Module 18: Time and New Year's-Language Arts 3 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, learners will explore the theme of "Time and New Year’s" while deepening their reading and writing skills. We will focus on understanding cause-and-effect relationships in both stories and informational texts, as well as building vocabulary through the use of context clues. In our writing lessons, learners will draft and polish a cause-and-effect essay, while our grammar work will focus on mastering irregular plural nouns. Additionally, learners will examine how poets use figurative language to create meaning and continue refining their penmanship with cursive practice for the uppercase letters U and Y.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 18.1 Time and New Year’s timer
Language Arts Notebook
jump rope (optional)
2 18.2 Time and New Years Language Arts Notebook;
3 18.3 Time and New Year’s timer
Language Arts Notebook
4 18.4 Time and New Years Language Arts Notebook;
5 18.5 Time and New Year’s Language Arts Notebook;

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 18.1 Time and New Year’s
  1. Use context clues to find the definitions of vocabulary words.
  2. Define cause and effect.
  3. Identify and describe irregular plural nouns and how they differ from regular plural nouns.
  4. Describe a cause-and-effect essay.
2 18.2 Time and New Years
  1. Analyze a text for cause and effect.
  2. Classify and explain different irregular plural noun patterns.
  3. Construct a rough draft for a cause-and-effect essay.
  4. Demonstrate proper letter formation of uppercase cursive letters U and Y.
3 18.3 Time and New Year’s
  1. Use context clues with vocabulary words.
  2. Cite text evidence for cause and effect.
  3. Apply irregular plural noun forms in sentences.
  4. Revise a cause-and-effect essay.
4 18.4 Time and New Years
  1. Use vocabulary words in sentences.
  2. Summarize the cause and effect in a passage.
  3. Analyze and evaluate the use of irregular plural nouns in short passages.
  4. Identify figurative language in poems and explain its effect.
5 18.5 Time and New Year’s
  1. Define vocabulary words and use them in writing.
  2. Describe the causes and effects using key details from a fiction text.
  3. Create a published version of their cause-and-effect essay.
  4. Demonstrate fluency by reading grade-level text.

Module Key Words:

Key Words Vocabulary Words
context clue
fluency
graphic organizer
shades of meaning
cause
effect
irregular plural noun
poetry
rough draft
revise
edit
publish
cause. effect
 advice
approach
resolution
focus
brilliant
habit

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 18.1 Time and New Year’s Students will explore New Year’s Eve resolutions in their learning today. Begin by discussing what New Year’s resolutions are with your learner and ask them to share examples. Encourage your learner to think about the purpose of such resolutions. They will find information about resolutions throughout the lesson. Your learner will review spelling concepts learned earlier to deepen understanding. They will also begin a cause-and-effect writing project. While topics are explored in the lesson, if your learner would like to use an idea of their own for the essay, guide them to ensure that it has a strong cause-and-effect relationship.
2 18.2 Time and New Years Students will continue to learn and grow using the theme of New Year’s resolutions. Your learner will read another story to help them practice identifying cause and effect. They will write their rough draft using their graphic organizer. Students will explore how the structure of poems supports their meaning. Encourage your learner to find other age-appropriate poems and practice the skill of connecting structure to meaning.
3 18.3 Time and New Year’s Learners will continue practicing the skills introduced this week. They will use what they know to correct errors and show their understanding of their learning. Learners will also identify the rhyme scheme in poems. Provide several two- to four-line poems or stanzas for your learner to practice identifying and writing the rhyme pattern. For an enrichment challenge, have your learner write their own poem with a rhyme scheme.
4 18.4 Time and New Years Students will analyze passages to identify errors in irregular plural noun forms. They also read a story with a cause-and-effect structure and demonstrate their understanding by citing text evidence. Expand your learner’s understanding of cause and effect by presenting a cause and having them determine its effect or effects. Learners will continue to explore poetry by identifying figurative language in poems.
5 18.5 Time and New Year’s Students will demonstrate what they have learned this week through interactive activities and critical thinking. Your learner will read cause-and-effect stories and answer comprehension questions to identify the cause and effect in each story. Your learner will also focus on sound devices in poems as they identify them and consider their effect on a poem’s meaning and mood. To extend their learning, ask them to brainstorm examples of sound devices and to come up fun examples (e.g., silly tongue twisters to reinforce the concept of alliteration).

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
18.1 Time and New Year’s
  1. What is cause-and-effect?
18.2 Time and New Years
  1. How are irregular nouns formed?
18.3 Time and New Year’s
  1. How do context clues help define vocabulary words?
18.4 Time and New Years
  1. How can you use evidence from the text to explain cause-and-effect relationships?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing