Student Teaching edTPA Lesson Plan Template

Subject: Reading Central Focus: Determining the main idea of a text

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:

RI4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain
Date submitted: 2/25/18 Date taught: 2/28/18
how it is supported by key details; summarize the
text.
Daily Lesson Objective: Given a nonfiction article, students will work in pairs to determine the main idea of the text and a
title to go along with it.

21st Century Skills: Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Communication and Collaboration Vocabulary):
Critical Thinking Main Idea
Nonfiction
Prior Knowledge:
Able to read a nonfiction article and understand it
Knowledge of what a main idea is

Activity Description of Activities and Setting Time

Teacher calls all students to the carpet to review what a main idea is together. 2 minutes
(A main idea is the most important or central point of a text that tells the
1. Focus and Review
reader what the text is about.)
Teacher introduces the anchor chart.
“Today we are going to read a non-fiction text and determine the main idea of 1 minute
it and the title of it together. Then I want you to work in pairs to come up with
what you think the main idea of a different text is and what you think the title
of the text would be.”
Text:

2. Statement of Objective
for Student
 3 minutes
“I’m going to read the article aloud so I need you to listen super close and pay
3. Teacher Input attention to what you think the main idea of this article will be.”
(Teacher reads article aloud)

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“Turn and talk to the person next to you about what you think the main idea of minutes
the text would be.”
(Teacher gives students a few minutes)
“Who would like to share what they came up with?”
(Teacher writes the student’s examples on the anchor chart)
4. Guided Practice
“Great job! Now that we have some main ideas, I want you to turn and talk
with your neighbor about what you think the title of the text would be.”
(Teacher gives a few minutes)
Who would like to share?”
(Teacher writes examples up on the anchor chart)

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Each pair of students will receive a nonfiction text without a title. They will minutes
5. Independent Practice read the text together, come up with a main idea of the text, and give their text
a title. They will write their answers on the exit ticket to turn in.

6. Assessment Methods of Students will be assessed based off of the exit tickets and their knowledge of main ideas of
all objectives/skills: a text and coming up with a title.

5 minutes
Teacher will close with allowing students to share their main ideas and titles
7. Closure
(if there is time available)

8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:

Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations

ESL students will be paired with students who can help
them read through the article
Student who have trouble reading the article from paper
can use technology to download the PDF and zoom in
to read it easier
Struggling students or student who need more remediation will
work in a small group along with myself
Teacher will guide them in reading the article and give
prompting questions to discuss what the main idea could
possibly be from the text

Materials/Technology: one copy of Kudzu article to read aloud, anchor chart, marker, nonfiction article for each pair of
students, exit tickets
Reflection on lesson:

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