Evidence that Documents the Elements

Drawing the Main Idea of Short Stories

Kelly Gaule
Standard th CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1-3 With prompting and support,
October, 24level
MDE grade 2016
or CCSS ask and answer questions about key details, retell familiar
2nd Observation
stories and identify their characters, settings, and major
Kindergarten Whole Group Lesson
events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in-group reading
activities with purpose and understanding.

Objectives/Targets and I can The students will (TSW) describe what a main idea of a story
statements is by saying the definition to the teacher.
What am I going to teach?
What will the students be able to
do at the end of the lesson?
I can explain what a main idea is.
What formative assessments are
used to inform instruction? The students will (TSW) draw a picture of the main idea of a
short story using detail.

I can draw a picture of the main idea of a short story.

Formative Assessment:
Students will relay the definition of main idea back to the
teacher orally. The students will also provide a visual example
of understanding by drawing a picture of the main idea of the
story using detail.

Lesson Management: Focus and Lesson Management

Organization
What positive strategies,
techniques and tools will you use?
What ideas for on task, active and
focused student behavior?
Discuss engagement picture
Explain the definition of main idea
Answer questions about text
Turn and talk about main idea
Draw the main idea

Student Movement Management

Students will turn and talk to one other student right next to
them. Teacher will assign partner if they are unsure. Students
will turn back to the teacher when the teacher counts down
from 5 and snaps fingers.

Students will also engage in a stretching exercise break after

the we do section. Students will preform various stretches.

Students will also get up off the carpet to go back to their desks
to complete their drawings.