Ashley Allen

Co-Teaching Lesson
Topic: On the Farm

Grade: Kindergarten

Objectives: Students will be able to correctly identify and include three farm animals in their alternate ending
of the story Move Over!
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4: Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.3 : Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or
several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction
to what happened.

ANTICIPATORY SET:
-The students will meet on the carpet
(half of the students will meet on the
morning meeting carpet with Miss
Allen (teacher 1) and the other half will
meet with Mrs. Crowley-Browne (teacher
2) on the alphabet carpet
-The teachers will ask a student to
remind the class where they are going on
their upcoming field trip (the farm). Then
she will ask students if they have been to
a farm before, and allow students to
share their thoughts and/or experiences
(where the farm was, what they saw,
etc.). The teachers will introduce the
story and begin reading.
Teaching model used:
Parallel Teaching
-This method will be used throughout the
anticipatory set and story so the class can

Responsibility Teacher
1

Responsibility Teacher
2

Responsibility
teacher 3 (if
needed) or
teacher aide

The teacher will

discuss the class
upcoming field trip to
the farm, along with
students past trips to/
thoughts on farms.

The teacher will discuss The class does

the class upcoming
not have a
field trip to the farm,
teacher aide.
along with students
past trips to/ thoughts
on farms.

The teacher will

introduce the story.

The teacher will

introduce the story.

be split into two smaller groups. This will

give the students a greater opportunity
to share experiences, thoughts, and ideas
before and during the story.
PROCEDURES:
1. Reading the Story (parallel
teaching): The teachers will read
the story Move over! to the
students. Throughout the story
the teacher will ask students a
number of questions (ex. How do
you think the cow feels about the
sheep jumping on the bed? Do
you think more animals will want
to get on the bed?) The students
will also make the appropriate
animal noises as each animal is
introduced to the story.

Reading the story: The

teacher will read Move
Over! to one group of
the students. She will
ask the students
questions throughout
the story.

Reading the story: The

teacher will read Move
Over! to one group of
the students. She will
ask the students
questions throughout
the story.

2. Discussion (team teaching): After

the story all students will gather
on the morning meeting carpet.
Teacher 2 will ask a student to
remind the class what happened
at the end of the story. She will
then explain the students are
going to create their own endings
to the story Move Over! The
students will have to think about
what might have happened if the
Goat did not break the bed. What
other farm animals may have
come into the story next?
-Teacher 1 will explain to the
students that before creating
their new endings, they will
participate in an animal search, to
review what types of animals live
on a farm.

Discussion: The
teacher will explain
the animal search
activity to the
students.

Discussion: The
teacher will review the
end of the story with
the students. She will
explain the students
task (creating an
alternate ending to the
story).

3. Animal Search (one teach, one drift):

The students will remain on the
carpet. When their group is
called, they will search the room
for an animal. Once they find an
animal they will decide as a
group, whether it is a farm

Animal Search: The

teacher will remain at
the carpet with the
groups waiting to go
on their search. She
will discuss what types
of animals they may

Animal Search: The

teacher will supervise
students as they search
the room for an animal
picture. She will assist
students in their
discussion of whether

animal, or not a farm animal.

They will bring it to the front of
the room and stick it to the
corresponding side of the T Chart.
Once they have done this, the
next group will take their turn to
go on a search. Each group will go
twice.

find on the search,

other places that
animals live, etc. with
the students.

or not the animal is a

farm animal. She will
also ensure they are
staying focused on the
activity.

Review: The teacher

will read the list of and
share facts about nonfarm animals. She will
also add to teacher 2s
facts about farm
animals if able.

Review: The teacher

will read the list of and
share facts about farm
animals. She will add to
teacher 1s facts about
non-farm animals if
able.

