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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.)

Lesson Content
RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or
gather information from sources to answer a question.
RI.K.8 With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points
in 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?)

How can we use biographies to learn about important people in history?

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.,

Students will be able to analyze nonfiction text and extract meaningful information.

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"C: Given a sentence written
in the past or present tense,
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?
Evaluation Plan- How will
you know students have
mastered your objectives?
Address the following:

What formative
evidence will you use to
document student learning
during this lesson?

This is a foundational lesson on extracting valuable information from nonfiction texts to

create knowledge about a subject. This concept is important for students to understand
because it creates a foundation for students to be able to extract information for any text
to create knowledge about a topic.

Formative assessment: Throughout the read aloud, I will be asking HOT questions to
gauge student understanding. Based on their answers, I will make adjustments to
instruction.
Summative assessment: The students will fill out a graphic organizer that will organize
the students notes they have taken on the biography.

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What summative
evidence will you collect,
either during this lesson or
in upcoming lessons?
What Content Knowledge
is necessary for a teacher
to teach this material?

It is necessary for the teacher to know a little bit about Garrett Morgan to answer
questions.

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

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?

Students should be able to know how to listen to a speaker.

Students should be able to know how to look for key details in the text.

What misconceptions
might students have about
this content?

Students may struggle with the concept of creating their own thoughts from the text
rather than copying passages from the text.

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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
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?

Lesson Implementation
In this lesson, I will be making use of direct instruction, read aloud, higher order thinking
questioning, and modeling teaching methods.

Time

2
mins

15
Mins

Who is
responsibl
e (Teacher
or
Students)?

Teacher

Teacher/St
udent

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).
The teacher will distribute the graphic organizers and explain that
we are going to read a biography about Garrett Morgan and take
notes about the important things that he did in his life.
Using a Myon book about Garrett Morgan, the students will listen to
a read aloud in which the teacher will stop periodically to point out
important facts and ask higher order questions.
Higher Order Questions:
Pg.5 What do you think an inventor is? (This page also
talks about slavery, take a moment to address what slavery
is.)
Pg.7 What is a sewing machine?
Pg.11 Address what a tailor is. Clarify what wealthy
means.
Pg.13 Why would a safety hood be important to
firefighters?

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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?
What will you do if

10
Mins

2
Mins

Students

Students

Pg.15 How would you describe Garrett Morgan?

Pg.21 What things did Garrett Morgan invent?
The students will then show what they have learned about Garrett
Morgan by writing or drawing three things that they learned about
Garrett Morgan in their graphic organizer.

The students will share out the different things that they pulled from
the biography to review, the teacher will facilitate the conversation.
a student struggles with the content?
Students who struggle with this content will be allowed to finish their graphic organizer
using the Myon book as support.
Additionally, students who are struggling writing their responses will be allowed to draw
and verbally respond to the text.

a student masters the content quickly?

Students who master the content quickly will have the opportunity to either choose a
biography of their choice and respond to the text or they will have to opportunity to
create a short autobiography about themselves or an important person in their lives.

Meeting your students

needs as people and as
learners

If applicable, how does this lesson connect to the interests and cultural
backgrounds of your students?
This lesson revolves around a biography of an african-american inventor Garrett Morgan
and his contributions to science and technology. This class of students is really interested
in science and technology, therefore it is my hope that the students will be really
interested in the biography.

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If applicable, how does this lesson connect to the real world?
This lesson teaches a foundational skill that can be universally used. Throughout our lives
we have to read texts of different nature and extract information from the text.

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
challenge during this lesson (enrichment)?
Students who need enrichment will have the opportunity to either choose a biography of
their choice and respond to the text or they will have to opportunity to create a short
autobiography about themselves or an important person in their lives.

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional
language support?
This text is also offered in spanish. Additionally students would be allowed to respond
either using pictures or in their L1.

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.)

OM&ED- For the graphic organizer these students will use a graphic organizer that allows
for the students to draw their responses to the text rather than write them out.

Materials
(What materials will you use?
Why did you choose these

Myon book
Graphic organizers

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materials? Include any
resources you used. This can
also include people!)