because we will already have it.” (Note that those called on last may have little to share. Remind them that this is a collaborative affair!) R.A.N. Option A: Put facts on the poster board under the “What We Think We Know” section. Before session 2, if necessary, re-write them on large clearly written Post-it notes, index cards or sentence strips. R.A.N. Option B: Have students place their favorite fact on the class R.A.N. chart under “What We Think We Know” and the correct category. Provide assistance as needed. Before session 2, if necessary, re-write them on large clearly written Post-it notes, index cards or sentence strips. Summarize “Now we’ve done what a writer of a Descriptive Report does to get started. We checked what we think we know about a topic. We called it: checking our [prior knowledge]. We wrote what we think we know.” “Let’s begin a list to keep track of what we do to create a Descriptive Report. We can call this chart ‘How to Write a Descriptive Report’. Our first entry will be to ‘write a list of what you think you know about the topic’.” “Tomorrow, we’ll start researching to confirm what we think we know about xxx is correct.” Lesson Plan 1 – Whole Class Exploration, Continued Sample Anchor Chart:
because we will already have it.” (Note that those called on last may have little to share. Remind them that this is a collaborative affair!) R.A.N. Option A: Put facts on the poster board under the “What We Think We Know” section. Before session 2, if necessary, re-write them on large clearly written Post-it notes, index cards or sentence strips. R.A.N. Option B: Have students place their favorite fact on the class R.A.N. chart under “What We Think We Know” and the correct category. Provide assistance as needed. Before session 2, if necessary, re-write them on large clearly written Post-it notes, index cards or sentence strips. Summarize “Now we’ve done what a writer of a Descriptive Report does to get started. We checked what we think we know about a topic. We called it: checking our [prior knowledge]. We wrote what we think we know.” “Let’s begin a list to keep track of what we do to create a Descriptive Report. We can call this chart ‘How to Write a Descriptive Report’. Our first entry will be to ‘write a list of what you think you know about the topic’.” “Tomorrow, we’ll start researching to confirm what we think we know about xxx is correct.” Lesson Plan 1 – Whole Class Exploration, Continued Sample Anchor Chart:
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