Lesson 23
Lesson 23
Lesson 23
Author: Tiffany McNeil
Date created: 04/23/2018 2:08 PM EDT ; Date modified: 04/26/2018 1:49 PM EDT
VITAL INFORMATION
Grade/Level Grade 1
Time Allotment 1 class periods. 1.25 Hrs. per class.
Subject(s) Reading
Topic Story Plot
The students will be doing an author study on Eric Carle. The teacher will introduce and read aloud "The Tiny Seed." The teacher will model
Classroom Lesson
how to complete the accompanying worksheet. The students will complete their own worksheet during their rotations. The teacher will pull
Context
guided reading groups during their independent reading rotation for seven minutes.
1. What happened at the beginning of the story?
2. What happened at the middle of story?
Essential Questions
3. What happened at the end of story?
4. Where are the different parts of a plant located?
1. Students will need to be able to
1. identify a plant.
2. draw a plant.
3. label parts of plant.
Prerequisite Skills 2. Students will need to understand
and/or Concepts 1. the beginning of a book.
2. the middle of a book.
3. the end of a book.
3. Students will need to be able to contribute ideas.
4. Students will need to be able to use the model paper on help them answer their own questions.
Materials for (22) Tiny Seed Worksheet
Students (10) Pencils
Materials and resources:
Book "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle
Teacher Resources The Tiny Seed Worksheet
Thin Point Marker
The number of computers required is 1.
STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES
Lesson
After reading "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle along with modeling and discussing the "The Tiny Seed" worksheet, the students will be able to
Objective(s)/Learning
identify the beginning, middle, and end of the book and label the parts of a plant.
Outcomes (ABC)
MD Maryland College and Career Ready Standards Math and ELA/Literacy (2013)
Subject: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Grade: Grade 1 students:
MCCR Standards Content Area: Literature K–5
and/or Content Strand: Reading
Standards: Domain: Key Ideas and Details
Standard:
3. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
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ASSESSMENT
Formal
The students will be completing a worksheet. The worksheet will require students to identify the events of the book and parts of plant.
The teacher will collect the students work. The students will need to be able to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a book. The
Assessment/Rubrics students will need to be able to identify parts of a plant.
Informal
The students will be participating in a discussion on the order of events in the book "The Tiny Seed." The teacher will listen to the
students discucssion and address any misconceptions the students may have.
PROCEDURES (with attention to UDL)
1. The teacher will have students sit on the carpet after a GoNoodle Video.
2. The teacher will ask students, "What author have we been studying?" (Eric Carle)
3. The teacher will ask students, "Who can name a book he has illustrated."
4. The teacher will write student responses on the board.
Introductory 5. The teacher will tell students, "We are going to read another Eric Carle book today."
Activities (Engage) 6. The teacher will display the book and read the title, "The Tiny Seed."
7. The teacher will tell students, "Eric Carle is the author and illustrator of this book."
8. The teacher will ask students "We know what good readers do, so before I read what should we do?"
9. The teacher and the students will take a picture walk and make predictions.
10. The teacher will read the book.
1. The teacher will ask students, "Do you know what the would summary means?"
2. The teacher will explain to students, "A summary explains very quickly what has happened in the story."
3. The teacher will tell students, "Turn and talk with your neighbor about what has happened in the story."
4. The teacher will call for students attention.
5. The teacher will tell students, "For today's paper, you are going to write what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story."
6. The teacher will tell students, "We are going to complete this together first, then I will leave my paper up on the board while you are
working on your paper."
7. The teacher will ask students, "What happened in the beginning of the book."
8. The teacher will write down student responses.
9. The teacher will ask students, "What picture could we draw to represent the beginning?
10. The teacher will draw a simple picture.
11. The teacher will ask students, "What happened in the middle of the book?"
12. The teacher will write down student reponses.
13. The teacher will ask students, "What picture could we draw to represent the middle?
14. The teacher will draw a simple picture.
15. The teacher will ask students, "What happened at the end of the book?"
16. The teacher will write down students reponses.
17. The teacher will ask students, "What picture could we draw to represent the end?
18. The teacher will draw a simple picture.
19. The teacher will flip the page over.
20. The teacher will tell students, "You also need to complete the back of the worksheet."
21. The teacher will tell students, "You will need to draw a plant and label the parts of the plant. You have done this many times and should
Teaching Activities be able to complete this independently."
(Explore, Explain, 22. The teacher will ask students, "Does anyone have any questions?"
Elaborate) 23. The teacher will answer any questions.
24. The teacher will tell students they can begin their rotations.
Rotations
1. There are three rotations: independent reading, iPad, paper/buddy reading. Each rotation lasts fifteen minutes. The teacher will pull seven
minute guided reading groups.
1. Independent Reading
1. The students have a baggy of books they need to independently read.
2. The teacher will call students back for guided reading groups while during their independent reading. The teacher will pull
two different groups each rotation that last seven minutes each.
3. During guided reading,
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1. The students will complete a picture walk of the book.
2. The students will make predictions.
3. The teacher will have students take turns reading each page of the book. The students that are not reading need to
whisper read and follow along. The teacher will address any misconceptions.
4. The students will need to summarize what they read.
2. iPad
1. The students are required to get an iPad and independently read on Epic.
3. Paper/Buddy Reading
1. The students will complete the "The Tiny Seed" worksheet.
2. The students will place the worksheet in the purple bin.
3. The students will choose a "dessert" book and buddy read at the fish carpet area.
1. The teacher will have students clean up their area.
Closure Activities 2. The teacher will have students come to the carpet.
(Evaluate) 3. The teacher will read aloud the book, "Red" by Micheal Hall.
4. The students will be dismissed to go outside for recess.
Special Needs Students
The teacher will be modeling all expectations by completing the worksheet with the students.
The teacher will be meeting with the students during guided reading groups. The teacher address the individual needs of the students by
reading aloud with the students.
The teacher will choose books on their reading level.
Gifted Students
The teacher will be meeting with the students in guided reading groups.
Differentiated The teacher will choose books on the reading level and support students as needed.
Instruction
Learning Styles
Visual
Students will be viewing the modeled expactations.
Linguistic
Students will be listening to a read aloud.
Students will be discussing the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
Naturalistic
Students will learning about plants.
REFLECTION
The lesson was very successful. The students were engaged and were engaged. The students were able to easily tell me the beginning, middle,
and the end of the story. The students were also able to transfer their knowledge from whole group to small group. The students were able to
Reflection describe the beginning, middle, and end of their guided reading book. After reviewing their papers and listening to their discussions during small
group, the students did a great job identify the different parts. The students will be continuing to practice identify the beginning, middle, and end
in their next book.
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