Michelle Kearsley

Date of Lesson: 4/5/18

Ms. Bagley (Edgewood Elementary School)

TCNJ - School of Education - Lesson Plan

1.Title: Leveled Reader Lesson

2. Lesson Essential Question: How can you use details from a text to support a
conclusion?

3. Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly
to the text as the basis for the answers.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a
text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key
events occur).

4.
A. Learning Objectives: Students will be able to use details from the text to
support a conclusion.

B. Assessments: The students will complete a worksheet that requires them to

find supporting details in a text to support a conclusion.

Learning Objectives Assessments

Students will be able to use details from The students will complete a worksheet
the text to support a conclusion. that requires them to find supporting
details in a text to support a conclusion.

5. Materials:
-Teacher: A copy of the book Mysteries from Long Ago by Anne Finn for each
student. A copy of the worksheet for each student.
-Students: A writing utensil.

6. Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge: The students are familiar with
finding details that support an author’s purpose.

7. Lesson Beginning: The teacher will begin the lesson by introducing the book
Mysteries from Long Ago by Anne Finn to the students.

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 small group of The students will A copy of the book

students will sit at a listen to the Mysteries from Long 2 min
table with the teacher. teacher. Ago by Anne Finn for
The teacher will pass each student. A copy of
out a book and the the worksheet for each
worksheet to each student.
student. The teacher will
begin the lesson by
introducing the book
Mysteries from Long
Ago by Anne Finn to the
students.

The teacher will read The students will None. 1 min

aloud the first 3 pages of listen to the book
the book. and follow along in
their copy.

The teacher will read the The students will None. 5 min
first question of the draw their
worksheet aloud to the visualization of the
students. The teacher footprints.
will give the students
time to complete the first
question.

After the students finish The students will None. 2 min

their pictures, the compare their
teacher will ask the visualization to the
students to turn the actual picture in the
page of their books. The book.
teacher will point out the
picture of the footprints.
The teacher will ask the
students if their picture
looks like the one in the
book.

Next, the teacher will The students will None. 4 min

read the rest of the book listen to the book
aloud to the students. and follow along in
their copy.
 After the teacher The students will None. 4 min
finishes reading the complete the
book aloud, the teacher worksheet
will read the second individually.
question from the
worksheet to the
students. The teacher
will ask the students to
complete the question
individually.

To close the lesson, the The students will None. 2 min

teacher will ask a few share their answer
students to share their with the group.
answer to the second
question on the
worksheet. The teacher
will collect the
worksheets from the
students.

a. Differentiation: All of the students in the group are on-level readers. The teacher
will read the text to the students and help them answer the worksheet.

b. Questions: “Does your visualization of the footprint look like the picture of the
footprint in the book? Why does it look similar/ why does it look different?”

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 teacher will read the questions aloud to the students before
they answer them.

9. Closure: To close the lesson, the teacher will ask a few students to share their
answer to the second question on the worksheet.
 Name______________________________

On page 3 of Mysteries from Long Ago, it says “scientists found

dinosaur footprints on an island in the cold Arctic, near the North Pole”.
Visualize what you think the footprints looked like and draw them
below.

Directions: Fill in the text clue boxes with clues from the text that help
you make the conclusion.

Text Clue: Text Clue: Text Clue:

Conclusion: What scientists know about dinosaurs

changes over time.