Lesson Plans
Activity card
Blackline master Ice swimming – plus, minus, and interesting
Let’s go fishing
Use what you have learned about ice swimming to fill in the PMI chart.
You will need: a ruler, a magnet, 12 paper clips, and some string What to do: 1. Cut out the fish shapes and place a paper clip on each one.
What I think about ice swimming Plus
Minus
Early Fluent reading stage Level J (18)
2. Cut a piece of string about 12 inches long. Tie one end to a wooden ruler and attach a magnet to the other end.
Interesting
3. Work with a partner and place all of your fish face down on a table. 4. Take turns “fishing”. If you catch two fish that match, keep that pair. If your fish don’t match, “throw them back”. 5. The winner is the person who catches the most fish.
✂ Wim Hof
Saved Danny from the freezing water
Lucky fishing hat
Sometimes worn to keep heads warm when ice swimming
Ice Swimmers is a report about people who like to swim in lakes and seas that are frozen. It gives information on where they swim, what they do in the water, and what they wear.
The Lucky Fishing Hat is a narrative about Danny and Ella who go ice fishing. Ella catches a fish but poor Danny gets pulled under the ice. Luckily, Ella uses her lucky fishing hat to save Danny.
Running words: 460 Text type: Report
Running words: 530 Text type: Narrative
Content vocabulary
air bathing suits breaststroke breath distance fishing hole fishing rod fishing freezing frozen hole hot tub ice ice pools lakes races sauna sea shower sport swim swimmers swimming pools warm water woollen hats world record
Phonics
• Identifying “au” making the /or/ sound as in sauna • Identifying “o” making the /u/ sound as in nothing
Text features Sauna
Talk about your chart with a partner.
Assessment Can the student see things from different points of view? Can the student apply thinking skills to a topic?
Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Ice Swimmers / The Lucky Fishing Hat © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd.
The swimming stroke that ice swimmers do
Breaststroke
Holds record for swimming longest distance under the ice
Woollen hat
A heated room
Someone who swims in freezing water that is covered in ice
Ice swimmer
Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Ice Swimmers / The Lucky Fishing Hat © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. Developed by Eleanor Curtain Publishing
© 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. This work is protected by copyright law, and under international copyright conventions, applicable in the jurisdictions in which it is published. The trademark “Flying Start to Literacy” and Star device is a registered trademark of EC Licensing Pty Ltd in the US. In addition to certain rights under applicable copyright law to copy parts of this work, the purchaser may make copies of those sections of this work displaying the footnote: “© 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd”, provided that: (a) the number of copies made does not exceed the number reasonably required by the purchaser for its teaching purposes; (b) those copies are only made by means of photocopying and are not further copied or stored or transmitted by any means; (c) those copies are not sold, hired, lent or offered for sale, hire or loan; and (d) every copy made clearly shows the footnote copyright notice. All other rights reserved.
okapi educational publishing
Text: Kerrie Shanahan and Lyn Reggett Consultants: Susan Hill and Jenny Feely Designed by Derek Schneider Printed in China through Colorcraft Ltd., Hong Kong Distributed in the USA by Okapi Educational Publishing Inc. Phone: 866-652-7436 Fax: 800-481-5499 Email: info@myokapi.com www.myokapi.com www.flying-start-to-literacy.com
Ice Swimmers
• Contents page; introduction; conclusion • Headings and captions on photographs
The Lucky Fishing Hat
• Dialogue • Illustrations extend the personalities of the characters
Reading strategies
• Integrating caption and text information • Identifying a problem and a solution
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Phonics 2(2) (B) (i) Decoding words with short, long, or variant vowels, trigraphs, and blends. 2(2) (B) (vii) Identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list. Reading 2(7) (A) Describe personal connections to a variety of sources. 2(8) (C) Describe and understand plot elements for texts read aloud and independently. 2(9) (D) (ii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features and graphics to locate and gain information.
Writing 2(12) (A) Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry. Speaking and Listening 2(1) (A) Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and answer questions using multi-word responses.
Lesson 1 Ice Swimmers
Lesson 2 The Lucky Fishing Hat
Key concepts • S ome people enjoy swimming in frozen lakes and seas. • I ce swimmers have ways to make sure their sport is as safe as possible.
Before reading
After reading
Getting ready to read
Talking about the book
Support the students in activating their prior knowledge. Say: Where might people go swimming? Where do you go swimming? Many people like to swim outside when it is warm, and when the weather gets cold they swim indoors, in heated pools. Did you know that some people choose to go swimming in lakes or seas that are frozen? These people are called ice swimmers. What questions would you ask an ice swimmer? Make a list on a chart.
Ask students to brainstorm a list of words related to swimming.
