Reading small group lesson!

Taught: 3/27/17

The identification of the area/aspect of literacy you are choosing

to develop/support and an explanation of how you determined this
need within the class you are teaching, including references to
curriculum, student performance, and classroom
climate/environment

For my small group lesson, the identification area I chose was on main idea and
supporting details. My clinical teacher has been working with the class for a while on the
main idea of passages as well as finding supporting details. However, this concept has
been quite difficult for most students in the class. My clinical teacher and I both selected
5 students we thought needed the most extra help with main idea and supporting details
for this lesson based off of classwork turned in.

The materials required to implement this instruction, including

student and teacher resources

Each student will receive a copy of the passage called, Bens Loose Tooth.
Together, the teacher and 5 students will read the story. On the back of the
passage there will be 4 different questionsQuestion 1) What is Bens main
problem in the story? 2) Who is Kate? 3) Complete the web by listing three ideas
Kate had for helping Ben? 4.) What was Ben trying to do when the tooth came
out of his mouth?

Materials: 6 copies of Bens Loose Tooth, front and back. (Questions on the back)

The intended/hopeful outcomes of this intervention

The intended outcome of this intervention is for students to have a better understanding
of the main idea of stories. Also, for students to be able to pick out supporting details in a
text that may give clues to what the main idea of the story is.

A reflection on the results (both successes and challenges) of the

implementation of this intervention and modification you would
 make for future implementations (to be completed after clinical
experience)

Overall, the children did very well with main idea and finding supporting details. One
challenge I faced during this implementation was getting every student to sit quietly and
listen while others were sharing their answers. The students all seemed to understand how
to go back and find supporting details. However, sometimes they would forget they are
allowed to turn back and look at an article when they get to a tricky question. One thing I
would change for next time is to have fewer students and for everyone to read the story
aloud together rather than taking turns reading.