Hamilton Township School District - Lesson Plan Template

Name/Grade: Angela Walter

Week of: March 16th, 2015

Subject/Course: Reading-Theme Nine Week One

School(s): Sunnybrae Elementary School

Day

Objective(s)

Standards

Activities

Best Practices

(check or include as

Tuesday

Monday

appropriate)
Students will be able to
engage in a discussion about
the ideas presented in the
theme.
Students will be able to
answer questions related to
the text.
Students will be able to
compare and contrast
information in the text.

RI.3.1
RI.3.3
RI.3.9

Students will be able to

define new vocabulary
words.
Students will be able to
compare and contrast
information presented in the
text.
Students will be able to
record similarities and
differences.

RI.3.1
RI.3.4
RI.3.9

Students will look at page 290 and 291 and discuss why it is
important to understand how products are made.
Students will list and discuss product and how and where
those products are made.
To activate prior knowledge, the students will discuss
questions related to the text.
Students will look at pages 292-293 as the teacher reads the
text. Students will think about words that make paper.
The class will work on a Venn diagram comparing and
contrasting an idea presented in the story.

Differentiation
Technology Use
Assessments
Character Education
Grouping Strategies
Use of Data

Students will read page 294 in their sourcebooks.

The teacher will explain the new vocabulary words and the
students will copy the words.
The students will listen to the story from the previous
lesson.
As the students listen to the text, they will complete the
compare and contrast organizer.
The students will answer two questions comparing and
contrasting the paper making process as an exit slip.

Differentiation
Technology Use
Assessments
Character Education
Grouping Strategies
Use of Data

Day

Objective(s)

Standards

Activities

Best Practices

(check or include as

RL.3.1
RL.3.9

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Students will be able to

recognize the vocabulary
words for the theme.
Students will be able to read
the text aloud.
Students will be able to
compare and contrast the
text.

RI.3.1
RI.3.4
RI.3.9

Students will be able to play

a game using the vocabulary
words.
Students will be able to
summarize the text read on
the previous day.
Students will be able to
make connections to the
text.

RI.3.1
RI.3.4
RI.3.9

Friday

Students will be able to

define new vocabulary
words.
Students will be able to
identify text that is Realistic
Fiction.
Students will be able to
identify the setting.

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appropriate)

Students will read page 294 in their sourcebooks.

The teacher will explain the new vocabulary words and the
students will copy the words.
The teacher will introduce the genre of realistic fiction.
Students will answer questions related to the text.
Students will read A Loaf of Fun
After a discussion about setting, students will come to the
board and locate the different settings.

Differentiation
Technology Use
Assessments
Character Education
Grouping Strategies
Use of Data

Students will engage in a vocabulary review game where

they will identify the vocabulary word after hearing the
definition or sentence.
Students will read pages 302-303 aloud after answering
related questions.
Students will compare and contrast factories using the think
along strategy.
Students will write a sentence using one vocabulary word.

Differentiation
Technology Use
Assessments
Character Education
Grouping Strategies
Use of Data

Students will play a vocabulary game.

Students will be asked to summarize the text read on the
previous day.
Students will name one aspect of the text they can compare
and contrast.
Students will finish reading the text.
Students will write an aspect of the text that they can
connect to answering the question on page 307.

Differentiation
Technology Use
Assessments
Character Education
Grouping Strategies
Use of Data

Best Practices: Differentiation, Technology Use, Formative and Summative Assessments, Grouping Strategies, and/or Use of Data.