Have the students talk about the book. Promote discussion by choosing questions that are appropriate for your students. Ask them to support their thinking by referring to the photographs and the text in the book. What are ice swimmers? In what sort of places do they swim? What do ice swimmers do after they get out of the water? (Literal) Why would someone choose to go ice swimming? (Inferential) How does where you live impact on the things you like to do? (Synthesizing) Would everyone enjoy trying ice swimming? Would you like to try it? Explain your answer. (Critical)
Introducing the book
Reviewing reading strategies
Vocabulary building
Give each student a copy of Ice Swimmers and have them read the title and the contents. Say: What do the title and the chapter headings on the contents page tell us about ice swimmers? Have the students think and talk about the rest of the book, noticing and discussing the photographs, headings, and diagrams. Ask: What do you think about people who go swimming in lakes and seas that are frozen? What kind of challenges might they face?
Encourage students to identify what they did to help themselves as readers. Ask: What are some of the things you did to help yourself? What strategies did you use? If appropriate, comment on how well the students used the caption information they read. Say: I noticed how you knew to read the captions as you read the book. Captions add to the information.
ELL support
During reading Ask each student to read the text independently. Monitor the students as they read and support them where appropriate. If necessary, ask the students to stop reading and remind them to use the reading strategies you are focused on. For example, are students integrating the information in the captions with the information in the written text? Ask: Apart from the text, where else on the page can you get information? What is this photo about? What is the purpose of having a caption on a photograph? What did you have to read to get all that information?
• Headings summarize the chapter content. • The introduction states the key concept of the text. • Photographs support the written text.
Returning to the book
Key concept
Provide multiple opportunities for the students to reread and interact with the book – with teacher support, with a partner, and independently. Choose activities that are appropriate for your students.
• Some people fish in frozen lakes and seas.
Returning to the book Provide multiple opportunities for the students to reread and interact with the book – with teacher support, with a partner, and independently. Choose activities that are appropriate for your students.
Developing fluency
Developing fluency
Students could record themselves reading the book. They could replay their recording and listen to their reading of the book. Ask students to check how fluently they read the book. Ask: Is your reading smooth? Is your reading easy to understand? Do you pause at the end of sentences, paragraphs, and chapters? Does your voice sound interesting?
Word work Phonics Write the words hot tub and sauna on the board. Talk about their definitions. Ask: Which word has the /or/ sound? What letters make this sound in the word? Students could talk with a partner about other words that have the letters “au” making the /or/ sound (sauce, cause, astronaut, caution).
Exploring words Make a list of words from the book on the board (swim, sea, lake, frozen, ice swimmer, hole, woollen hat, body heat, races, world record, sauna, hot tub, hot shower, distance, etc). Students could draw a chart with eight squares, and choose words from the list to write in each box of the chart. Randomly call out one word at a time. Using counters, students can cover words on their chart that you call out. The first student to cover all their words is the winner.
Writing Refer students to the list of questions created during the Getting ready to read section. Ask them to choose two questions and to write the answers. Encourage students to use the book for information.
Sharing and presenting Students could read their answers to their questions to the group.
Before reading
After reading
The students could perform a readers’ theater of the story. Encourage the students to adjust their voices, depending on whether they are the narrator or a character. Say: Help the audience understand the story by changing your voice when you change roles.
Getting ready to read
Talking about the book
Word work
Support the students in activating their prior knowledge. Show the students a photograph of a fishing rod. Ask: What is this and what is it used for? Invite students to share their personal experiences about fishing. Ask: Who has gone fishing? Where did you go? Did you catch any fish?
Have the students talk about the book. Promote discussion by choosing questions that are appropriate for your students. Ask them to support their thinking by referring to the illustrations and the text in the book. What happened to Danny when he was fishing? (Literal) Why is this book called The Lucky Fishing Hat? (Inferential) What might Danny do differently the next time he goes ice fishing? (Synthesizing) Does the setting make this story more or less exciting than a “typical” fishing setting, such as in a boat on the ocean? Explain. (Critical)
Vocabulary building Ask: What equipment do you need to go fishing? Students could discuss this with a partner and then use their ideas to create a list (fishing rod, worms, a lake/river/sea, hook, fish, etc). They could draw a picture of themselves fishing and label their equipment using words from the vocabulary list.
Introducing the book Give each student a copy of The Lucky Fishing Hat and have the students read the title. Say: Danny and Ella are going fishing. I wonder who has the lucky fishing hat. Ask the students to think and talk about the book. Ask: What have you found out about the story? Listen to the students and if necessary, direct them to pages 8 and 9. Say: Some people go fishing in lakes, even when they are frozen over with ice. Was the ice a problem for Danny? What did he do?
Reviewing reading strategies Encourage students to identify what they did to help themselves as readers. Ask: What are some of the things you did that helped you make sense of this book? What strategies did you use?
