Week 4 Lesson Plans

I am still in the process of writing my first lesson plan.  This is the one that I will be teaching next week during my observation.  The teacher sent me this list of standards to choose from for my lesson plan:

Determine Important Information

Make Inferences

Make Predictions

Summarize

Determine Author's Purpose

Paraphrase

Sequence

Generalize

Ask and Answer Questions

Monitor Comprehension

Visualize

Make Connections

Categorize and Classify

Identify Main and Ideas and Details

Draw Conclusions

Recall and Retell

I decided to go with Make Predictions since that is what we just talked about in class.  The first thing that came to my mind was the anticipation guide.  I may use this:

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I found these worksheets for writing predictions.  As I read the story, I am going to have students make predictions.  I think I will pass out this handout for students to write down their predictions on.


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I think this one would be good for independent practice.


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This would be good for BDA.  I might use this in the input to explain some strategies on how to make predictions.


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When I talked to Mrs. Steffes after class, she gave me some great suggestions.  She suggested I use The direct reading thinking activity.  I think it will work out great in the lesson.  The story I chose for my prediction lesson is Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.  I used the Good Reads website to search for prediction books.  This was also a book that Mrs. Steffes had found and suggested.  I had it in my library.  I wish that I had copies of the book for students.  I could have chosen a short story, but I wanted to use a picture book so that they can use the illustrations to make predictions.  I had wanted to use the book, What Would You Do With a Tail Like That?, but I don't have the book.  I plan on doing what the teacher in the video did that we watched in class.  I am going to read parts of the book, and stop and discuss it and make predictions as we read. 

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I may stop in the story and have students do this activity:

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For Independent Practice, I am going to have students work in small groups and use the prediction strategies that we discussed on a book of their choice.  I also thought about printing out some handouts like this:

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For the closing activity, I am going to have students do a quick write.  Here is what I have chosen"

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I think I will print out these bookmarks and pass out to the students.

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What do you think?  Do you have  suggestions or ideas for my lesson plan?