Brenda Armenta

Teach period
March 13, 2015
HQSI- 12 Components of an Effective Lesson
Date: March 17, 2015

Grade/Class/Subject: Kindergarten Reading

Unit theme: Reading Literature; Identifying characters, setting, and main events within a text
Standards:
RL.K.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.3 - With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
SL. K.4 Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words.
SL. K.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on topics and text,
building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Content Objective(s): SWBAT
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Make a prediction on what the story will be about.

Work with a partner to identify the main and secondary characters in the story The Kissing Hand.
Identify words that describe the setting of the story
Share with the class their first day of school and how they felt.
Draw a picture of their favorite part of the story.

Language Objective(s): SWBAT

1. Work as a class using context clues to figure out what new vocabulary mean.
2. Brainstorm words that describe a place in the story.

Key Vocabulary:
character
details
identify
major events
setting
Supplementary Materials:
Book: The Kissing hand
Coloring materials (crayons, coloring pencils, markers, etc.
Paper
*****SIOP Features*****
Preparation

Scaffolding

Grouping Options

 Adaption of Content
Links to Background
Links to past
experience
Strategies incorporated
Integration of Processes
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening

Brenda Armenta
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Whole Class
Small groups
Partners
Independent

Modeling
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Comprehensible Input

Application
Hands-on
Meaningful
Linked to Objectives
Promotes Engagement

Assessment
Individual
Group
Written
Oral

Lesson Sequence:
Introduction: Teacher will go over the main elements of a story. She/he will explain that a character is a
person or creature in a story, the setting is where or when a story takes place, and the major event is
something important that happens in a story. Afterwards the teacher will show the students the cover of the
story The Kissing Hand and the students will make a prediction on what the story will be about.
Daily Review: The students will be given short passages to read with a partner and together they will
identify the character, setting and major event of the story.
Daily Objectives:
1.

Make a prediction on what the story will be about.

2.

Work with a partner to identify the main and secondary characters in the story The Kissing Hand.

3.

Identify words that describe the setting of the story

4.

Share with the class their first day of school and how they felt.

5.

Draw a picture of their favorite part of the story.

Concept: Reading Literature; Identifying characters, setting, and main events within a text
Content inside the Curriculum: Character, setting, and main events identification
Content outside the Curriculum: Develop an understanding of how characters, setting, and events help
to establish the plot within a text.
Guided Practice: After the students predict what the story is going to be about I will read the book The
Kissing Hand to the class. Throughout the story I will ask the students questions regarding some of the
characters that are appearing and the students will give words to describe the setting of the story. As a

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class we will work together to define new vocabulary words using context clues. At the end of the story we
will talk about the major event that the main character went through. Then the students will all be given an
opportunity to share with the class their first day of school and how they felt.
Grouping: I will divide the students into pairs and they work together to identify the main and secondary
characters in the story. They will count the number of pages to figure out which character appears the most
and so on.
Independent: Students will draw a picture of their favorite part of the story.
Long-Term Review: Every time we read a story the students will have to work individually or with a partner
to identify the characters, setting and major event.
Closure: The students will share with everyone the picture they drew and they will describe what is
happening in their picture.
Homework: Students will be given a story to have a family member read it to them and they will be
responsible for writing the name of the main character, a word that describes the setting and the major
event of the story.
Assessment: The students will write down a new word they learn and will draw a picture to go with it.