ELL support • Illustrations make clear the actions and feelings •
of the characters. Title reflects the content of the text.
Phonics Write the word nothing on the board. Invite students to underline the letter that makes the /u/ sound in this word. Ask: What other letter can make the /u/ sound? Did it surprise you to see an “o” making the /u/ sound? Students could talk with a partner about other words that might have an “o” making the /u/ sound. Make a list of these words.
Exploring words Students could look through the book to find and list words associated with ice fishing (fishing rod, fishing hole, woollen hat, ice, worm, fishing line, hook, frozen, lake, etc). Make a group list of words. Have students work with a partner and take turns using each of their words in a sentence.
Writing Discuss Ella’s red hat. Ask: Why did Ella like to wear her red hat when she went fishing? Why was it a lucky hat in this story? Students could write about Ella’s hat and why it is lucky.
Sharing and presenting Students could share their writing with the group.
During reading Ask each student to read the text independently. Monitor the students as they read and support them where appropriate. If necessary, remind them to use the reading strategies you are focused on. For example, check that students identify the problem and solution in the narrative. Ask: What problem occurred when Ella and Danny were fishing? How did they try to solve the problem?
Synthesizing: Talk about the pair After students have read both Ice Swimmers and The Lucky Fishing Hat, ask: What sporting activities can be done in very cold, icy conditions? Which ones would you like to try? Discuss.
Encourage the students to talk about the challenges of their chosen activity. Students could work further with these books by completing the Activity card.
Lesson Plans
Activity card
Blackline master Ice swimming – plus, minus, and interesting
Let’s go fishing
Use what you have learned about ice swimming to fill in the PMI chart.
You will need: a ruler, a magnet, 12 paper clips, and some string What to do: 1. Cut out the fish shapes and place a paper clip on each one.
What I think about ice swimming Plus
Minus
Early Fluent reading stage Level J (18)
2. Cut a piece of string about 12 inches long. Tie one end to a wooden ruler and attach a magnet to the other end.
Interesting
3. Work with a partner and place all of your fish face down on a table. 4. Take turns “fishing”. If you catch two fish that match, keep that pair. If your fish don’t match, “throw them back”. 5. The winner is the person who catches the most fish.
✂ Wim Hof
Saved Danny from the freezing water
Lucky fishing hat
Sometimes worn to keep heads warm when ice swimming
Ice Swimmers is a report about people who like to swim in lakes and seas that are frozen. It gives information on where they swim, what they do in the water, and what they wear.
The Lucky Fishing Hat is a narrative about Danny and Ella who go ice fishing. Ella catches a fish but poor Danny gets pulled under the ice. Luckily, Ella uses her lucky fishing hat to save Danny.
Running words: 460 Text type: Report
Running words: 530 Text type: Narrative
Content vocabulary
air bathing suits breaststroke breath distance fishing hole fishing rod fishing freezing frozen hole hot tub ice ice pools lakes races sauna sea shower sport swim swimmers swimming pools warm water woollen hats world record
Phonics
• Identifying “au” making the /or/ sound as in sauna • Identifying “o” making the /u/ sound as in nothing
Text features Sauna
Talk about your chart with a partner.
Assessment Can the student see things from different points of view? Can the student apply thinking skills to a topic?
Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Ice Swimmers / The Lucky Fishing Hat © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd.
The swimming stroke that ice swimmers do
Breaststroke
Holds record for swimming longest distance under the ice
Woollen hat
A heated room
Someone who swims in freezing water that is covered in ice
Ice swimmer
Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Ice Swimmers / The Lucky Fishing Hat © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. Developed by Eleanor Curtain Publishing
© 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. This work is protected by copyright law, and under international copyright conventions, applicable in the jurisdictions in which it is published. The trademark “Flying Start to Literacy” and Star device is a registered trademark of EC Licensing Pty Ltd in the US. In addition to certain rights under applicable copyright law to copy parts of this work, the purchaser may make copies of those sections of this work displaying the footnote: “© 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd”, provided that: (a) the number of copies made does not exceed the number reasonably required by the purchaser for its teaching purposes; (b) those copies are only made by means of photocopying and are not further copied or stored or transmitted by any means; (c) those copies are not sold, hired, lent or offered for sale, hire or loan; and (d) every copy made clearly shows the footnote copyright notice. All other rights reserved.
okapi educational publishing
Text: Kerrie Shanahan and Lyn Reggett Consultants: Susan Hill and Jenny Feely Designed by Derek Schneider Printed in China through Colorcraft Ltd., Hong Kong Distributed in the USA by Okapi Educational Publishing Inc. Phone: 866-652-7436 Fax: 800-481-5499 Email: info@myokapi.com www.myokapi.com www.flying-start-to-literacy.com
Ice Swimmers
• Contents page; introduction; conclusion • Headings and captions on photographs
The Lucky Fishing Hat
• Dialogue • Illustrations extend the personalities of the characters
Reading strategies
• Integrating caption and text information • Identifying a problem and a solution
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Phonics 2(2) (B) (i) Decoding words with short, long, or variant vowels, trigraphs, and blends. 2(2) (B) (vii) Identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list. Reading 2(7) (A) Describe personal connections to a variety of sources. 2(8) (C) Describe and understand plot elements for texts read aloud and independently. 2(9) (D) (ii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features and graphics to locate and gain information.
