FSTL TEKS EF Living Near A Volcano - Volcano Alert!

Lesson Plans

Activity card

Blackline master Parts of a narrative

Evacuate!

Race down the mountain to get to safety before it’s too late!

You will need: a die, a counter for each player What to do: Take turns rolling the die and moving the same number of places it shows. The first player to reach safety is the winner.

Fill in the chart after reading Volcano Alert!

Volcano Alert!

START HERE

Setting:

You alert people.

Move ahead 3.

Characters: Problem that arises:

You stop to look at the top of the volcano.

Luckily the lava has flowed away from you. Go ahead 5.

How the problem was solved: You get in your car.

Move ahead 4.

Have a rest.

You are safe… for now.

You can see that lava has started to flow.

A rock hits your leg.

Go back 2.

Some smoke gets in your eyes. Go back 4.

You stop to help a family.

Go ahead 2.

My thoughts on this book:

You trip over a rock.

Go back 1.

You turn to look at the eruption.

Lava is flowing down the mountain.

The explosion is very loud.

Your car breaks down.

Go back 3.

The sky has turned black. You cannot see. Go back 2.

YOU ARE SAFE!

Assessment Does the student understand the structure of a narrative?

Can the student recall specific parts of a story?

Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Living Near a Volcano / Volcano Alert! © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd.

Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Living Near a Volcano / Volcano Alert! © 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

Early Fluent reading stage Level I (16)

Living Near a Volcano is a report on what it is like living near Mt Etna, an active volcano. The book outlines what happens when the volcano erupts and how the people living nearby keep safe.

Volcano Alert! is a narrative about two scientists who discover that an active volcano is about to erupt near a town.

They warn the townspeople, who evacuate, and they try to save the town from being covered in lava.

Running words: 418 Text type: Report

Running words: 512 Text type: Narrative

Content vocabulary

active alert ash billowing burns erupt eruption evacuate explosion fertile gas instruments lava measure minerals molten rock mount mountain predict rock scientists smoke tremble tremors volcano

Phonics

• Identifying the /air/ sound as in air • Identifying the /er/ sound as in fertile

Text features Living Near a Volcano

• Contents; headings; glossary

Volcano Alert!

• Dialogue • Realistic illustrations support and extend the text

Reading strategies

• Searching for meaning cues in the photographs and text • Using multiple sources of information to solve words

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Phonics 1(2) (B) (iii) Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by: decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables.

1(2) (B) (vi) Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by identifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list.

Reading 1(6) (F) Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance.

1(6) (I) Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.

1(9) (D) (ii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features and simple graphics to locate or gain information.

Writing 1(12) (B) Dictate or compose informational texts, including procedural texts.

Speaking and Listening 1(1) (D) Work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions.

Lesson 1 Living Near a Volcano

Lesson 2 Volcano Alert!

Key concepts • A ctive volcanoes can erupt at any time.

• Some people choose to live near active volcanoes.

• Scientists can predict when volcanoes might erupt and they warn people living nearby.

Before reading

After reading

Getting ready to read

Talking about the book

Support the students in activating their prior knowledge.

Give students the opportunity to look at books about volcanoes. Ask students to talk about what they know about volcanoes. Then ask: Do you think people live near volcanoes? If so, what might happen when the volcano erupts?

Vocabulary building Students could draw and label pictures of a volcano erupting.

Invite students to share their pictures with the group.

Make a list of words about volcanoes from the labels on the students’ pictures.

Introducing the book Give each student a copy of Living Near a Volcano and have them read the title. Ask: What do you think this book will be about? Invite the students to share their ideas with the group.

Direct the students to look at pages 4 and 5. Say: As well as reading about one of the most active volcanoes in the world, Mount Etna, you are also going to be learning facts about volcanoes. Who can find a fact about volcanoes on page 5? Have a student read the fact. Then have the students prepare for reading by thinking and talking about the book with your 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, say: Remember in non-fiction that the information is not only in the words. Make sure you use both the words and the photographs as you read.

Returning to the book

Key concepts

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.

• Active volcanoes can erupt at any time.

• Some people choose to live near active volcanoes.

• Scientists can predict when volcanoes might erupt and they warn people living nearby.

Developing fluency Each student could read the book to another student.

Encourage students to read with fluency. Say: Think about where you need to pause in your reading. Try to make your voice sound smooth.

After reading

Phonics

Getting ready to read

Talking about the book

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 is an active volcano? What are scientists checking for on Mount Etna? What do people living near Mount Etna do if they are warned of an upcoming eruption? (Literal) Why do people live near an active volcano? (Inferential) What might happen the next time Mount Etna erupts?

(Synthesizing) What would the author have needed to know to write this book?

(Critical)

Say the word alert. Ask: What sounds do you hear in this word?