Creating an Alternate
Ending: The teacher
The students will return to their
will repeat the
seats to create their alternate
directions for creating
ending to Move Over! Before
a new story ending.
heading to their seats, teacher 1
She will share her own
will remind the students that they idea of an alternate
are creating new endings to the
ending.
story. Their endings must
Later, she will work
introduce three new farm animals with a small group of
and explain what happens as each children. These
of these animals enter the story.
students need
Both teachers will demonstrate
prompting to stay on
what the new ending may look
task. Miss Allen will
like. Teacher 1 will give the
assist these students in
students the option to create a
brainstorming/ getting
book, storyboard, or puppets for
their ideas organized
a skit. Teacher 2 will share
and guide them
examples of each.
through their task.
-Six of the students will be
working with Miss Allen at the
table used for reading group. The
rest of the class will work with
Mrs. Crowley-Browne at their
desks.
*Students will have both the T
chart we made as a class and a T
chart on the Smart Board to use
as a resource (to assist them in
spelling or drawing animals)

Creating an Alternate
Ending: The teacher
will share her idea of
an alternate ending.
She will circulate
around the room as
the students work. She
will give assistance
when needed.

4. Review (Team Teaching): The

students and teachers will review
the many animals on the T chart.
The teachers will both share facts
about the farm and non-farm
animals. Teacher 2 will ask the
students to brainstorm other
farm animals we did not mention.
5. Creating an Alternate Ending

(team teaching, alternative teaching):

-Students who finish early may

read one of the teachers farm
animal books. They also have the
option of playing a farm animal
game on an IPad.

Teaching model used:

Parallel Teaching, Team Teaching, & One
teach, one drift
ADAPTATIONS or UDL connections
UDL ConnectionsMultiple Means of Representation:
While completing the animal search
and creating our farm animal and nonfarm animal chart the animals are
represented in numerous ways. There is
a picture of each animal (visual). Each
picture is also labeled with the animals
name (printed text).
As mentioned, there is another T chart
on the Smart Board that the students can
refer to when creating their story ending.
The chart not only includes the animals
picture (visual) and name (printed text),
but students can also click the picture to
have the animals name read aloud
(auditory).

Teacher 1 will prepare

the materials for the
storybook and
storyboard.

Teacher 2 will prepare

the materials for the
puppet show.

The teacher will

circulate the room as

The teacher will

circulate the room as

Multiple Means of Action/ Expression:

The students are given the opportunity
to choose the way in which they would
like to represent their story ending.
Students have the opportunity to express
themselves through writing (creating a
storybook), drawings (storyboard), or
performing (creating puppet show).

CLOSURE:
The students will put their supplies away.
They will then share their books, puppet

show, or storyboard with their group

mates. The teachers will then ask the
students to share some of the farm
animals they used, or heard their friends
use in their stories.

the students share

their work.
The teacher will ask
the students what
animals were used in
the stories.

the students share

their work.

*Both teachers will be

responsible for
assessing the students
work. The teachers
will split the students
work, each assessing
half. The teachers will
discuss any notable
findings in the student
work.

*Both teachers will be

responsible for
assessing the students
work. The teachers
will split the students
work, each assessing
half. The teachers will
discuss any notable
findings in the student
work.

Teacher 1 will prepare

the animal pictures
and T chart (on the
poster board).

Teacher 2 will prepare

the T chart on the
Smart Board.

Teaching model used:

Team Teaching
ASSESSMENT of STUDENT LEARNING:
Students will be assessed by their story
(book, storyboard, or puppet show-will
need to demonstrate for teachers). The
teachers will look to see that students
used three farm animals in their story
and described what happened as each of
these animals were introduced into the
story, in a sequence of events.
Teaching model used:
Team Teaching
MATERIALS:
-Move Over! (2 copies)
-animal pictures
-T chart (on poster board)
-T chart on Smart Board
-story books
-storyboards
-construction paper, popsicle sticks, and
crayons (for puppets)
-Smart Board and IPads (already in room)
-farm books
TECHNOLOGY:
-IPad (farm games- create their own
animal farm, (sheppardsoftware.com)
-T chart on Smart Board