Home Plan - [GR1-L4-U1-LC1-5 Pizza]

The document covers a comprehensive lesson plan on teaching about pizza, including objectives, vocabulary, history, and fun facts. It provides tips on teaching strategies like connecting to prior knowledge and discriminating between compare and contrast. The document also introduces vocabulary related to pizza, discusses its origins in Italy and introduction to the United States, and shares interesting information like National Pizza Month, pizza consumption statistics, and the creation of the world’s largest pizza in Rome. Students are encouraged to engage with the material through various activities and reading strategies to enhance their learning experience.

Contents

• Pages 1—34: Pizza teaching tips.
• Pages 35—42: Pizza facts presented.

This section of the document provides tips and lesson objectives for teaching about pizza. It includes learning objectives such as using content words, connecting to prior knowledge, and discriminating between compare and contrast. Vocabulary words related to pizza such as basil, cheese, Italy, Naples, pizza, and toppings are introduced with definitions. The document also presents activities for students to understand and use these new words. The section covers the history of pizza, its popularity around the world, different toppings in various countries, and the introduction of pizza to the United States. Additionally, it includes fun facts about pizza and a focus on reading strategies to engage students in learning about this popular food.

This section of the document provides interesting facts about pizza, such as October being National Pizza Month, Americans eating more pizza than the rest of the world, and pepperoni being the most common pizza topping. It also mentions that pizza originated in Italy and came to the United States in the 1800s. Additionally, it shares a fun fact about the world’s largest pizza being made in Rome in December 2012, named “Ottavia” and weighing more than five elephants. Students are encouraged to reflect on the lesson content and engage in post-reading activities.