Unit 1 Lesson 1

Objectives: build up the sense of what to learn.

Have a brief introduction of the reading skills in this lesson.

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Reading
1. Learn the Social Studies Vocabulary:
1. Read the Big Book City Cat,
library, bakery, store, restaurant
Country Cat.
2. Learn the Academic Vocabulary:
2. Practice the Comprehension Skill
city,country
”Identify Plot”
3. Learn the Sentence Frame:
I have a ______ in my city/country.
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 Objectives: leading-in read aloud.
1. Guess the place;
2. Click to guess the animals;
3. Make predictions before watching the video.

Make Predictions

2/3.What
3/3.What animals will happen are
they? 1/3.Where is it?
to the bear and the
(Click the red dots to show the answers.)
bird?
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 Objectives: comprehension and ready to teach
library.
1. Summarize the story with the given question;
2. Click to show the library;
Teach “library” on next page.

Comprehension

What happened to the

bird and the bear?

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 Objectives: teach the vocab——library.
1. Read “library”;
2. Click to recall the “library” in the story;
3. Click to read the sentence.

LIBRARY

library

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 Objectives: teach the vocab——bakery.
1. Read “bakery”;
2. Click to recall the “bakery” in the story;
3. Click to read the sentence.

bakery

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 Objectives: teach the vocab——store:
1. Read “store”;
2. Click to recall the “store” in the story;
3. Click to read the sentence.

store

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 Objectives: teach the vocab——restaurant:
1. Read “restaurant”;
2. Click to recall the “restaurant” in the story;
3. Click to read the sentence.

restaurant

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 Objectives: review the vocabs:
1. Read “library”;
2. Click to show the pic “bakery”;
3. Lead Ss to read “bakery”;
4. Do the same with “store” and “restaurant”.

restaurant

bakery

library

store
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 Objectives: lead-in the Big Book.
1. Talk about the cover;
Fable 2. Make predictions before reading.

Genre Printable Concept

Title 1. What’s the title of the
book?
2. What’s the genre?
(Simply introduce it
within 1min.)

Make Predictions
3. What is the story
about?
4. Where does the story
happen?

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Click to identify the main characters;
3. Q&A and click to emphasize the pic;
4. Click and check the answer.

I am I am
Sid.. Dana.
Listen and Read
1. Let’s try to read.

Identify Characters
2. Picture walk and
identify the main
characters.

Identify Plot
There were two cats. Dana lived in a city. 3. Where did Sid live?

Sid lived in the country.

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 Objectives: teach the vocab——country
1. Click twice to show the pics while teaching the
definition;
2. Ss read the word;
3. Use the sentence frame to extend.

country

• It’s a place.

• It has fewer buildings

and people.

• It has more open space.

I can see _______ in the country.

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Q&A and click to emphasize the pic;
2. Click and check the answer.

I am I am
Sid.. Dana. Identify Plot
1. Where did Dana
live?

There were two cats.

Dana lived in a city.
Sid lived in the country.

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 Objectives: teach the vocab——city
1. Click twice to show the pics while teaching
the definition;
2. Ss read the word;
3. Use the sentence frame to extend.

city

• It’s a big place.

• Many people live and

work here.

• It has many busy

streets, cars, and tall
buildings.

I can see _______ in the city.

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 Objectives: practice new vocabs: city & country.
1. Model clicking on any board and ask:
Game: City or Country “Is it a city or a country?”
2. Ss choose and answer;
3. Q&A to extend.

Where do you
live?

I live in a/the
________.

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Back to the story’s plot;
2. Click, read and picture walk;
3. Q&A and emphasize the country;
4. Click to show the answer and effect.

Review Plot
1. Remind Ss where Sid
&Dana lived.
(Click to show next page.)

Listen and Read

2. Let’s try to read.

Identify Plot
3. Where did Dana go?
(Click to emphasize the
country. Another click to
show the answer and the cat’s
One day, Dana went to the country. moves.)

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 Objectives: retell.
1. Click and teach “Plot”;
2. Review plot with the given pics;
Beginning Sid
3. Retell the plots.
Define Plot
Dana
.
_____ lived in the _____. 1. Introduce the
_____ lived in a _____. definition of plot.
Dana went to the _______.

Review Plot
Middle 2. Look at the pictures
and ask Ss,
Plot “What happened in
the beginning?”
Most stories have a beginning ,a
middle, and an end.
Retell Plot
End
These events or things that 3. Retell plot and fill in
happen in the story are called the blanks.
plot.

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Q&A, click to focus on the pic and word;
3. Retell with the sentence frame;
Listen and Read
4. Click to check.

1. Let’s try to read.

Picture Walk
2. Observe the pictures and
emphasize the vocabulary.

