Terri Mohacsi

Mr. Belford
Fourth Grade
Reading

Thursday

Wildlife Rescue- Reading Group

Essential Questions:
How can we use what we have learned in previous days to connect to real world situations?
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.5
Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events,
ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what
happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Learning Objectives and Assessments:
Objectives

Assessment

Students will be able to discuss topic cards with

their peers based off what they have learned the
whole week

Students will answer topic cards as a writing

piece then share with the group

Materials:

Wildlife Rescue Book

Topic Cards
Dictionary

Prior Knowledge: Students will be reviewing all of previous lessons on Wildlife Rescue and will be
connecting to real life experiences and knowledge therefore should be mainly a review
Lesson Beginning: The teacher will review previous days work on suffixes as well as the vocabulary
students still find difficulty with comprehending
Instructional Plan:

1. The teacher will review suffixes and vocabulary that the students are having difficulty
comprehending
2. The teacher will assign a topic card to the students and the students will write a short essay on
their topic
3. The students will then share their writing piece (voluntarily) and the students will discuss their
opinions on the topic and give ideas of what they would do
4. The teacher will discuss with the students what they learned from the book, key facts as well as
review for the following days quiz
Differentiation:
Students are grouped into reading groups according to their reading level. Will be given
appropriate work and leveled book based on their level.
Questions:

How can we help injured wildlife? Who do we always need to get in order to help us?
What is the process the injured wildlife go through in order to be in wild again?
What types of injuries to wild animals face? What about specific to our area?

Classroom Management: The teacher will ensure that students are respectively listening and completing
the activities. Students will follow classroom rules during activity. If classroom gets too rowdy the
teacher will use the chime to gain their attention and bring them back. Students will raise hands or use
white boards when answering to ensure students are not calling out.
Transitions: The teacher will use the responsive classroom method of the chime to gain students
attention.
Closure: To close the lesson the teacher will ask the students the questions listed above. The teacher will
thank the students for their attentiveness and respect and tell them the lesson is complete.