LESSONPLANOUTLINE

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A.

TITLEBlastOffInReading

B. CONTEXTOFLESSONANDUNWRAPPINGOFTHESTANDARD

Inreading,wehavebeenfocusingonrereadingfamiliarpassagesandbeingableto
comprehendwhatwearereadingbefore,during,andafterthepassage.Thestudents
havealsobeenexposedtolearningnewvocabularyandcomprehensioninfirstgrade
throughthefollowingSOLs:

1.2Thestudentwillexpandunderstandinganduseofwordmeanings.
a)Increaselisteningandspeakingvocabularies.
b)Begintoaskforclarificationandexplanationofwordsandideas
1.3Thestudentwilladaptorchangeorallanguagetofitthesituation.
c)Askandrespondtoquestions

Thislessonseekstobuildonthoseskillsfromfirstgradeandthebeginningofthis
schoolyear.

C. LEARNINGOBJECTIVES
Understand
whatare
Know
whatarethe
Do
whatarethe
thebroad
facts,rules,specificdata
specificthinking
generalizationsthe
thestudentswillgain
behaviorsstudentswill
studentsshouldbegin
throughthislesson?
beabletodothrough
todevelop?(Theseare
(Theseknowsmustbe
thislesson?(Thesewill
typicallydifficultto
assessedinyourlesson.)
alsobeassessedinyour
assessinonelesson.)
lesson.)
Studentswill
Studentswillknow:
Studentswill:
understand:
Newvocabulary
Usenew
Readingcan
termsassociated
vocabularyin
teachusabout
withtheirgiven
speaking.
almostany
book.
Usenew
topic.
vocabularyin
writing.
Rereadfamiliar
passages.
Answer
questionsabout
whattheyread.


D. ASSESSINGLEARNING

Objective
Studentswill
understand:
Readingcanteachus
aboutalmostanytopic.
Studentswillknow:
Newvocabularyterms
associatedwiththeir
givenbook.
Studentswill:
Usenewvocabularyin
speaking.

Studentswill:
Usenewvocabularyin
writing.
Studentswill:
Rereadfamiliar
passages.
Studentswill:
Answerquestions
aboutwhattheyread.

Assessment

Participationindiscussion

DataCollected

Studentswilllearnabout
outerspacethroughreading.

Participationindiscussion.

Studentswillaccuratelyuse
newvocabularyindiscussion
andwriting.

Participationindiscussion.

Studentswilltalkabout
associatedvocabularyin
discussion.

IfIwereanastronaut
handout

Studentswillusenew
vocabularyintheirwriting.

Studentswillrereadtheir
leveledreadersaboutouter
space.
Participationindiscussion.

Studentswillrereadtheir
leveledreadersfromtheday
before.
Studentswillreplyto
comprehensionquestions
aboutthestory.

E. MATERIALSNEEDED
LeveledReaders
TheFirstTriptotheMoon(ELD)
TheFirstTriptotheMoon(ELL)
AllAboutAstronauts
IfIwereanastronauthandouts

F. RELATEDVIRGINIASTANDARDSOFLEARNING

2.2Thestudentwillexpandunderstandinganduseofwordmeanings.
a)Increaselisteningandspeakingvocabularies.
e)Usevocabularyfromothercontentareas.

2.7Thestudentwillexpandvocabularywhenreading.
d)Discussmeaningsofwordsanddevelopvocabularybylisteningandreading
avarietyoftexts.

2.9Thestudentwillreadanddemonstratecomprehensionofnonfictiontexts.
e)Askandanswerquestionsaboutwhatisread.
h)Readandrereadfamiliarpassageswithfluency,accuracy,andmeaningful
expression

G. PROCEDURE
(IncludeaDETAILEDdescriptionofeachstep.Writewhatyouwill
SAY
and
DO
.)
ActivityElement
Proceduresandmanagement

Stepbystepproceduresincludingquestionsandmainpoints
Preparationofthe
Gatherbooks.
Learning
PrintIfIwereanastronauthandout
Environment
Introductionofthe
StudentswillbeginourreadingblockwithSilentSustained
Lesson
Readingfrom10:0010:15.
EngagingStudents
Wehaveascheduledearthquakedrillfrom10:1510:30.

