Subject of Lesson: Fluency

Minutes

Time Estimate: 15

Grade Level: Pre-K- Third Grade

PLANNING AND PREPARATION
Central Focus: Lesson Purpose and Rationale
The purpose of this lesson is to provide an example of a lesson that future
educators can use to teach fluency in the younger grades. Wordless picture
books are a great resource since it forces children to use their imagination to
tell the story in their own words. When the child reads the book aloud, they
must focus on creating sentences that provide meaning.
Specific Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS)
Kindergarten:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.4
Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
First- Third Grade:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4.A
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4.B
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and
expression on successive readings.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4.C
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding,
rereading as necessary.
Lesson Objectives
Students will read the book, Chalk, and then create their own illustration which
depicts what happens after the story has ended which they will then read aloud.
Materials/Resources
- Construction paper
- Chalk by Bill Thomson
- Lysol wipes
- 3 hole punch
- Yarn
- Hairspray
- Dinosaur puppet
Arrangement of Physical Space and Students
Students will sit in a circle facing the two co-teachers. They will be arranged in
the circle so that all students can see the book and hear the teacher.

INSTRUCTION (LESSON SCRIPT)

Key Questions, Comments,
Directions, Assessments
A. Introduction (1 Minute)
1. Teachers will provide an overview of
the lesson and what the students
will be doing. They will also be
presented with a teacher-made
board which displays the lesson
objectives. Students will also be
given a brochure outlining what
fluency is.
Steps

B. Lesson Body (10 Minutes)

C. Closure

1. First students will discuss the cover

of the book and make predictions
about the story. They will be given
about 2 minutes
2. Then students will read the book
with a partner and come up with a
story for the wordless picture book.
3. Then the students will come
together and reread the book as a
group. They will go around in a
circle taking a turn reading a page.
4. Independent activity- students
will each be given a piece of
construction paper and some chalk.
They will each draw a picture that
can continue the story from where
the book left off. They will then tell
the story of their page.
1. Teachers and students will discuss how
we can use wordless picture books to
improve fluency in the younger grades,
specifically for students ages Pre-K- 3rd.
2. Teachers will compile all of the
students papers into a book.