Michelle Kearsley

Date of Lesson: May 2, 2018

Ms. Bagley (Edgewood Elementary School)

TCNJ - School of Education - Lesson Plan

1.Title: Guided Reading Lesson- Earl and Eggster Float Away

2. Lesson Essential Question: How is cause and effect used while reading a story?

3. Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.8
Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text
(e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support
the main idea.

4.
A. Learning Objectives
B. Assessments
Learning Objectives Assessments

Students will be able to use cause and The students will complete a worksheet
effect while reading a story. using cause and effect.

Students will be able to determine the The students will write a summary about
main idea of a story. the story.

5. Materials:
-Teacher:
 A copy of the worksheet for each student
 A copy of the book for each student
-Students:
 A writing utensil

6. Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge: The students have used cause
and effect as well as summarizing before. This lesson is a review.

7. Lesson Beginning: The teacher will start the lesson by explaining that the story is a
fantasy. The teacher will ask the students what that means. The teacher will guide the
students to the answer that a fantasy could not happen in real life.
8. Instructional Plan: Time needed approximately 20 minutes
What the teacher will What the students Materials the teacher Approx.
be doing: will be doing: needs to have ready: Time:

The teacher will start the The students will None

lesson by explaining that answer the 2 min
the story is a fantasy. teacher’s question.
The teacher will ask the
students what that
means. The teacher will
guide the students to the
answer that a fantasy
could not happen in real
life.

The teacher will pass The students will A copy of the 1 min
out the book and receive the book worksheet for each
worksheet to each and worksheet. student.
student. A copy of the book
for each student.

The students and The students will None. 12 min

teacher will take turns read the book.
reading the book. The
teacher will ask about
vocabulary words as
they read.

The teacher will ask the The students will None. 3 min
students to finish filling complete their
out their worksheet. worksheet.

The teacher will review The students will None. 2 min

the student’s answers. share their
answers.

a. Differentiation: The teachers will help students who are struggling with the
worksheet. Students do not have to read aloud if they do not want to.

b. Questions: “What is a fantasy?”

c. Classroom Management: The group will be a maximum of six students. The

students will sit at a table with the teacher.
d. Transitions: The group will be a maximum of six students. The students will sit
at a table with the teacher.

9. Closure: The students will share their answers aloud with the group.
Name:_______________________

Causes Effects

1. The sun melts the ice cliff. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

Summarize the important parts of the story in your own words.

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