April Chavis READ 3226 Student Teaching edTPA Lesson Plan Template

Subject: Reading/3rd grade Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: Central Focus: The students will compare and contrast poems by the same author.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters.
21st Century Skills: Learning and Innovation Skills through Communication and Collaboration (Communicate clearly and Collaborate with others) Prior Knowledge: Reading skills, listening skills

Date submitted: 03/16/14

Date taught:

Daily Lesson Objective: The students will compare and contrast poems by the same author. Academic Language Demand (Language Function and Vocabulary): a. Analyze/Inquiry b. Compare, same, both, alike, similar, contrast, different,

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Activity 1. Focus and Review 2. Statement of Objective for Student

Description of Activities and Setting Teacher will have students come to carpet and sit by their reading partners. Teacher will remind students of prior learning about compare and contrast. The teacher will go over vocabulary words and what to look for when comparing and contrasting. The students will compare and contrast poems by the same author.

Time 5 min

3. Teacher Input

4. Guided Practice

5. Independent Practice

6. Assessment Methods of all objectives/skills:

Teacher will read two poems by Kenn Nesbitt My Dog Ate My Homework and 15 min My Dog Does My Homework and ask the students if they see any similarities and differences in the two poems by the same author. The teacher will use a Venn Diagram to show the similarities and differences on the smartboard(PP) and have students come up and fill it in. The teacher will ask questions like, "What are the similarities and differences to the theme? to the setting? to the characters? The students will be on the carpet from morning routine. The teacher will have the students pair up with their reading partners and 15 min work on another set of poems by Kenn Nesbitt The Marvelous Homework and Housework Machine and My Robot's Misbehaving. Together using a Venn Diagram the partners will write some similarities and differences to theme, setting and characters. The teacher will have students bring completed work to basket and be given a new set of poems for independent work. Students will have another set of poems by Kenn Nesbitt to compare and 20 min contrast on their own, When Frankenstein Was Just a Kid and I'm Absolutely Full Tonight. The students will use a Venn Diagram to write down some similarities and differences to theme, setting and characters. This will be used to gauge students understanding about comparing and contrasting themes, settings and characters by the same author. Informal Assessment will be used in guided practice to gauge whether the students understand about comparing and contrasting theme, setting, and characters in poems by the same author with the Venn Diagram partners work on together. Formal Assessment will be used for independent practice to show students understand of comparing and contrasting when they are able to offer one or two examples of similarities and differences with the theme, setting and characters.

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15 min 7. Closure Students will come to the front of the room and share what they came up with for compare and contrast of their Venn Diagrams as partners in guided practice.

8. Assessment Results of all objectives/skills:

If the students are not able to come up with one or two examples of similarities and differences with the theme, setting and characters, they will need more instruction.

Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations The teacher will read passages to students and have them pick out similarities and differences in theme, setting and characters and record them on their Venn diagram. Materials/Technology: poems, powerpoint Reflection on lesson:

Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations Students that have a higher grasp on reading and comprehension will be placed with students that need more guidance so they can help each other.

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