain" mean in this sentence?
A. small, hard, dry seeds *
B. corn kernels
C. soil
D. fertilizer
Which on of the sentences below uses the word "grain" correctly?
A. I ate a bowl of chocolate grain for breakfast.
B. I washed my grain, folded it, and put it away in my closet.
C. My father used a bottle of grain to clean our kitchen sink.
D. I will use wheat grain to grow more wheat. *
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4a,
Task 2: Discussion Activity
(30 points)
Instructions: Read the posted questions and respond to each. After you have responded to all three questions, resond to at least two of your peers' posts.
Topic Title
Replies
The Hen's Decision
Do you agree with the hen's decision not share her bread with the other far animals?
Sent on: Oct 8, 2015 by: Camille Freydl
0
Sharing the Bread
Why do you think the hen chose not the share her bread?
Sent on: Oct 8, 2015 by: Camille Freydl
0
What Would You Do?
Would you have shared your bread if you were the hen? Why or Why not? Please use at least three seperate examples from the text to suport your answer.
Sent on: Oct 8, 2015 by: Camille Freydl
0
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1b,
Task 3: Writing Activity
(40 points)
Instructions: Does hard work pay off in the end? You are to write 2-3 paragraphs explaining why you do or do not believe that hard work pays off. Use specific characters and events from the story to support your answer.
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1,
