Sierra Nevada College Elementary Lesson Plan Sample

Teacher Candidate: Sasha Gamble Lead Teacher:

Grade/Subject: 2nd Grade District:
Lesson Content: ELA - Read Aloud School:
SNC Supervisor: Time Allotted: 45 minutes

Materials, including technology:

“Shark Lady” by Jess Keating, word wall with vocabulary words and definitions, whiteboard & markers,
student dictionaries, student notebooks, pencils, colored pencils

Standard(s), including literacy for all content areas and/or SMP

RL.2.1 Ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate
understanding of key details in a text

RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

How will learning be assessed at the end of the unit/learning cycle (summative):
Learning will be assessed by the accuracy of the answers given to questions about the story

Objective(s): high cognitive demand for diverse learners Cognitive Level (DOK or Bloom’s)
1.Afterlistening to the story I will be able to ask and answer questions DOK Level 1
about who, what, where, when, why and how.

2.I will be able to explain how the main character in the story reacts to DOK Level 2
the challenges she faces.

Connections to past learning or experience, building background

Whole group discussion about sharks.

Essential Vocabulary Definitions

Challenge A difficult problem or task

Research Careful study of something to find out more information about it

Experiment A carefully planned test to discover something unknown

Strategy for teaching new vocabulary

Word Wall with vocabulary words and definitions (Teacher)
Student 4 square dictionaries (Student Activity)

Sequence and Scope of Instruction (include instructional Instructional Strategy estimated

strategies, questions, opportunities for meaning making time
through discourse and other engagement strategies,
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formative assessments, opportunities for metacognition,

grouping, differentiation and transitions)
1.Schema – Introduce the book “Shark Lady,” and ask Think, Pair, Share 5 minutes
students to think about what they know about sharks, if
they have ever seen a shark, or a movie about sharks,
where sharks live in the wild, and some words they
would use to describe sharks. Students will then turn
and talk with a partner and then partners will share out
with the whole group.

2. Introduce vocabulary words on the word wall. Match Whole Group Instruction & TPS 5 minutes
words with their definitions and briefly explain each
word. Introduce the word “challenge” last. After
explaining the definition give some examples of
challenges that they can relate to and have students
think, pair, share about challenges they have
experienced.

3. Go over the 6 big questions. Who, what, when, where, Whole group Instruction 5 minutes
why and how (write these on the whiteboard one below
the other and have students write them in their
notebooks). Explain to students that during the story you
want them to pay attention so that they can answer
these types of questions about who is in the story, what
they do etc. On the whiteboard, next to “who,” write,
“who is this story about?” and tell them that will be the
first question they have to answer.

4. Read aloud “Shark Lady” stopping at pre-marked Whole group while reading, 10
pages with questions for discussion. Pay special Partners when discussing minutes
attention to questions about the challenges Eugenie questions
faces and how she reacts to them.

5. As a class come up with multiple questions for each Whole Group Activity 5 minutes
starting word on the board to answer about the story.

6. Independently, students will choose one question to

answer from each category. In their notebooks students Independent 10
will write down the question they chose and then the minutes
answer. Students will also answer the prompt “Explain
one challenge Eugenie faces in the story and how she
responded” for a total of 7 answers.
Differentiation for ELL & SPED students can work in
partners with fluent speakers to come up with answers.
GT Enrichment: Students can come up with more
questions about the story that use other starting words
not listed on the boar
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Closure : specific activity to review content

Students will complete their four square dictionary entries with the vocabulary words and write an exit
ticket about “One thing I learned today”

Teacher Candidate Reflection on the lesson (after delivery)

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SNC: April 3, 2014