Module 22: Weather Patterns-Language Arts 3 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, learners explore weather patterns and learn how text features help readers understand nonfiction texts. They will use context clues and figurative language, cite text evidence, and practice using vivid adjectives to make their writing descriptive. Learners will also write, revise, edit, and publish a realistic fiction story about a weather event while developing cursive writing and reading fluency.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	22.1 Weather Patterns	timer Language Arts Notebook highlighters (assorted colors)
2	22.2 Weather Patterns	Language Arts Notebook;
3	22.3 Weather Patterns	timer Language Arts Notebook
4	22.4 Weather Patterns	Language Arts Notebook;
5	22.5 Weather Patterns	Language Arts Notebook;

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	22.1 Weather Patterns	Apply the /aw/ sound to spelling words with au, aw, and al. Use context clues to find the definitions of vocabulary words. Explain text features. Recognize how adjectives add detail to make sentences descriptive.
2	22.2 Weather Patterns	Identify real-life connections between words and their use. Categorize text features. Construct a rough draft of a realistic fiction story about a weather event. Demonstrate proper letter formation of uppercase cursive letters D and L.
3	22.3 Weather Patterns	Use context clues to determine the meaning of figurative language in text. Determine what can be learned from text features in a nonfiction text. Construct and evaluate descriptive sentences with adjectives. Revise a realistic story about a weather event.
4	22.4 Weather Patterns	Use text features and cite evidence to answer comprehension questions. Distinguish the best adjective to complete a sentence. Analyze and explain editing choices to improve writing. Demonstrate proper letter formation of uppercase cursive letters D and L.
5	22.5 Weather Patterns	Construct a summary of the Module Story. Demonstrate fluency by reading grade-level text. Practice using vivid adjectives. Create a published story about weather.

Module Key Words:

Key Words	Spelling Words	Vocabulary Words
context clues fluency graphic organizer adjectives text features appendix caption chart glossary rough draft graph heading illustration map revise photograph table of contents title edit publish	saw talk law cause chalk fault drawn author lawyer audience dawn crawl walks applause autumn awkward	wave crumple hurricane moisture fierce climate

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Notes
1	22.1 Weather Patterns	Many children are fascinated by the topics of weather events and natural disasters. This module offers the perfect opportunity for Learning Coaches to take learners to the library to check out nonfiction books about hurricanes, droughts, floods, tornadoes, and other topics related to weather. Some reluctant readers will find it easier to lose themselves in a nonfiction book than in a traditional fiction chapter book. Look at the text features with your learner so that they can better understand complex text. Encourage them to choose a book that is just above their reading level so they can practice using the text features to comprehend the ideas.
2	22.2 Weather Patterns	While students are determining how to spell the /aw/ sound, they might find it confusing that the aw pattern, which often comes at the end of a word, can also occur in the middle of a word when it ends a syllable. Learning Coaches can have students write their spelling words on cards and cut them where the syllable split is. For example, when your learner sees the word lawyer broken into the syllables /law/ and /yer/, the placement of aw in the syllable is more obvious. Challenge your learner to build words using the three /aw/ spelling patterns. They can start by adding initial letters or blends in front of the patterns _aw, _awl, _awn, and _alk. They can add syllables to the words to practice word building multisyllablic words (for example, awning and walker).
3	22.3 Weather Patterns	Helping your learner investigate the weather can be both fun and educational. Start by talking about what you see outside each day—whether it’s sunny, cloudy, rainy, or windy—and encourage your learner to describe the weather in their own words. You can make a weather chart together to track changes throughout the week, helping them notice patterns. Reading books about the seasons, clouds, and storms can make learning exciting and easy to understand. Simple experiments, like observing how water evaporates or creating a homemade rain gauge, can also turn everyday moments into science lessons.
4	22.4 Weather Patterns	Your learner can use many hands-on activities to understand weather phenomena. Using red food dye in warm water and then adding cold water with blue food dye allows your learner to see how the warm water and cold water interact. You can also cut a paper into a spiral and hold it carefully over a flame or a heat source to watch as the heat rises and spins the spiral. Learning Coaches can help students find written directions to try these experiments and encourage them to follow the instructions as independently as possible.
5	22.5 Weather Patterns	Learning Coaches can provide a wide range of nonfiction texts about weather and climate for learners. These include digital books and reputable websites. Point out to your learner that a menu on a website works like a table of contents in a book. Encourage your learner to click on photos and graphs to see what information they can find in them. Point out hyperlinks for words that may be unfamiliar and explain why these links can be added to an online book but not to a paper book. Remind your learner that dictionaries can help them learn what unfamiliar words mean.

Guiding Questions
Suggested Books

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
22.1 Weather Patterns	What are text features?
22.2 Weather Patterns	What are the characteristics of realistic fiction?
22.3 Weather Patterns	How does using adjectives improve your writing?
22.4 Weather Patterns	How do you form the cursive Ll?

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
1	Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?: All About Weather	Tish Rabe	590L
2	Storm Runners	Roland Smith
3	National Geographic Kids Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun that Will Blow You Away	Kathy Furgang	950L

Module Outing:

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

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