Assignment #3: Collaborative Planning

Submitted By: William Hall & Jayme Pina

EDRL 442: Teaching Literacy 1 Nevada State College - Fall 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell

Lesson Title: Trophies Teacher Edition: 3-2 Trophies Story: Alejandros Gift

Submitted By: William Hall Jr & Jayme Pina T.Ed Pages: 327-340 CCSS:

EDRL 442 - Fall 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Lesson Title: Trophies Teacher Edition: 3-2 Trophies Story: Alejandros Gift

Submitted By: William Hall Jr & Jayme Pina T.Ed Pages: 327-340 CCSS:

Summary of the Lesson Plan: This lesson introduces the idea of writing a thank you letter that lists reasons you are thankful. This is an activity for the Trophies story Alejandros Gift and should take about 30 minutes to complete.

A. Student Population: Grade Level: 3rd Skill Level: On level

Groupings: Whole Group, Individual

B. Materials: Trophies teacher edition 3-2 Whiteboard and Markers Journal and pencil C. Objectives: Common Core State Standard W.3.1a Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. Learning Targets Product Targets: Students must write an introduction that provides a purpose and background information about a topic.

Student-Friendly Learning Targets Student Product Targets: I can write an introduction that provides a purpose and background information about a topic. D. Procedure: 1. Discuss with the class what kinds of things people can do to thank Alejandro for letting them drink water from his well. 2. Write answers up on whiteboard. 3. Explain to the class that this lesson will be to write a thank you letter. 4. Tell students that they will be picking a friend or family member to write a letter thanking them for a specific thing or gift they received. 5. Display examples of appropriate titles as well as closings on the board so the kids can see them while they write.
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Lesson Title: Trophies Teacher Edition: 3-2 Trophies Story: Alejandros Gift

Submitted By: William Hall Jr & Jayme Pina T.Ed Pages: 327-340 CCSS:

E. Closure: Shoulder buddies will read their letters to each other and the buddy listening will pick out what the reader is thankful for in the letter. F. Assessment: Assessment Tool The completed thank you letter will be my assessment tool. What Is Being Assessed? The structure of the letter as well as the listed reasons they are thankful is whats being assessed. G. Reflection& Thoughts: Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest to teach? The beginning part where we discuss what people can do to say thank you would be the easiest as Im sure all students have done something to say thank you in their life. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the most challenging to teach? I fell like teaching the proper thank you letter structure will be most challenging because it may be new to a lot of the students. What lesson or concept should be taught prior to this lesson? I think a lesson on basic letter structure would be a great lesson to have before this one. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? It would be fun to extend this lesson into a multicultural area where we learn how the different cultures say thank you. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For the students who have a hard time I will do small group face to face depending on how many Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I originally wanted to have them write the thank you note as if they were one of the small animals writing to Alejandro to thank him for the water. This twist could be more entertaining for the kids.

When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? For me it was honest the simplicity of the lesson. With the Social Studies plans there wasnt really a story already included so activities and videos were used to fill that void. In this however the story already lays that foundation.
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