Whole Group Shared Reading Lesson Plan Template

Name: ___Lindsey McGibbon_____________________________

Date: __3/24/2016______________

Classroom Location/Teacher: _Salem Church E.S. /

Katherine Scott____
Curriculum Standards

Topic/Subject: __ABC Order_______

SOL(s):
1.11 The student will use simple reference materials.
a) Use knowledge of alphabetical order by first letter.
Essential Question(s):
How do we put things in ABC order?
Lesson Objectives: A statement or statements of what the students will be able to do as a
result of the lesson. Need to be observable and measurable.(ABCD format)
After practicing as a group, the students will alphabetize a set of 6 words by first letters
without error.
Assessment of Objectives: Describe how you will collect evidence that individual students
have indeed met the lesson objective(s). These need to be tied to the degree or criteria from
your objectives.
I will give the students 6 words to alphabetize by first letter. They should be able to do this
without error.
BEFORE (Content, Viewing or Listening):
Teacher: Focusing attention, laying the groundwork, creating interest, sparking curiosity,
students understand the purpose the why (set a purpose, explicit explanation of
expectations, modeling)
Student: Strategies to obtain prior knowledge, similarities, connections, analogies, think
about thinking metacognition (discussing, organizing, writing, vocabulary)
Together, we will go over the alphabet song. I will use an alphabet strip as a visual guide for
this activity. We will then discuss how to alphabetize (the students have some knowledge of
this already).
DURING (Content, Viewing or Listening): Strategies for active engagement with new
content, what are students doing while reading, viewing, or listening? (set a purpose,
modeling, discussing, organizing, writing, vocabulary)
I will have words written on popsicle sticks. The first letter of the word will be written in a
different color. The students will also have an alphabet strip in front of them. I will model
alphabetizing my set of popsicle sticks and how to refer to the alphabet strip for help. I will
then leave them to order their set of words.
AFTER (Content, Viewing or Listening): How will students apply new knowledge? How will
students check their understanding? How will students be prompted to reflect on what they
have learned? How will students be prompted to reflect on how they learned it?

Whole Group Shared Reading Lesson Plan Template

Students will apply this knowledge by writing their words in alphabetical order. I will then show
them how the dictionary is alphabetized and how they can use their new knowledge.
Rationale: Why teach this lesson in this way? Why give these objectives, are these the BEST
strategies to choose and use? Explain why this sequence of activities leads to cultivating the
behaviors or performing the skills or displaying the knowledge called for by the objectives.
This lesson allows students to practice their alphabetizing skills. They can manipulate the
sticks which makes this a more kinesthetic activity. Having the first letter in a different color
also allows them to focus on the key part of the word.