edTPALessonPlanDay1

Task1
ChelseaKeeney
CentralFocus:
Findingthemainpointandsupportingdetailsinatextandsummarizingusingthat
information
Objective:
Fourthgradestudentswillcodeanonfictionarticlethatisbrokenupintosectionstohelp
identifythemainfacts,interestingfacts,andanyquestionstheyhave.Aftereachsection
ofthetext,studentswillwriteoreditasummarythatis20wordsorlessinpartners.Each
sectionshouldbecompleted,withthelastoneuniquefromanyotherstudentsinthe
class.
CommonCoreStateStandard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details;
summarize the text.
Materials:
Summarizing worksheet for each student
Bat article print-out for each student
List of groups
Writing utensils
Procedure:

Intro:
o We have been working on finding the main points of stories
and non-fiction texts a lot lately. What kind of things do we try
to find in a text to help us find the main point? [Goal:
Supporting Details, not just interesting facts]
o Now, we have been using graphic organizers to try to help us
do that, but I want to challenge you to only find the most
important details in the text we are going to read today. I
want you to try to summarize the text using 20 words or less.
Were going to go paragraph by paragraph and talk to a
partner about which points we think are the most important
to include, and edit our summary after every paragraph.
o Other questions
Do you think we will have to edit our summary after
every paragraph?
Introduce coding
o Each of you will get your own copy of the article we are going
to read today. When you find something that is really

interesting to you, or something you didnt know I want you to

put an exclamation point. When you find something that
makes you ask a question or want to learn more, I want you
to put a question mark. And when you think you find
something that supports the main idea I want you to put a
star. (Write codes on board)
I DO (GRRM)
o Model how to code the first section of the article by doing a
think aloud. Have a copy of the article projected on the board
using an Elmo.
o After the first section look for the starred points and include
those in the 20 word summary. Have students copy the
original summary on a piece of paper.
o Example:
Every night, from Bracken Cave in Texas, 20 million bats
fly out to feed on insects.
WE DO TOGETHER
o Have students read and code second paragraph/section of
text individually using code symbols discussed before.
o Once finished, compare code marks with assigned group, and
prepare to share ideas with class.
o Have each group share ideas. Teacher writes ideas on
projected article, then helps students make changes to the
original prompt written on the board.
THEY DO TOGETHER
o Students 2 more paragraphs together and edit their
summaries after each paragraph. At least 3 groups should
share for each edit. Important to keep track of who is sharing
to make sure that there is an assessment for each group.
THEY DO ALONE
o Students code remaining 1 paragraph by themselves and edit
final summary by themselves, sharing after their edit.