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CCSU Lesson Plan

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Student Teacher: Sarah Schoenborn
Grade Level: 5
Lesson Date: 10/22/15
Name of Lesson: Homeless Bird Lesson 2,
Compare and contrast your cultures,
traditions etc.. to common customs in India.

Common Core State Standard(s)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
HIST 5.2 Compare life in specific historical periods to life today.
GEO 5.2 Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their
environments.

Student Learning Objective(s)

Students will be able to draw specific quotes from the book Homeless Bird and use them to
describe how their lives are similar or different from Kolys life. The students will be able to
identify at least 5 specific examples of how traditional cultures, religion and customs differ
between their lives in the United States and those who live in India.

lessons objective.
This lesson will allow students to practice accurately quoting texts. Also the lesson will teach the
students to compare their lives and cultures to past historical periods as well as to other countries
cultures, religions and customs.

Assessment
The students will create thinglinks to represent 3 aspects of their life that are representative of their
familys cultures, customs, traditions etc.. They will also include3 aspects from the Indian culture
that are either similar or different from their own that they chose. The students will also create
wordles using words from at least three quotes from the book, that they will then share with the
rest of the class.

Instructional Model/Strategy
This lesson will begin by having the students watch the powtoon presentation about India that the
teacher has created. The teacher will also provide a brief mini lesson on how to use Thinglink and
Wordle. The students will then get into small groups and begin researching online facts about
Indian culture, traditions, customs, religions etc.. The students will create a master list of the facts
they have gathered (at least ten per group) on the Smartboard. Then the students will pick a
comfortable spot in the room and individually create (using either an ipad or a computer) a
thinglink that has pictures of 3 things that represent their lives and 3 things that represent
traditional aspects of Indian culture. The students will also create a wordle that is made up of
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quotes from the book that describe aspects of Kolys life. Students must use at least 3 quotes from
the book in their wordle. The students will then resume as a whole group and each student will
present their thinglink and worlde to the class.

Materials/Resources needed for this lesson

Smartboard
Ipads/computers
Copies of Homeless Bird
Wordle - http://www.wordle.net
Thinglink- https://www.thinglink.com/action/imageUpload

Daily formative assessment:

The teacher will walk around as the students are researching facts about pulling quotes of the text
to see that they are using proper citation. The teacher will also assess their knowledge of the book,
and their research, by reviewing their thinglinks and their wordles.

Differentiating Instruction:
Students will work in pairs to collect research on India. The teacher will walk around and provide
scaffolded instruction on how to properly cite websites and the text. Then the teacher will walk
around and help students when they are creating their thinglinks and their wordles.

Initiation:
The teacher will start the lesson by having students watch a brief Powtoon presentation about 5
facts on Indian culture. Then the teacher will describe the activities the students will take part in
and the assignments they must complete. The teacher will then display an example of a Wordle
and a Thinglink on the board. The teacher will also give a brief mini lesson on how to use
Thinglink and Wordle.

Lesson Development:
The teacher will begin the lesson by showing the students the Powtoon presentation on India.
Then the teacher will conduct a brief mini lesson on using Thinglink and Wordle. The teacher will
then have the students break up into small groups and research facts about Indian culture,
tradition, religion etc.. Once the students have compiled a list of at least 10 facts they will resume
as a whole group and create a mast list of all the facts on the Smartboard. Then the teacher will
have the students work individually (using and Ipad or computer) to create a Thinglink with 3
aspects that represent their culture and 3 aspects that represent Indian culture. They will also
create a Wordles using words from at least 3 quotes from the text that describe aspects of Kolys
life. The students will then re convene as a whole group and present their Thinglinks and Wordles
to the class.

Closure:
Once the students have created their Thinglinks and Wordles they will present them
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to the whole class. After the whole class has presented their projects the class will
engage in a brief discussion about the common similarities and differences they
noticed in everyones presentations.
Tech resources:
Wordle- http://www.wordle.net

Thinglink- https://www.thinglink.com/scene/713424898734686209
Powtoon- http://www.powtoon.com/m/dw2GpRyx3y2/1/