Lesson Plan 3 For Unit Plan
Lesson Plan 3 For Unit Plan
Lesson Plan 3 For Unit Plan
I. Objectives
How does this lesson connect to the unit plan?
Summarizing and Synthesizing through Laura Numeroffs books
cognitiveR U Ap An E C*
physical
development
socioemotional
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Common Core standards (or GLCEs if not available in Common Core) addressed:
RL 2 Retell stories including key details and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL 3 Describe characters, settings or major events in a story using key details.
(Note: Write as many as needed. Indicate taxonomy levels and connections to applicable national or state standards. If an objective applies to particular learners
write the name(s) of the learner(s) to whom it applies.)
*remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create
Have you ever heard of these before? Can anyone explain what they are?
Outline assessment
activities
(applicable to this lesson)
Summarizing every few pages of the book to create a large summary at the end
Formative (as learning):
Can you summarize your day today? Can you put in order what you did at school today?
Summative (of learning):
Seqeuncing game, put cards in order. Summarizing worksheet (somebody wanted but so)
Provide Multiple Means of
Representation
Provide options for perceptionmaking information perceptible
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Materials-what materials
(books, handouts, etc) do
you need for this lesson
and are they ready to use?
Sherman Crunchley
Sticky notes
Somebody Wanted But So worksheet
Sequencing activity cards
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Pencil
Start on the rug with the story Sherman Crunchley to summarize with sticky notes. Then move to
desks for the somebody wanted but so activity. Read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Move back to the
rug to start the sequencing activity. Have them stand in a circle and use cards to put the story in order
3 min
Components
Motivation
(opening/
introduction/
engagement)
5 min
Development
(the largest
component or
main body of
the lesson)
10-20
min
2.
2 min
5.
7 min
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3.
4.
6.
510min
10
min
10
min
3-5
min
Closure
(conclusion,
culmination,
wrap-up)
Your reflection about the lesson, including evidence(s) of student learning and engagement, as well as ideas for improvement
for next time. (Write this after teaching the lesson, if you had a chance to teach it. If you did not teach this lesson, focus on the
process of preparing the lesson.)
I ended up teaching this lesson two different days. It was a little different when I started out, but I revised it after the first day. The
summarizing portion of the lesson was hard for the students. My teacher and I had talked about it previously, and she thought it
would be a good idea to challenge them so she gave the okay on the lesson. I would say about of the students understood what
summarizing was by the end of the lesson, but it was still rough to get there. I tried to give them multiple examples of what
summarizing was, having them summarize their recess and what they did that morning. This seemed to clarify it further for some.
Then we read the book Sherman Crunchley. Every few pages I stopped and we talked about what had just happened in the book and
summarized those few pages. Then, at the end we summarized the book all together and I gave them somebody wanted but so
worksheets to fill out at their desks. I used this worksheet as an assessment. Most of the students understood really well and had little
to no trouble filling out the sheet. Others had a more difficult time with one boy who couldn't even tell me what happened in the
story. Looking back, I realize that I may have made the lesson a little advanced for them because normally when a lesson is taught
about 19/21 students understand it and move on. During this summarizing lesson I would say about 15/21 understood it. I was
planning on teaching sequencing from the same book, but after the summarizing lesson I decided to reevaluate and teach sequencing
the next day from a fresh approach. The next day I used If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and sequencing cards to teach the students.
This worked out so much better. I felt so much better about the sequencing lesson than the summarizing one. It felt good to end on a
positive note because I was discouraged about the summarizing lesson. That said, I know that making mistakes is the best possible
way to learn and now I know what works and what doesn't with my students!
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