Thursday, April 18, 2013

Mini Lessons 1 and 2


Reading Lesson Plan # _1__

Your Name:  Brad Crimmins   Grade Level:  3 

Date lesson was taught:  4/11   Number of Students: 3

1) Rationale (What evidence do you have that your focus students need to learn this skill/strategy?):

During read aloud time as a class, Mrs.Rademacher will often ask questions to the students about the book they are reading about what they think will happen or if the students have any questions about the book. Students don’t answer with concrete ideas and they don’t seem to analyze the story very well. They understand what is happening in it and know the characters and plot line but thinking about and connecting to the book seems to be absent.

I also discussed with Mrs.Rademacher about students whom she thought needed support and she agreed with the students that I had in mind.


2) List the reading skill/strategy that is the main focus of your lesson (select ONE area):

Reader Factors


3) Objective for this lesson (performance, condition, criteria):

Performance: Students will be able to form relevant questions regarding the text that they read. These questions should   
Condition: After reading the text twice the student should be able to generate questions without looking back to the text
Criteria: Questions generated should be relatable to the stories plot, characters or setting. Students must generate at least 3 questions about the text.


4) Materials & supplies needed:

QRI Grade 3 Passage


5) OUTLINE OF LESSON PLAN (Provide a bulleted list of ideas):

PRE-READING:

Hello students today we are going to be learning how to get involved and think deeply about what we read. Our main goal of today is to generate questions about what we read. This helps us to understand what we read better and to get us actively thinking about the text. In this lesson I will read a passage and model how to come up with questions. Then we will read a passage together, have a discussion about it and come up with our own questions. We will be reading about a students favorite teacher Mrs.Quin and we will be reading about Milk!

This lesson is important because it helps us understand what we read. Without skills like “questioning” we may struggle to understand what we read. This skill can help us throughout the rest of our lives. If we are having trouble reading something we can ask ourselves questions to help us understand our own learning!

DURING READING: Model how to engage with the text (e.g., use of reading strategies and analytic thinking process, inserting vocabulary support, comments and questions to support and extend comprehension and interpretation) (__ minutes)

In order to generate questions during reading you need to be thinking about what you know and what you don’t know.  These are some simple questions to ask yourself to help you understand the reading.

Questions we can ask ourselves during reading are
  • What don’t I understand?
  • What do I understand?
  • What is confusing?
  • What more do I want to know?


There are two main types of questions we want to go over. The first type is questions that come directly from the text. In our example passage the student talks about why they like Mrs.Quinn. A questions could be “why does the student like Mrs.Quin?” “what are the things Mrs.Quin does?” the answers to these questions come directly from the text. All you have to do is read the text and the answer is found in there. The other type of question is one that is outside of the text. This means you have to think about things you already know and relate them to the text. These are things that you as individuals bring to the reading, each of us has our own ideas and thoughts and we want to us them to help us understand. For example I think to myself, who was my favorite teacher? What made them my favorite teacher? What about teachers that I didn’t like? Why didn’t I like them? These are questions that we can ask that bring our own thoughts and ideas into consideration.

Now we will read another passage then discuss it and create our own questions.


POST-READING ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSSION: Provide scaffolding for guided practice and/or application activity (__ minutes)

Now that we have read the passage lets discuss it and generate ideas. First lets make up questions that you can find in the text.

Now lets make up some questions that your own thoughts and ideas bring!

If you are having issues take your time and lets discuss what you know and what you don’t know. What is confusing to you?


ONGOING-ASSESSMENT: what will you pay attention to in order to evaluate the extent to which your students met the stated objectives for the lesson (__ minutes)


I will pay attention to the questions the students generated. I will look at whether or not they fit one of the two types of questions you can come up with after reading the text (in text vs outside of text)

6) Based on what you know about your focus students, what Academic, Social and/or Linguistic Support will be needed during the lesson?


Students may need me to read the text aloud first in order to understand it fully. Students may also need more time to reread the passage during our discussion. 


