Instructional Focus Lesson Plan for

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Digital English

• Instructional Focus Lesson Plan for
• Reading Comprehension
• Grade 3

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Ask questions and support answers by connecting
prior knowledge with literal information found
in, and inferred from, the text.
Third Grade
Reading Comprehension Standard 2.2
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What is prior knowledge?

The information you already know because of
things youve learned in your life.
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What does inferred mean?
Its an educated guess based upon clues pulled
from the text.
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Simons body lunged against the tape and he threw
his arms up in the air.
Simons body lunged against the tape
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• The starter shouted, Gentlemen take your
  marks! Simon shook each leg, and then placed his
  right foot against the block. As he crouched
  down, he glanced to his left and saw Thomas
  getting ready also. Get set! he clenched his
  fists and felt the knot deep in his stomach.
  Tightening his muscles. Simon waited for the shot
  of the starting pistol.

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Where is Simon?
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What is Simon feeling right now?
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The starter shouted, Gentlemen take your marks!
Simon shook each leg, and then placed his right
foot against the block. As he crouched down, he
glanced to his left and saw Thomas getting ready
also. Get set! he clenched his fists and felt
the knot deep in his stomach. Tightening his
muscles. Simon waited for the shot of the
starting pistol.

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What I Know Now

• The setting is a track meet.

• Simon is waiting for the starter pistol
• to signal the start of the race.

• Simon is very nervous.

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