Dakota State University

College of Education
Lesson Plan Format
Reflection from prior lesson:
Tuesdays reading lesson was a success. The students completed their flag collages and wrote,
edited, and presented their papers on the American flag. The students did a very good job
editing each others papers and giving suggestions. There were fewer reading and pronunciation
errors than usual and the students did a very good job of recognizing and defining vocabulary
words in the text. They were able to make deeper connections with their personal lives and the
story through the writing assignment. Overall the lesson was a success.
Lesson Goal(s)/Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate
understanding of key details in a text.

Objectives:
Students will use prior knowledge, context clues, and discussion with their classmates to
determine the meaning of key words and phrases for the text with 100% accuracy.
After reading the text, students will demonstrate comprehension and understanding of key details
of the text by answering who, what, when where, why, and how questions with 100% accuracy.

Materials Needed:
Red, White and Blue: The Story of the American Flag story, Audio reading of story, 2 song flip
books, student reading workbook, Large American Flag, video about how to fold a flag (any
YouTube video).
Contextual factors/Learner Characteristics:
There are 9 students in the class, 5 girls and 4 boys. There is a promethean board in the
classroom and students have daily work books that contain several worksheets for each math
lesson. The majority of the students are visual, hands on learners. They are highly engaged in
active learning opportunities.

A. The Lesson (90 minutes)

1. Introduction (15 minutes)

Getting Attention/Relating to Past Experience: Review the story and the

vocabulary words. What was is the story about? What are some facts we learned
from it? Who is said to have created our first flag? What General asked for 13
stars in a circle? Go over the vocabulary words on the back board, discuss
meaning of some of the bigger words. Have the student read them aloud. Next,
play the song in the big song book and sing aloud two times. Sing the song in the
smaller book two times. (10 minutes)

Sharing Objectives/Need to Know: Tell the students that we are going to read the
story Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag for the last time to
find out more about the history of our flag. Remind the students to read very
carefully and look for our vocabulary words within the text. Tell them that once
we finish reading and doing worksheets we will practice folding flags. (5 minutes)

2. Content Delivery (70 minutes)

Audio of story: Have the students follow along in their books to an audio
recording of the story. After the story, ask students questions about key ideas and
vocabulary words. For example, what is the name of the war that divided our
country? What does our flag symbolize? What are some ways we show respect for
the flag? Why and when did we decide to have our own flag? (15 minutes)

Practice Book Pages: Go through the first page as a group. Answer the questions.
Instruct the students to complete the next two pages on their own. 10-(15 minutes)

Flag folding: Ask the students if they have ever seen a flag folded in a triangle
before. Ask if they know the proper way to dispose of a flag. If not, inform them
that since own flag is so important, we cant just throw it away. We have to take it
to an American Legion (VFW) member or post and they will have a ceremony
and dispose of it properly. Next, tell the students that we are going to fold flag the
official way. This means that we have to be respectful, take turns, and be sure not
to let it touch the ground. Show the video that demonstrates how to fold the
American Flag. Divide the students into equal groups and guide them through the
flag folding steps. Repeat until everyone has had the chance to fold. (35-40
minutes)

Discussion: Have the students tell what they think about folding the flag. Ask
questions like, why is it important that we be respectful while folding? Where do
we take flags that are old or torn? (5 minutes)

3. Closure

Ask the students what they learned from the story. When was the flag created?
Who is said to have made it? What were the wars the story talked about? How
many stars are there? How many stripes? etc. (5 minutes)

A. Assessments Used: The main assessment will be formative. The teacher will observe the

students during the group reading, flag folding, class discussions, worksheets, and during
the closure questions. The workbook pages will be used as a quantitative assessment to
check for understanding and will show need for review/re-teaching.

B. Differentiated Instruction: Students will be able to ask the class/teacher questions if

they need assistance during the lesson. If needed, students can work in groups to
complete the lesson and worksheets. Lastly, students will be able to show their
understanding in several different ways through observations, discussions, and
worksheets.

C. Resources: Reading book, Student workbook