edTPA Lesson Plan Template

Central Focus:
Subject: 1 points
Understanding what an informational text is and figuring out
English Language Arts and History 4th grade
what it means. They also need to know how Native Americans
used the resources around them.
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:

Reading: Informational Text

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when
explaining what the text says explicitly and when
Date submitted: Date taught: 11/15/2018
drawing inferences from the text.
11/13/2018
4.H.1.1 Summarize the change in cultures,
everyday life and status of indigenous American
Indian groups in North Carolina before and after
European exploration.

Daily Lesson Objective:

5 points (must have all three parts)

Performance- Students will be able to answer inquiry-based questions after reading a nonfiction articles/books. They will
also be able participate in classroom discussions.

Conditions- Students will have access to Chromebooks, google class, scanned workbook, paper, and pencil. They will
be able to have partner talk and group discussions.

Criteria— Students will be able to participate in class discussions.

Adapted from: O'Bannon, B. (2002). Planning for instruction: Writing objectives. Retrieved from http://itc.utk.edu/~bobannon/writing_objectives.html
21st Century Skills:
1 point

-Critical thinking- students will have to use critical

thinking skills when figuring out how to use clues to
infer what the passage is telling us. Students will be
doing this throughout the guided practice and the
independent practice
-Social skills- students will practice their social
skills while talking to others during discussions.
-Collaboration and teamwork (group discussions)
-Oral and written communication skills- group
discussions and written responses
-Technology literacy- using chrome books to read
along and read questions. Students have to know
how to use Google Class.
Academic Language Demand (Language Function and
Vocabulary):
2 points
Vocabulary: nonfiction, fiction, bog, Native American
and inferences
Students will be reading, writing, and listening
throughout the focus/review, guided, and independent
practices and the teacher input piece of the lesson.
Students will also be talking to teach other during
focus/review, guided practices and closure.

Prior Knowledge:
Prerequisite skills and concepts are clearly articulated, complete and are correct for the stated lesson objective(s).
Students will need to understand the context of what they are reading. Students will also need to understand
how to use context clues and different strategies to find the theme of a story. Students will also have to know
there were indigenous people in North America before the settlers came over.

Activity Description

“Good morning guys. Do you remember how you just finished our unit
on theme?” students reply with yes or no. “Great! Remember how we
used context clues and our different strategies to figure what the
theme of our passages were? Wonderful! Who can tell me a strategy
they know?” Students raise hands to reply. “Okay so we are going to
be reading nonfiction pieces this unit. Can anyone tell me what
nonfiction means?” Students raise hands to reply and we discuss
their answers. “So, if nonfiction means a writing that is based on
1. Focus and Review facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history then
10 points what does fiction mean?” Students raise hands to reply and we
discuss their answers. “Okay so we know fiction is a short story or
novel, that describes imaginary events and people. So an inference is
an observation where we figure out based on an experiences and
clues from the story what the author wants us to know without directly
saying it.” (Helping students understand when information is implied,
or not directly stated, will improve their skill in drawing conclusions
and making inferences)
Lewis, B. (2010). Lesson Plan Step #2 - Anticipatory Sets. Retrieved from
http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/anticipatoryset.htm
On the front board under ELA standards I will write “You will be able
to refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text
says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text”

2. Statement of Objective Under Social Studies standards I will write “You will understand that
for Student an entire area of the agriculture in certain states was started my
10 points Native Americans and you will be able to explain how cranberries
were significant to them”.
Stowell, R. (2010). Creating Classroom Lesson Objectives That are SMART.Retrieved from
http://www.suite101.com/content/creating-classroom-lesson-objectives-that-are-smart-a237581

While I have the workbook scanned pages on the board and we will
read aloud and taking turns as we go along and using audio and
visual learning styles. I will have the students using their tactile and
visual skills when we answer the questions under the story and
practice their 3 column chart as are working
3. Teacher Input
10 points
My materials are the Chromebooks, smartboard, google class, doc
cam, scanned workbook, paper, and pencil.

4. Guided Practice I will work through the picture example with students and them we
10 points will answer Questions 1A and 1B together
 Lewis, B. (2010). Lesson Plan Step #4 - Guided Practice. Retrieved from
http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/guided_practice.htm
During Independent Practice, your students should have an opportunity to
practice the knowledge/skills you just taught during Teacher Input.

They will be answering the short response question on their own.

5. Independent Practice
10 points

Lewis, B. (2010). Lesson Plan Step #6 - Independent Practice. Retrieved from

http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/independent_pra.htm
My assessment method is informal, and I will be assessing their
understanding by what they say in the group discussion. If I wanted to
6. Assessment Methods of I can also collect their organizer notes they took to see what they
all objectives/skills: wrote down.
10 points
Lewis, B. (2010). Lesson Plan Step #8 - Assessment and Follow-Up. Retrieved from
http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/lp_assessment.htm
I will wrap up the lesion by having a closing discussion with my
students. We will talk about the short story and the strategy we used
today (3 column chart).
7. Closure We will also talk about the importance the berries might have had on
10 points the say to day lives of the Native Americans. Can they infer what
might have happened to the Native Americans if they couldn’t us the
berries anymore.
Lewis, B. (2010). Lesson Plan Step #5 - Closure. Retrieved from
http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/closure.htm
 I taught my lesion twice. The higher group participated a lot and the
class discussion flowed super duper well. They were able to answer
the questions in partners and talk about it together as a whole group.
The lower group struggled but when I talked them through it their
8. Assessment Results of understanding of the topic did improve.
all objectives/skills: (My Teacher just wanted an introduction not a whole graded
10 points assessment.)
I learned that I need to improve on wait time for students to answer
and I need to learn better sentence starters to prompt them to want to
answer the question when they didn’t want to the first time I asked it.

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

4 points 4 points
Students with ADD and struggling readers will
get extended time during work shop to finish I will have a group of struggling readers in the back
worksheet. of the room that I will have sentence starts for and
extra support for to do the independent writing.
Materials/Technology:
1 point

Chromebooks, smartboard, google class, doc cam, scanned workbook, paper, and pencil.
file:///C:/Users/Leighann/Downloads/Monday%20Nov.%205th%20Literacy%20Mini-
Lesson%20Texts%20(2).pdf

Lewis, B. (2010). Lesson Plan Step #7 - Required Materials and Equipment. Retrieved from
http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/reqd_materials.htm

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