Analyze Plot
3. What places did Dana
go? (1 Click)
st

Sid showed Dana the Sid showed Dana the

Retell
bakery. store.
4. Practice the
vocabulary with the
Dana bakery
______ went to the _________. Dana went to the _________.
______ store sentence frame.
(2nd Click)

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Make predictions and focus on the
restaurant;
Listen and Read
3. Analyze the cause & effect.

1. Let’s try to read.

Make Predictions
2. What places would
they go to? (Click)

Cause & Effect

3. Do you think Dana
likes the country?
Dana said, “Your country is great, but I have a Why?
nice restaurant in my city.”

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Analyze plot and focus on the pic and “city”;
3. Retell, click to show the answers;
Listen and Read
4. Click to show the effect.

1. Let’s try to read.

Analyze Plot
2. Where did Sid go?
Let’s go to the city! (1st click to emphasize the picture and
the word.)

Retell
3. Practice the
vocabulary with the
sentence frame.
(2nd click to show the answer)

Sid followed Dana to the city.

______ city
Sid went to the ______.
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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Q&A, click to focus on the pic and word;
Listen and Read
3. Retell with the sentence frame;
4. Click to check.
1. Let’s try to read.

Picture Walk
2. Observe the pictures and
emphasize the vocabulary.

Analyze Plot
3. What places did Sid
go? (1 Click)
st

Dana showed Sid the Dana showed Sid the

library. restaurant. Retell
4. Practice the
Sid restaurant vocabulary with the
______
Sid went to the ______.
library ___ went to the _________. sentence frame.
(2nd Click)

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Analyze cause & effect, explain “noisy”;
3. Make predictions.
Listen and Read
1. Let’s try to read.

Cause & Effect

2. Does Sid like the city?
Why? (Click)

Make Predictions
3. Where would they go
next?

Sid said, “Your city is great, but it is too noisy.”

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 Objectives: retell.
1. Review the country plot and retell;
2. Review the city plot and retell.

Beginning Sid
Dana
.
_____ lived in the _____.
_____ lived in a _____. Review Plot
Dana went to the _______. 1. Look at the 2 pictures
about the country and
recall the story’s plot.
Middle
Dana went to the _____ and _____ in the country. Retell Plot
Sid went to the _____ and _____ in the city. 2. Retell plot and fill in
the blanks in the
“Middle” part.
(Click to emphasize the other 2 pictures
End and do the same to recall and retell .

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Analyze their feelings and explain the key
sentences;
Listen and Read
3. Practice Ss critical thinking.

1. Let’s try to read.

Analyze Plot
2. How does Sid feel?
How does Dana feel?
Why?

Critical Thinking
3. Do we need to like the
Dana said, “I am glad same thing?
Sid said, “I am glad you you are happy in the
are happy in the city.” country.”

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 Objectives: read and comprehend.
1. Read and picture walk;
2. Analyze plot, observe the pics;
3. Retell, click to show the answers;
I like my
Listen and Read
4. Analyze their feelings.
home.
1. Let’s try to read.

Analyze Plot
2. Where did they go?
Yay!
Happy to Retell
go home.
3. Practice the
vocabulary with the
Dana went back to the sentence frame.
(Click to show the answer.)
Sid went back to the city.
country. They are happy for each Analyze Plot
other. 4. How did they feel?
(Click to help Ss understand the plot.)
Sid country
_____ went to the _________. Dana city
_____ went to the _________.

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 Objectives: retell.
1. Review plot about Sid and retell;
2. Click and retell the plot of Dana.
Beginning Sid
Dana
.
_____ lived in the _____.
_____ lived in a _____. Review Plot
Dana went to the _______.
1. Look at the picture about
Sid and recall the story’s
plot.
Middle
Dana went to the _____ and _____ in the
Retell Plot
country.
Sid went to the _____ and _____ in the city. 2. Retell plot and fill in
the blanks.
(The same with Dana.)

End
____ went to the _____.
_____ went to
____ went to the
the _____.
_____.
_____ went to the _____.

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 Objectives: summarize the story.
1. Q&A to confirm predictions.
A: It’s about 2 cats.
B: The story happened in the
country and in a city.

Confirm Predictions
1. What is the story
about?
2. Where did the story
happen?

Sid and Dana

It is about ________________________.

country and in a __________.

The story happened in the __________ city
_____ went to the _________.
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 Objectives: oral speaking before writing.
1. Q&A to practice the sentence frame with the 4 words.
***Other places are also welcomed to extend.

Other Places

What do you have in your

city/country?
bakery restaurant
Community

I have a ____________ in
my city/country.

store library

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 Objectives: online exercise.
1. 1. Remind Ss what they need to do after class.

• Online Exercise

• Practice Book P1-3

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