Home Plan - [GR2-L5-U1-LC1-13 I Love City Parks]

The document is a teacher’s guide for a lesson on parks in the city, covering topics such as vocabulary, reading comprehension, and understanding the author’s purpose. The lesson involves introducing new words, discussing the structure of a city, and engaging in activities like answering questions and making sentences with new vocabulary. It also discusses the importance of parks in cities for social, economic, and physical well-being, encouraging students to connect their reading to real-life experiences. The guide provides activities to help students review and reflect on the significance of city parks.

Contents

• Pages 1—32: City parks lesson.
• Pages 33—47: Reading comprehension activities.

This section of the document is a teacher’s guide for a lesson on parks in the city. It includes learning objectives such as using content words, connecting text to prior knowledge, and identifying the author’s purpose. There are vocabulary words introduced like “audience,” “elevated,” “fountain,” “platform,” “reflection,” and “theater.” The lesson involves activities such as looking at pictures, introducing new words and definitions, reading sample sentences, and answering questions. Topics covered include the structure of a city, parks, reflections, theaters, and the author’s purpose in writing. There are also comprehension skills introduced like informing, entertaining, and persuading, and the children are encouraged to connect the text to their own experiences and feelings about parks. The lesson involves reading a text about a city, engaging in activities related to the reading such as answering questions, circling pronouns, and making sentences with new vocabulary.

This section of the document includes activities designed to help students practice reading comprehension skills. It encourages students to review sentences, connect to prior knowledge, and answer questions based on the text about Nina’s experiences in city parks. The text also emphasizes the importance of parks in cities for social, economic, and physical well-being. Additionally, it discusses the role of city parks in promoting active lifestyles, reducing healthcare costs, and contributing to city resilience and equity. The document provides reflection activities for students to consolidate their learning about the significance of city parks.