Reading Lesson Plan # 2

Your Name:  Brad Crimmins  Grade Level:  3  

Date lesson was taught:  4/17  Number of Students: 3

1) Rationale (What evidence do you have that your focus students need to learn this skill/strategy?):

After discussing the first lesson regaurding comprehension Mrs.Rademacher and I discussed students who may not need as much reading support but rather fluency skills. Being able to retell a story using fluent sentences seemed to be her major concern for the students.

I also have seen this behavior in the students. They are strong readers but when generating complete sentences they seem to struggle a bit. Organizing their thoughts in relation to the story is an issue.



2) List the reading skill/strategy that is the main focus of your lesson (select ONE area):

Retelling using the big ideas and in complete sentences.


3) Objective for this lesson (performance, condition, criteria):

Performance: Students will be able to retell the passages in complete sentences
Condition: After reading the passage aloud and then having the opportunity to read it themselves.
Criteria: Retelling of the story must be done in complete sentences


4) Materials & supplies needed:

QRI Grade 3 Passages


5) OUTLINE OF LESSON PLAN (Provide a bulleted list of ideas):

PRE-READING: make participation norms explicit, elicit background knowledge, develop interest, set purpose (___minutes)

• Make participation norms explicit How will you prepare the children to participate according to your lesson objectives? List ways you will help them understand behavior and participation expectations during the lesson. Be explicit about any changes in expectations if these are different from patterns they are used to (e.g., raising hands, asking their own questions, talking with each other rather than the teacher).

•  Introduce the text  List what you will say/ask to activate children’s background knowledge (e.g., brainstorming, quick write, KWL). How will you help students understand the purpose of the lesson? List what you will say to motivate them to become engaged in the lesson. 


Hello students today we are going to be learning about retelling stories in complete sentences and ideas. Our main goal today is to be able to retell a story including the main ideas in complete sentences. This ability is important to our learning because it helps us understand what we are reading and be able to communicate that with our peers. We will read a passage together and I will demonstrate how to identify the main ideas of story and write them out. Afterward we will discuss this practi
DURING READING: Model how to engage with the text (e.g., use of reading strategies and analytic thinking process, inserting vocabulary support, comments and questions to support and extend comprehension and interpretation) (__ minutes)


The point of retelling is to summarize a story. Think of a movie you have seen recently. Now retell it to me. Did you tell me every single little detail? You just included the large ideas

When we are working on retelling a story we need to ask ourselves some questions. Questions that can help are
  • If I didn't include this would it still make sense?
  • What is the most important part to understand the story?
  • What is the least important part of the story? If I left it out would the story change?

In the story of Mrs.Quinn I read it once and understand the story is about how a student likes there teacher very much. She tells why she likes the teacher, how she is nice, how she doesn't like it when people are mean. She also says how she likes how Mrs.Quinn teaches and lets them work with their friends.


When retelling a story you should make sure the story makes sense chronologically ( the story goes from start, middle, end not end, start, middle) . We also need to make sure that our retelling captures the whole story. If I just said the passage I just read was about a nice teacher would that be enough? No it wouldn't be, it is missing a lot of information that is important to understanding the story.

POST-READING ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSSION: Provide scaffolding for guided practice and/or application activity (__ minutes)

Now that you saw me model retelling with complete sentences I want you all to try on your own. We will read a new passage together and then we will all work quietly on retelling the story in a minimum of 3 sentences. Remember to ask yourselves the questions to help you retell the story.

Lets talk about what you all came up with and what I came up with. We can discuss our ideas and talk about the things we struggled with.

Lets ask ourselves the questions I talked about early. (use questions from “during reading”

ONGOING-ASSESSMENT: what will you pay attention to in order to evaluate the extent to which your students met the stated objectives for the lesson (__ minutes)

I will look for:
·         whether or not the students are retelling the story in order
·         does the retelling include the important parts of the story
·         are the ideas complete
·         are the sentences complete


6) Based on what you know about your focus students, what Academic, Social and/or Linguistic Support will be needed during the lesson?


Students may need me to read the text aloud first in order to understand it fully. Students may also need more time to reread the passage during our discussion.








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