USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014)

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Date of Lesson:

Lesson Content
What Standards (national
or state) relate to this
lesson?
(You should include ALL
applicable standards. Rarely
do teachers use just one:
theyd never get through
them all.)

LAFS.K.RI.3.9: With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and

differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations,
descriptions, or procedures).
LAFS.K.RI.1.2: With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key
details of a text.

Essential Understanding
(What is the big idea or
essential question that you
want students to come away
with? In other words, what,
aside from the standard and
our objective, will students
understand when they finish
this lesson?)

Students will understand how to find similarities and differences between two texts.

Objectives- What are you

teaching?
(Student-centered: What will
students know and be able to
do after this lesson? Include
the ABCDs of objectives:
action, behavior, condition,
and degree of mastery, i.e.,
"C: Given a sentence written
in the past or present tense,

Given two texts on the same topic, students will be able to find one similarity.

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A: the student B: will be able

to re-write the sentence in
future tense D: with no errors
in tense or tense contradiction
(i.e., I will see her
yesterday.)."
Note: Degree of mastery does
not need to be a percentage.)
Rationale
Address the following
questions:
Why are you teaching this
objective?
Where does this lesson fit
within a larger plan?
Why are you teaching it
this way?
Why is it important for
students to learn this
concept?

This objective is part of the standards. As students move up in grade levels, they are
going to face many texts in which they must find similarities or differences. Teaching it in
small chunks will help students retain information.

Evaluation Plan- How will

you know students have
mastered your objectives?

Formatives:

Address the following:

What formative evidence
will you use to document
student learning during
this lesson?
What summative evidence
will you collect, either
during this lesson or in

Turn-and-talk, class discussions, foldable

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upcoming lessons?

What Content Knowledge

is necessary for a teacher
to teach this material?

Teachers need to know how to identify similarities and differences. Also, teachers should
really on chunking when teaching new information.

What background
knowledge is necessary for
a student to successfully
meet these objectives?

Students have already been introduced to similarities and differences between

characters in books. They are usually successful when finding things that are different,
but have a hard time looking for things that are alike. My students will need more direct
instruction on how to find differences.

How will you ensure

students have this
previous knowledge?
Who are your learners?
What do you know about
them?
What do you know about
their readiness for this
content?
What misconceptions
might students have about
this content?

Students might have misconceptions about blizzards and floods. Since there is no snow in
FL, students might have trouble relating to the book.

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Lesson Implementation
Teaching Methods
(What teaching method(s) will
you use during this lesson?
Examples include guided
release, 5 Es, direct
instruction, lecture,
demonstration, partner word,
etc.)

Step-by-Step Plan
(What exactly do you plan to
do in teaching this lesson? Be
thorough. Act as if you needed
a substitute to carry out the
lesson for you.)
Where applicable, be sure to
address the following:
What Higher Order
Thinking (H.O.T.) questions

Direct instruction, Student action, modeling

Time

Who is
responsibl
e (Teacher
or
Students)?

Each content area may require a different step-by-step format. Use

whichever plan is appropriate for the content taught in this lesson.
For example, in science, you would detail the 5 Es here
(Engage/Encountering the Idea; Exploring the Idea;
Explanation/Organizing the Idea; Extend/Applying the Idea;
Evaluation).
Go over goal: I can tell how two texts are alike and different

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will you ask?
How will materials be
distributed?
Who will work together in
groups and how will you
determine the grouping?
How will students
transition between
activities?
What will you as the
teacher do?
What will the students do?
What student data will be
collected during each
phase?
What are other adults in
the room doing? How are
they supporting students
learning?
What model of co-teaching
are you using?

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Review:
What were both texts about? (Blizzards! and Floods!)
Have students talk to a friend and then share as a whole class.
Teacher Action:
Picture walk both books again for students.
Together, start to find one thing different between texts.
Student Action:
Students complete one difference together, with teacher support
from the Blizzard book.
Ex: Blizzards are made of snow and come from clouds. They only
happen when it is cold.
Then find differences from Floods.
Ex: Floods are lots of water from lakes, rivers or oceans. Floods can
ruin houses and roads.
Complete foldable.

What will you do if

a student struggles with the content?

Students who struggle with the content can be focus on a single picture of a
blizzard book and a single picture from the flood book. Then, have them tell
you what they see is different.

What will you do if

a student masters the content quickly?

Students who master the content quickly can add in a third weather book and
share one difference and one similarity.

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Meeting your students

needs as people and as
learners

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If applicable, how does this lesson connect to the interests and cultural
backgrounds of your students?
Natural disasters happen all around the world.
My students love to learn about weather.
If applicable, how does this lesson connect to/reflect the local community?
Although we do not have blizzards in Florida, we do suffer from Hurricanes.
Hurricanes sometimes bring floods. Students can learn how to stay safe during
a flood.

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
challenge during this lesson (enrichment)?
My few students who need enrichment can either add more similarities or
details to their foldable, OR write about another kind of weather and find
similarities amongst all three and differences.

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
language support?
My students who need additional language support can work with me one-onone during read to self. Also, if needed, I can use google translate to help my
ESL understand what we are writing about.

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Accommodations (If
needed)
(What students need specific
accommodation? List
individual students (initials),
and then explain the
accommodation(s) you will
implement for these unique
learners.)
Materials
(What materials will you use?
Why did you choose these
materials? Include any
resources you used. This can
also include people!)

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J.J., J.S., These students will need extra visuals and some one-on-one time during the
completion of the activity. L.R., who is ASD, already has special visuals made to
understand the content from the book.

Blizzards!
Floods!
Foldables
Doc cam