Gracemarie Lebron EDR 317 Dr.

Selvaggi Monday/Wednesday 8:00 am 10:55 am

Schema Lesson Title Of Lesson: Pumpkin Schema Lesson Intended Grade Level: 1st grade 1.1 Integration of Learning Outcomes: -Students will be able to use their schematic knowledge to make a connection with the topic of Pumpkins and use new information to write a paragraph about Pumpkins. 1.2 Standards: -CC.1.2.1.L Read and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently. -CC.1.4.1.W With guidance and support, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. -CC.1.5.1.A Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and or larger groups. -CC.1.5.1.B Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood. 1.3 Anticipatory Set: -Boys and girls do any of you know what these are? (Holding up the pumpkins, allow wait time for someone to quietly raise their hand and answer the question.) Your right, _____________________ (insert childs name), did everybody hear him/her? He/She said these are pumpkins. Now boys and girls we are going to read a story about pumpkins and then we are going to write a paragraph about pumpkins, but before we do that Im going to need you to activate your PUMPKIN SCHEMA and help me fill out this KWL (Knew, Want To Learn, and Learned) Pumpkin Chart. -So then the teacher will project the KWL chart onto the smart board, (which in this case has been formatted to be a pumpkin for each section instead of columns, that way it goes with the theme and the children can just write inside of them). -So what are some things that we already know about pumpkins? (Fill in chart.) -What are some things that we want to learn about pumpkins? (Fill in chart.) -Good job boys and girls, our chart is looking great now lets read and see what else we learn about pumpkins. -Teacher then proceeds to read the book.

1.4 Procedures: Teacher: -Teacher collaboratively fills out the KWL Chart portions of K and W with the class input. -Then he/she proceeds to read the story The Pumpkin Book. -Asking questions while reading the story such as, Where do pumpkins grow? (On a farm, in a garden, anywhere there is fertile soil/water/and sunlight), What is inside of pumpkins? (Seeds), Do all pumpkins look the same? (No they are all different an unique like us.), ECT. -Once the story has been read, as a class, go back to the KWL and fill in the L pumpkin with facts that you have learned from the story. -The teacher will then hand out the rubrics for the paragraphs, read over it and go over the requirements of what the students will be graded on. -Answer any last minute questions the students may have and give the students time (depending on the classroom structure) to write their paragraphs down. Student: -Students will participate in the filling out of the KWL Chart, by activating their schemas prior to the reading, write down unanswered questions, and by gathering knew information while listening to the story. -Students will write a paragraph about Pumpkins that meet the requirements assigned in the rubric. -Share their story within their table groups (if not with the whole class, it all depends on time). -Ask questions if any come up. 1.5 Differentiation: -Focus Problems: In order to help the student with the focus problem, instead of having them just observe the KWL Chart being created on the Smart Board, they could have their own blank KWL Chart and have them fill it in with the class. This way the student is not only paying attention but they are also on task and following along with the class. -Penmanship Problems: There is a student in my class who has problems gripping a pencil and has an OT that is helping him work on this skill. If the paragraph becomes too frustrating for him, we could have him use the Speech to Text app on the classroom I-pad. Another option for this particular student may be to have him draw a picture and then have the student just tell the class what is going on in his illustration. 1.6 Closure: -I will conclude the lesson by having the students share their paragraphs in their table groups (3-5 students per group) and then hand them in to be evaluated on the rubric handed out to each student. -Students will also receive a printout of the KWL Chart created on the Smart Board

to keep in their notes. -Wrap-Up: Boys and girls, we learned a lot about pumpkins from our friends when we activated our pumpkin schemas and in the class and from the book. Tomorrow we will hang up our pumpkin paragraphs and review our Fall schema. 1.7 Formative and Summative Assessment: -Formative Assessment: Observing the students while creating the KWL to make sure that they are participating and each getting a turn to contribute to the class. As well as observing them as I read the story to make sure they are engaged in the lesson as well as observing the students while they are writing their paragraphs and going around to answer any questions, which they may have. -Summative Assessment: The students will be graded on their paragraphs to assess their schema about pumpkins and their new knowledge. They will be graded on a rubric based upon meeting the requirements of their paragraphs and them presenting them to their groups. 1.8 Materials: -Book: The Pumpkin Book Written By: Gail Gibbons -Smart Board -Three different sized pumpkins. -Paper -Pencils (Writing utensils.) 1.9 Technology: -The technology that was incorporated into this less was the use of the Smart Board. The KWL Pumpkin Chart used prior to, throughout, and after the story was used a visual aid where children could organize all of the information that they knew, wanted to know, and learned from their prior schema and from the book. 2.0 Reflection On Planning: -I chose to do this lesson on schemes because it went along with the material my teacher was teaching at this time, Ms.Doyle was placing a lot of emphasis on the review and reinforcement of schemas. She had done a lesson similar to this in a prior class so when I discussed this lesson with her she said it might be great to incorporate something that has to do with the October/Halloween/Fall season. I chose pumpkins because it is a very general topic that can be adapted to fit a variety if not all of the themes that she had suggested. I also chose to do a KWL Chart because it is an organizational technique which the students are familiar with and have experience using, yet I made it my own by having 3 big pumpkins for each category as opposed to the everyday columns, just to go along with the theme. I think this lesson would be very easy to incorporate into any classroom environment and routine in which the students can share their individual prior knowledge with their peers as well as learn more information from the book.

2.1 Reflection On Instruction: -This portion of the lesson plan does not apply, since I did not teach the lesson.