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Standards/Objectives
Specific common core standards: RL.4.2 - Determine a theme of a story, drama, or
poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Measurable Objective(s) Fourth Grade students will be able to determine the theme of
a poem from details in the text with 95% accuracy given prior practice determining
themes of literature from text details.
Prerequisite learning and/or key concepts: Students have prior knowledge of finding
the themes of short stories as well as books. This will be reviewing, while adding in a
unique spin using poetry instead of short story format.
Seating arrangement groups highs, mediums, and lows to group together and learn
more effectively.
Closure
Kagan Numbered Pair Share technique above will be used as the first part of closure,
and then I will say, Today, our goal was to learn how to find themes in poetry. We
learned that like short stories and books, poems, can have themes. We talked about
how themes can even be in silly poems, and how to determine the theme of a poem by
text details, just like you learned to do with short stories and books! I want you to turn
to your shoulder partner. Partner A, I want you to tell Partner B what your favorite
poem was today, and why! Partner B, I want you to tell Partner A what your favorite
poems theme was. Both partners please thank the other for sharing and for a job well
done today.
Extension
For extension, this lesson could be extended to be part of a homework assignment, in
highlighting key details of a text that provide theme clues. It could also be stretched
out to review over time, with practice using short poems randomly throughout the
year as a quick and fun activity.
*** For extension, my mentor teacher asked me to make copies of a poem that did
not make it into the student independent practice packet, so students could highlight
text details and determine themes at home for extra practice.
Post Lesson Assessment and Reflection (to be completed immediately. After the lesson)
Report the results (data) from application of assessments
From the results of what students wrote, I see that most of them understood the main
themes of the poems I assigned for individual practice. Some students did not finish
their assessment, which my mentor said was normal for her class.
From Numbered Pair Share questions as well as group discussion on the Math Carpet
portion of the lesson, I found that every student who spoke up had a very good grip
on what we were learning. (For Numbered Pair Share, each student in class got to
stand up and give input on questions I asked.)
Discuss lesson and receive feedback from mentor teacher and secure hard copy of
performance evaluation