Read Aloud: Dogs are Great!

Standards and Indicators:

​Literary Text:

RL.MC.5.1: Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read.

​RL.MC.6.1 Describe the relationship between the illustrations and the characters, setting, or events.

RL.MC.8.1 Read or listen closely to: a. describe characters’ actions and feelings; b. compare and contrast characters’ experiences to those of the reader; c. describe setting; d. identify the plot including problem and solution; and e. describe cause and effect relationships.

Informational Text:​

​RI.MC.5.1 Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read.

RI.MC.​6.1 Retell the central idea and key details to summarize a text heard, read, or viewed.

RI.MC.8.2 Use front cover, title page, illustrations/ photographs, fonts, glossary, and table of contents to locate and describe key facts or information; describe the relationship between these features and the text.

Unit 5

Determining Meaning to Form an Opinion

Unit Objectives:

Unit Focus:

• I can analyze the text and illustrations to make predictions.

• I can reflect to modify my predictions.

• U can use evidence from the text and background knowdledge to make inferences.

• I can reflect to form an opinion.

• I can provide evidence for my opinion. ​

Unit 5

Determining Meaning to Form an Opinion