Writing 2(12) (A) Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry. Speaking and Listening 2(1) (A) Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and answer questions using multi-word responses.
Lesson Plans
Activity card
Blackline master Ice swimming – plus, minus, and interesting
Let’s go fishing
Use what you have learned about ice swimming to fill in the PMI chart.
You will need: a ruler, a magnet, 12 paper clips, and some string What to do: 1. Cut out the fish shapes and place a paper clip on each one.
What I think about ice swimming Plus
Minus
Early Fluent reading stage Level J (18)
2. Cut a piece of string about 12 inches long. Tie one end to a wooden ruler and attach a magnet to the other end.
Interesting
3. Work with a partner and place all of your fish face down on a table. 4. Take turns “fishing”. If you catch two fish that match, keep that pair. If your fish don’t match, “throw them back”. 5. The winner is the person who catches the most fish.
✂ Wim Hof
Saved Danny from the freezing water
Lucky fishing hat
Sometimes worn to keep heads warm when ice swimming
Ice Swimmers is a report about people who like to swim in lakes and seas that are frozen. It gives information on where they swim, what they do in the water, and what they wear.
The Lucky Fishing Hat is a narrative about Danny and Ella who go ice fishing. Ella catches a fish but poor Danny gets pulled under the ice. Luckily, Ella uses her lucky fishing hat to save Danny.
Running words: 460 Text type: Report
Running words: 530 Text type: Narrative
Content vocabulary
air bathing suits breaststroke breath distance fishing hole fishing rod fishing freezing frozen hole hot tub ice ice pools lakes races sauna sea shower sport swim swimmers swimming pools warm water woollen hats world record
Phonics
• Identifying “au” making the /or/ sound as in sauna • Identifying “o” making the /u/ sound as in nothing
Text features Sauna
Talk about your chart with a partner.
Assessment Can the student see things from different points of view? Can the student apply thinking skills to a topic?
Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Ice Swimmers / The Lucky Fishing Hat © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd.
The swimming stroke that ice swimmers do
Breaststroke
Holds record for swimming longest distance under the ice
Woollen hat
A heated room
Someone who swims in freezing water that is covered in ice
Ice swimmer
Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Ice Swimmers / The Lucky Fishing Hat © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. Developed by Eleanor Curtain Publishing
© 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. This work is protected by copyright law, and under international copyright conventions, applicable in the jurisdictions in which it is published. The trademark “Flying Start to Literacy” and Star device is a registered trademark of EC Licensing Pty Ltd in the US. In addition to certain rights under applicable copyright law to copy parts of this work, the purchaser may make copies of those sections of this work displaying the footnote: “© 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd”, provided that: (a) the number of copies made does not exceed the number reasonably required by the purchaser for its teaching purposes; (b) those copies are only made by means of photocopying and are not further copied or stored or transmitted by any means; (c) those copies are not sold, hired, lent or offered for sale, hire or loan; and (d) every copy made clearly shows the footnote copyright notice. All other rights reserved.
okapi educational publishing
Text: Kerrie Shanahan and Lyn Reggett Consultants: Susan Hill and Jenny Feely Designed by Derek Schneider Printed in China through Colorcraft Ltd., Hong Kong Distributed in the USA by Okapi Educational Publishing Inc. Phone: 866-652-7436 Fax: 800-481-5499 Email: info@myokapi.com www.myokapi.com www.flying-start-to-literacy.com
Ice Swimmers
• Contents page; introduction; conclusion • Headings and captions on photographs
The Lucky Fishing Hat
• Dialogue • Illustrations extend the personalities of the characters
Reading strategies
• Integrating caption and text information • Identifying a problem and a solution
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Phonics 2(2) (B) (i) Decoding words with short, long, or variant vowels, trigraphs, and blends. 2(2) (B) (vii) Identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list. Reading 2(7) (A) Describe personal connections to a variety of sources. 2(8) (C) Describe and understand plot elements for texts read aloud and independently. 2(9) (D) (ii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features and graphics to locate and gain information.
Writing 2(12) (A) Compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry. Speaking and Listening 2(1) (A) Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and answer questions using multi-word responses.