After,Iwillintroducetherotationswewillusetodayas:
o SeatworkPage14fromworkbookpacketfocusingon
keyvocabularyfromthisweekspassages.Iftheyfinish,
theywillusetheirrereadfoldertolookatpassageswe
havealreadyusedthisyear.
o Workingwithme(Craig)Workwithleveledreaders
fromdayprior.Wewilltaketurnsreading,answering
questions,andthenwriteaboutIfIwereanastronaut
o Mrs.SimmersFinishmaincharacter/settinghandout
fromdayprior.BeginworkingonMainIdeahandout
wherestudentsreadpassageandfocusondistinguishing
mainideafromdetails(p.18).
Theserotationswillbeabout1520minutesdependingonwhat
timetheearthquakedrillisover.Theywillrunapproximately:
o 10:3010:45
o 10:4511:05
o 11:0511:20
Studentswillmoveasfollows:
o Group1(Yessenia,Leyli,Ava,Anders,David)Craig,
Simmers,Pankey
o Group2(Luca,Ryland,Deiron,Trenton,Brian,Perla)
Simmers,Seat,Craig
o Group3(Hank,Mark,Damian,Maryella,Yareli)Seat,
Craig,Simmers
Implementationof
Formysmallgroup:
theLesson
Gooverkeyvocabulary/sightwordsfromeachbook.

Havestudentsgiveasentenceforeachword.
TheFirstTriptotheMoon(ELD)
into
first
part
put
spacecraft
space
astronauts

SimmersGroup:
Finishmaincharacter/settinghandoutfromdayprior.
BeginworkingonMainIdeahandoutwherestudentsreadpassage
andfocusondistinguishingmainideafromdetails(p.18).
Haveallstudentscomebacktogethertodiscussnewthingsthey
learnedtoday.
Informstudentstheywillrereadtheirleveledbooksfor
homework.
Putbooksaway.
Collecthandouts.

Closure

CleanUp

moon
TheFirstTriptotheMoon(ELL)
spacecraft
space
astronauts
moon
AllAboutAstronauts
everywhere
live
machines
move
woman
work
world
Rereadeachbookfromthedayprior.
Stopperiodicallytocheckforcomprehension,asking
questionssuchas:
Howdothesepictureshelpusunderstandwhatwe
arereading?
Doesanythinginthisstoryremindyouofour
story,ExploringSpacewithanAstronaut?
Whatissomethingyoulearnedfromthisbook?
Brainstormsomethingsastronautdowhileinspace.
Tellstudentstheyaregoingtowriteasiftheywerean
astronaut.
Theymustuse2vocabulary/sightwordsfromthefrontof
theirbooksintheirstory.
Gooverourwritingrequirements:
Uppercaseandlowercaseletters
Punctuation
5sentences
5wordsineachsentence
Eachsentencemustbeginwithadifferentword
Spacingbetweenwords
Studentsmaybeginwriting.
Answerquestionsandguidewritingwhennecessary.


H. DIFFERENTIATION

Thislessonisdifferentiatedtomeettheneedsofthedifferentreadinglevels
presentinmyreadingclass.Thestudentsaregroupedamongsimilarreadersto
themselves.Eachgroupsbookwaschosentobeonhisorherlevel.Thisallows
allthestudentstoworkonthingsthatareappropriatefortheirreadingabilities.
Allofthebooksareonthetopicofouterspace,butaredifferentiatedtothecontent
levelsofeachgroup.Thiscreatesunityintheclassandwholegroupdiscussions
wecanhave,whilestillcateringtothereadingneedsofeachstudent.

I. WHATCOULDGOWRONGWITHTHISLESSON
AND
WHATWILLYOUDO
ABOUTIT?

Theearthquakedrillisgoingonduringmylesson,soIamunawareofhow
longthiswilllast.Ihaveplannedforgroupstolastfrom15to20minuteseach,but
thistimecanbeeasilyadjusteddependingontheamountoftimewehave.Ihave
overplannedjustincasetheearthquakedrilltakeslesstimethanIoriginally
thought.Thetimescanbeadjustedifneeded.Thisdrillcanalsocausesome
inattentionfromthestudents.IfthisoccursIwillreguideindividualbehaviors.
Thestudentsmaynotgettofinishthewritingpartofthesmallgrouptime.If
not,Iwillallowthestudentstofinishitduringmorningworkthefollowingday.If
thestudentsfinishearlywiththeirwriting,theycaneditoneanothersworkand
lookforwaystheirwritingcanbeimproved.