This document outlines a 5-day lesson plan for a 4th grade reading unit focusing on problem solving, with each day covering a different reading comprehension standard and including activities related to inventions and their ability to solve problems. Modifications for English language learners and different ability levels are provided, such as using visuals, partner work, and smaller group settings. One of the activities will be chosen by the teacher to video record and reflect upon as part of their teaching evaluation process.
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STEP Standard 4 - Unit and Lesson Planning
This document outlines a 5-day lesson plan for a 4th grade reading unit focusing on problem solving, with each day covering a different reading comprehension standard and including activities related to inventions and their ability to solve problems. Modifications for English language learners and different ability levels are provided, such as using visuals, partner work, and smaller group settings. One of the activities will be chosen by the teacher to video record and reflect upon as part of their teaching evaluation process.
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Name: Sonya Wier
Date: 3/15/2019
Course: ELM-490
Instructor: Professor Millenbaugh
STEP Standard 4 - Unit and Lesson Planning
Note: When implementing the unit of study, you will be choosing one of these activities to video record, review, and reflect on your teaching later in the STEP process,
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Title of Lesson or Building Comprehension Problem and Interpret Summarize Activity Background Solution Information and Paraphrase parts of a text Standards and RI.4.7- RI.4.2- RI.4.5-Describe RI.4.7- RI.4.2- Objectives Interpret Determine the the overall Interpret Determine What do students information main idea of a structure (e.g., information the main idea need to know and presented text and explain chronology, presented of a text and visually, how it is comparison, visually, explain how be able to do for orally, or supported by cause/effect, orally, or it is each day of the quantitatively key details; problem/solution quantitatively supported by unit? (e.g., in charts, summarize the ) of events, ideas, (e.g., in key details; graphs, text. concepts, or charts, summarize diagrams, time RI.4.3-Explain information in a graphs, the text. lines, events, text or part of a diagrams, RI.4.3- animations, or procedures, text. time lines, Explain interactive ideas, or animations, or events, elements on concepts in a interactive procedures, Web pages) historical, elements on ideas, or and explain scientific, or Web pages) concepts in a how the technical text, and explain historical, information including what how the scientific, or contributes to happened and information technical an why, based on contributes to text, understanding specific an including of the text in information in understanding what which it the text. of the text in happened appears. L.4.4b-Use which it and why, SL.4.1b- common, grade- appears. based on Follow appropriate SL.4.2- specific agreed-upon Greek and Latin Paraphrase information rules for affixes and roots portions of a in the text. discussions as clues to the text read and carry out meaning of a aloud or assigned roles. word(e.g., information telegraph, presented in autograph, diverse media photograph). and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Academic Dizzy Greek Root Problem Inventor Biography
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