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EDCI 511 Integrating Language Arts/Childrens Literature Across the Curriculum

Foster - Lesson Plan #1
Lesson Teacher: Shannon D. Foster Date: September 11, 2017
Lesson Grade Level: Time Frame: 2 days 50 minute
Grade 4 periods/blocks of time each

Content Area: Group Strategy: Other

Language Arts and Vocabulary Whole class -> large group -> small group
->Whole class

Preparing for Lesson Development

1. What does your pre-assessment observation indicate about your students needs, and
current performance and educational needs? Students are familiar with fairytales, but
they need to be able to identify and employ synonyms found in the text into their own
daily language use, thus increasing their vocabulary knowledge.
2. How will you design the lesson to meet the needs of all learners in your classroom?
The class will use vocabulary from the traditional story The Twelve Dancing Princesses
by Ruth Sanderson as this weeks vocabulary lesson. First, we will read the text for
pleasure. Then students will receive copies of the new vocabulary. Students will divide
into four vocabulary groups and participate in a Jigsaw activity. Students will then
regroup and share their findings in groups of four. These groups will be assigned a
specific page from the original story and rewrite the text substituting synonyms for the
original text.

Lesson Plan Development

Lesson Title: Dancing with Princesses

Common Core and/or State Standard: The link to Montana OPIs Common Core Standards is
currently not being served. See http://opi.mt.gov/Curriculum/MontCAS/MCCS/index.php .
The following links will open the appropriate webpage for the Common Core State Standards
Initiative.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.10, CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RF.5.4.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.C, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.B, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4

Lesson Objective: Introduce European Assessment of Learning: Discuss traditional

traditional fairytales and their role in North fairytales: Which fairytales do students know?
American traditional literature. Which fairytale is their favorite and why?
Besides entertainment, how can traditional
fairytales help us understand European roots?
Lesson Objective: Identify and use synonyms Assessment of Learning: Children will write
of listed vocabulary words found in The Twelve text selection substituting synonyms for
Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson specific vocabulary words.
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Lesson Objective: Compare European dancing Assessment of Learning: Participation in
clothing and shoes, based on pictures in discussion either by asking questions or giving
selected text, with knowledge of Native Indian information on European dancing or Native
Powwow clothing and shoes found in the Indian Powwow finery.
United States.
Based on the lesson objectives, select an appropriate teaching model: JigSaw
Indian Education for All (IEFA) No Yes. If yes, please describe:
Culturally, dancing was an acceptable form of entertainment in Europe during the middle ages.
In the United State, Native Indian tribes gather at Powwows for socializing, which includes
dancing. We will wrap up the lesson with a discussion that compares the princesses clothing
and shoes with the clothing and shoes that native peoples wear during Powwows.
Classroom
Lesson Procedures/Activities Materials
Management Needs
Read The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Classroom set of The Whole class (15 min.)
Ruth Sanderson as a whole class. Twelve Dancing Teacher orally reads
ISBN: 978-1-56656-864-7 Princesses storybook the story to the whole
or class.
Hovercam projector
to project the story
on a whiteboard or
white wall.
Students receive prepared vocabulary lists. Copies of vocabulary Whole class (5 min.)
list (one per student)
Jigsaw activity (part 1) Vocabulary lists Large group (15 min.)
Divide class into four equal groups. Each Dictionary Divide vocabulary
group will receive specific words they will Writing utensils words into four
identify, define, and find synonyms. groups of five.
Students group
together in
identified
locations.
Assign one group
of five words to
each large group.
Teacher circulates
to keep students
on task.
Jigsaw activity (part 2) Students own copies Small group (15 min.)
Students will break into groups of four, one of vocabulary list. Students group
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from each original group. Each student will Writing utensils together in identified
share findings from larger group work with locations.
small group members. Teacher circulates to
keep students on
task.
(Next meeting) Students vocabulary Whole class (5 min.)
Explanation of activity lists Teacher explains
rewriting activity.

Students will use synonyms to rewrite Copies of text, with Small group (15 min.)
sections of selected text. page order, from the Teacher circulates to
traditional fairytale keep students on
Writing utensils task.
One student from each small group will Hovercam projector Whole class (15 min.)
reread the traditional story using newly to project the story Students will listen as
rewritten sections as the teacher projects on a whiteboard or classmates take turns
the fairytale pages on the whiteboard or white wall. telling the story with
white wall for the entire class to see. rewritten text.

Closing comparison discussion of European Pictures from The Whole class (15 min.)
dancing finery with Native American Twelve Dancing Students will
Powwow finery. Princesses participate in
Internet search discussion of dancing
pictures of Powwow and Powwow finery.
finery
Evidence of Lesson Effectiveness/Student Learning:
Students identify European influences in North American traditional literature
(fairytales).
Students create a classroom version of The Twelve Dancing Princesses using synonyms.
Students discuss differences between European and Native American dance finery.
Reflection and Recommendations for the Next Time: Trying to include information that
satisfies Indian Education for All (IFA) is difficult, especially when the teacher is not well versed
in Native American culture. Creating lesson plans that satisfy IEFA requires collaboration
between those who know more about the culture and those who need to learn more about the
culture.
Collect and display other versions of the traditional fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
Attachments:
Link to The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson https://tinyurl.com/yambajmh

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ISBN: 978-1-56656-864-7
Lesson Plan #1 Vocabulary List - https://tinyurl.com/y6vuxxpj
Search Powwow finery/images https://tinyurl.com/y93cwp9l

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Lesson Plan #1: Vocabulary List Student name _____________________________
Book: The Twelve Dancing Princesses Date _____________________________
Author: Ruth Sanderson

1. bouquet

2. fate

3. finery

4. terrace

5. wardrobe

6. wits

7. befell

8. bide

9. bound

10. lagged

11. envied

12. flattered

13. persuaded

14. revealed

15. scurrying

16. spangled

17. ajar

18. curtly

19. hastily

20. reluctantly
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