What letters do you think make the /er/ sound in this word? Write alert on the board. Ask: What other words have the same letters making the /er/ sound? Make a group list (fertile, fern, stern).

Support the students in activating their prior knowledge.

Ask: If you lived near a volcano, how would you know when it was going to erupt? What would you do if you were told that it was about to erupt? Discuss students’ responses. Support students by talking about scientists who monitor volcanoes. You could say: Active volcanoes can erupt at any time. Scientists measure what is happening in an active volcano. If the measurements show that more smoke, ash, and lava are coming out of the volcano, and that the ground is shaking, then they can predict that the volcano is going to erupt. The scientists then alert people living nearby.

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 alert did Demi and Ivan sound? What did Demi and Ivan find out about the lava flow? (Literal) Why did they only have a short time to get the wall built? Why does it say on page 22 that Demi and Ivan saved the town? (Inferential) What might happen next time this volcano erupts? (Synthesizing) Could this story have really happened? Why/why not? (Critical)

Vocabulary building

Reviewing reading strategies

Reviewing reading strategies

Writing

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? Can you find a place where you did some problem-solving? If appropriate, comment on how the students used the photographs and the text. For example, you could say: You did what good readers do and got information from both the photographs and the words.

ELL support • Headings summarize the chapter content.

• The introduction states the key concept of the text.

• A glossary supports the content vocabulary.

Exploring words Ask students to close their eyes and imagine what it might be like to be near an erupting volcano. Ask: What would it sound like? What would it look like? What would it feel like?

Students could use describing words to fill in a Y-chart about an erupting volcano with the headings: Sounds like…, Feels like…, Looks like…

Ask: Do you think it is safe living near a volcano? Why? Discuss students’ responses. Students could then write about this topic using the headings: The dangers of living near a volcano and Ways to keep safe if you live near a volcano.

Sharing and presenting Students could sit with a partner and take turns reading aloud and discussing their writing about living near volcanoes.

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 Have the students act out the story. Encourage them to concentrate on reading with expression. Say: Try to make your voice sound urgent, like Ivan’s voice would have been.

Before reading

Word work

Returning to the book

Write the words scientist, predict, erupt, evacuate, explosion, and alert on a chart. Talk about each word, one at a time.

Ask: What does this word mean? Students could then take turns with a partner giving their definition of each word.

Introducing the book Give each student a copy of Volcano Alert! and have the students read the title. Introduce the characters’ names and explain that they are scientists who are monitoring a volcano called Mount Fulton. Say: On page 5, Demi and Ivan are using instruments to collect information about Mount Fulton.

What do you think these two scientists might discover? Have the students prepare for reading by thinking and talking about the book with your support.

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?

ELL support

Word work Phonics Write the word air on the board. Say: This word says air. Other words can also have the letters “air” in them making the sound /air/.

Ask: What words can you think of that have the same sound and letters? Make a group list (flair, hair, chair, stairs, pair, airplane).

Exploring words Give the students clues about words in the book. For example, you could say: I am something that comes out of an erupting volcano. I am hot. I burn everything I flow over. What am I? (Lava). Students could play this game with a partner, taking turns giving clues and guessing the answers.

Writing Students could write a newspaper article about the events in the story. Encourage students to include a catchy headline and quotes from Demi, Ivan, and the townspeople.

Sharing and presenting Students could read the newspaper articles they have written to the group.

• The title reflects the content of the text.

• The setting and main characters are introduced on the first pages.

During reading As each student reads the text independently, monitor and support them where appropriate. Remind them to use the reading strategies you are focused on. Check that students use multiple sources of information as they read.

Are they attending to meaning, to syntax, and to the visual information? Ask: When you need to figure out a new word, what can you do?

Synthesizing: Talk about the pair After students have read both Living Near a Volcano and Volcano Alert!, ask them, in small groups, to complete a

PMI (plus, minus, interesting) chart about living near a volcano.

Lesson Plans

Activity card

Blackline master Parts of a narrative

Evacuate!

Race down the mountain to get to safety before it’s too late!

You will need: a die, a counter for each player What to do: Take turns rolling the die and moving the same number of places it shows. The first player to reach safety is the winner.

Fill in the chart after reading Volcano Alert!

Volcano Alert!

START HERE

Setting:

You alert people.

Move ahead 3.

Characters: Problem that arises:

You stop to look at the top of the volcano.

Luckily the lava has flowed away from you. Go ahead 5.

How the problem was solved: You get in your car.

Move ahead 4.

Have a rest.

You are safe… for now.

You can see that lava has started to flow.

A rock hits your leg.

Go back 2.

Some smoke gets in your eyes. Go back 4.

You stop to help a family.

Go ahead 2.

