LESSON PLAN Me and Uncle RomieReading Skill

Student Teacher ___Kirstyn Howard____________ Date __3/6/14____________

College Supervisor Dr. Hamwi_________________
Cooperating Teacher Danielle Metzger_________
Grade Level __Third_________________________
Subject Language Arts-Reading Skill and Discussion

Preliminary Planning:
PA Core Standards

CC.1.1.3.E: Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension:
Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary

E03.B-K.1.1.1: Answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as
the basis for the answers.

E03.B-C.3.1.2: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on
the same topic.
Modifications
Brandon, Connor, and Danny will work with the aide in the classroom on an activity. They will not be
required to participate in this response discussion since they did not complete a written response.
Objectives
Students will:
Discuss good responses to a thinking critically question
Participate in a reading discussion for comprehension
Respond to questions asked about the text
Refer back to the text to support ideas
Make connections between similar texts
Respond to texts through writing and discuss good responses
Vocabulary
Tier 1:
Texts
Lesson
Play
Story
Tier 2:
Historical Fiction
Evidence
Comprehension
Think Critically
Written Response
Tier 3:

Essential Question(s)

Why is it important to respond to texts through writing?
Why is it important to comprehend what we read?





Materials and Resources
-Me and Uncle Romie written response PowerPoint
-Reading Journals (every student has one)
-computer and projector
-reading folders


Learning Sequence
Instructional Procedure
Introduction (5 minutes), Learning Activities (15 minutes), Closure (10 minutes)
1. The teacher will grade the written responses for the story the Me and Uncle Romie before class on
a 0-3 rating scale and pick 3 responses for the students to share with the class (write please share in
their journal).
2. The students will transition from afternoon work, and the boy and girl of the day will pass out the
reading journals to each student.
3. The teacher will project the PowerPoint and review the first slide which provides the thinking
critically response question.
4. The teacher will then read the first example response. The teacher will go through the
requirements of a good response and based on that information, the students will show on their
fingers what they think the score would be.
5. This process will be repeated until all three examples are read and scored.
6. The students will discuss their thinking as to why the response received that score and the teacher
will review the reason for the final score the response was given.
7. The students chosen to read will share their responses with the class for reinforcement.
8. The teacher will ask if the students have any questions and they can talk to the teacher about their
response during Readers Workshop time if they choose.
9. The students will put away their reading journals in their reading folder and transition into
grammar.
Assessment(s)
The written response from the previous day will be graded to check for understanding and comprehension.
The purpose of this review is to go over what a good response should look and sound like, especially for
PSSAs. The students will provide input by scoring the sample responses so they are able to understand the
reason of the grade. Also, the students will take a summative theme test with a written response component
to check for understanding and accuracy, which will be graded.
Post Instructional Planning
Reflective Action Plan

The student teacher will reflect on the lesson using a reflective journal and discuss the implementation and
effectiveness of the lesson with the cooperating teacher.



This lesson, including the Powerpoint, was adapted from Danielle Metzger.