My thoughts on this book:

You trip over a rock.

Go back 1.

You turn to look at the eruption.

Lava is flowing down the mountain.

The explosion is very loud.

Your car breaks down.

Go back 3.

The sky has turned black. You cannot see. Go back 2.

YOU ARE SAFE!

Assessment Does the student understand the structure of a narrative?

Can the student recall specific parts of a story?

Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Living Near a Volcano / Volcano Alert! © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd.

Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Living Near a Volcano / Volcano Alert! © 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

Early Fluent reading stage Level I (16)

Living Near a Volcano is a report on what it is like living near Mt Etna, an active volcano. The book outlines what happens when the volcano erupts and how the people living nearby keep safe.

Volcano Alert! is a narrative about two scientists who discover that an active volcano is about to erupt near a town.

They warn the townspeople, who evacuate, and they try to save the town from being covered in lava.

Running words: 418 Text type: Report

Running words: 512 Text type: Narrative

Content vocabulary

active alert ash billowing burns erupt eruption evacuate explosion fertile gas instruments lava measure minerals molten rock mount mountain predict rock scientists smoke tremble tremors volcano

Phonics

• Identifying the /air/ sound as in air • Identifying the /er/ sound as in fertile

Text features Living Near a Volcano

• Contents; headings; glossary

Volcano Alert!

• Dialogue • Realistic illustrations support and extend the text

Reading strategies

• Searching for meaning cues in the photographs and text • Using multiple sources of information to solve words

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Phonics 1(2) (B) (iii) Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by: decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables.

1(2) (B) (vi) Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by identifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list.

Reading 1(6) (F) Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance.

1(6) (I) Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.

1(9) (D) (ii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features and simple graphics to locate or gain information.

Writing 1(12) (B) Dictate or compose informational texts, including procedural texts.

Speaking and Listening 1(1) (D) Work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions.

Lesson Plans

Activity card

Blackline master Parts of a narrative

Evacuate!

Race down the mountain to get to safety before it’s too late!

You will need: a die, a counter for each player What to do: Take turns rolling the die and moving the same number of places it shows. The first player to reach safety is the winner.

Fill in the chart after reading Volcano Alert!

Volcano Alert!

START HERE

Setting:

You alert people.

Move ahead 3.

Characters: Problem that arises:

You stop to look at the top of the volcano.

Luckily the lava has flowed away from you. Go ahead 5.

How the problem was solved: You get in your car.

Move ahead 4.

Have a rest.

You are safe… for now.

You can see that lava has started to flow.

A rock hits your leg.

Go back 2.

Some smoke gets in your eyes. Go back 4.

You stop to help a family.

Go ahead 2.

My thoughts on this book:

You trip over a rock.

Go back 1.

You turn to look at the eruption.

Lava is flowing down the mountain.

The explosion is very loud.

Your car breaks down.

Go back 3.

The sky has turned black. You cannot see. Go back 2.

YOU ARE SAFE!

Assessment Does the student understand the structure of a narrative?

Can the student recall specific parts of a story?

Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Living Near a Volcano / Volcano Alert! © 2010–2019 EC Licensing Pty Ltd.

Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Living Near a Volcano / Volcano Alert! © 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

Early Fluent reading stage Level I (16)

Living Near a Volcano is a report on what it is like living near Mt Etna, an active volcano. The book outlines what happens when the volcano erupts and how the people living nearby keep safe.

Volcano Alert! is a narrative about two scientists who discover that an active volcano is about to erupt near a town.

They warn the townspeople, who evacuate, and they try to save the town from being covered in lava.

Running words: 418 Text type: Report

Running words: 512 Text type: Narrative

Content vocabulary

active alert ash billowing burns erupt eruption evacuate explosion fertile gas instruments lava measure minerals molten rock mount mountain predict rock scientists smoke tremble tremors volcano

Phonics

• Identifying the /air/ sound as in air • Identifying the /er/ sound as in fertile

Text features Living Near a Volcano

• Contents; headings; glossary

Volcano Alert!

• Dialogue • Realistic illustrations support and extend the text

Reading strategies

• Searching for meaning cues in the photographs and text • Using multiple sources of information to solve words

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Phonics 1(2) (B) (iii) Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by: decoding words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including vowel digraphs and diphthongs; and r-controlled syllables.

1(2) (B) (vi) Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by identifying and reading at least 100 high-frequency words from a research-based list.

Reading 1(6) (F) Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance.

1(6) (I) Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.

1(9) (D) (ii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including features and simple graphics to locate or gain information.

Writing 1(12) (B) Dictate or compose informational texts, including procedural texts.

Speaking and Listening 1(1) (D) Work collaboratively with others by following agreed-upon rules for discussion, including listening to others, speaking when recognized, and making appropriate contributions.