COE Lesson Plan

EDCI 511 Integrating Language Arts/Childrens Literature Across the Curriculum

Foster - Lesson Plan #2
Lesson Teacher: Shannon D. Foster Date: September 18, 2017

Lesson Grade Level: Time Frame: 3 45 minute periods/blocks of

Grade 3 (Lexile level 590) time

Content Area: Language Arts and Phonics Group Strategy: Other

Preparing for Lesson Development

1. What does your pre-assessment observation indicate about your students needs, and
current performance and educational needs? Although grade 3 students begin to
understand more complex words when reading, they struggle to recall complex words
when writing their own compositions. Their command of vocabulary can range from
knowing only the very basic word sets to more advanced vocabulary. Grade 3 students
need the skills and strategies to search out and find higher-level vocabulary that reflects
their growing educational development.

2. How will you design the lesson to meet the needs of all learners in your classroom?
The class will use the picture book The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen
Bryant to discuss third grade level phonics and word recognition. We will begin with
reading the story for fun. Students will then participate in whole class, individual and
small group activities. Next students will work in small cooperative learning groups to
complete a research activity. Finally, students will write an individual reflection on
similarities they find in other languages and why they think that way.
Lesson Plan Development

Lesson Title: Make Your Words Work

Common Core and/or State Standard: The link to Montana OPIs Common Core Standards is
currently not being served. See http://opi.mt.gov/Curriculum/MontCAS/MCCS/index.php .
The following links will open the appropriate webpage for the Common Core State Standards
Initiative.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7, CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.L.3.4

Lesson Objective: Develop lists of synonyms Assessment of Learning: Students will write
one might find in a thesaurus. synonyms on poster board displays.

Lesson Objective: Identify and group words Assessment of Learning: Student will write
into lists based on prefixes and suffixes from words using colored pencils to identify
synonym lists. prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

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Lesson Objective: Expand knowledge of Assessment of Learning: Students will create a
meaning between related words. group of words relating to one from their
synonym list.

Lesson Objective: Create knowledge of words Assessment of Learning: Using the computer,
from three languages other than English. students will research and write a chart
displaying grouped words in three other
languages.

Based on the lesson objectives, select an appropriate teaching model: 5Es

Indian Education for All (IEFA) No Yes. If yes, please describe:

Students will research and list in a chart how to say at least five related words in the
Apsalooke (Crow) language. Words will be found using the Crow Language Consortium at
www.crowlanguage.org/english-to-crow/.
Classroom
Lesson Procedures/Activities Materials
Management Needs

Read The Right Word: Roget and His Hovercam projector Whole Class (15min.)
Thesaurus by Jen Bryant to project the story Teacher reads the
ISBN:978-0-8028-5385-1 on a whiteboard or story to the whole
white wall. class.
Picture Book

Introduce the lesson by discussing what a Thesaurus Whole Class (5min.)

Thesaurus is. Teacher directed
discussion.

Tape poster boards around the room so Posterboard (4-6) Whole Class (5min.)
students can write on them. Tape Discussion based
Choose students to give a word they heard Marker on student input.
in the story and writeone on each of the
displayed poster boards.

All students should circulate to each poster Markers or crayons Individual (10 min.)
board and write a synonym or synonym Individual
phrase for the word posted. circulation
Teacher circulates
to keep student
on task.

Students create individual lists by sorting Sorted Word Lists for Small Groups of
the words into groups based prefixes, roots, each student three (20min.)
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or suffixes. One word may appear in any Pencils Teacher circulates
number of lists. Colored pencils to keep student
Students should use colored pencils to on task.
identify prefixes, root words, or suffixes.

(Next meeting) Individuals sorted Whole Class (10min.)

Review list of sorted words. lists Teacher directed
Students should articulate why they choose discussion based
to place certain words on certain lists. on student input.

Divide class into groups of three. Related Words List Small Groups of
Students choose six words from the created for each student three (20min.)
lists and write as many related words as Pencil Teacher circulates
they can think of (I.e. celebration (on list), Computer to keep student
celebrate, celebrity, celebrated, on task.
celebratory, etc.)
Choose three word groups to share with
the whole class.

Each group shares their three word groups Listening ears Whole Class (15min.)
with the entire class. Each member of the Individual group
group should share one word group. presentations.

(next meeting) One computer per Small groups of two

two students. (30 min.)
Pair students and use one computer for Teacher shows
research. Word Languages
Chart document (see examples on the
Using the computer, students research the overhead
document below)
words from their word groups to find the projector to get
Pencil
translation for Latin; Spanish, French, or students started.
German; and one of the languages from Teacher circulates
Native Americans tribes of Montana (see to keep student
link below) on task.

Reflection Individual Reflection Individual (10 min.)

Paragraph for each Teacher circulates
Students write a reflection about their list student to keep student
making and research experiences. They Pencil on task.
should answer questions such as:
What did you like about making lists
like Peter Mark Roget?
What did you think about when you
organized your lists?
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How can this help you learn new
words?
Did any of the words from the other
languages look like English? Which
ones?
Why do you think that is so?
Can you identify possible prefixes,
roots, or suffixes in the other
languages?
Even though these are four different
languages, why do you think words
look the same sometimes?
Evidence of Lesson Effectiveness/Student Learning:
Students will create one class list and three individual lists:
Synonyms list (poster board)
Sorted Words list with colored pencil indicators
Related Words list
Word Language Chart
Students will write a short reflection paragraph on their list making experience.

Reflection and Recommendations for the Next Time: This lesson could be expanded in so
many ways.
Students could create their own lists of things that interest them.
Students could alphabetize their lists into their own thesaurus.
Class lists could be combined to make a classroom copy of language words
Students could draw illustration and put the four words on the picture, like a multi-
language picture dictionary.
More time may be needed to complete all of the tasks.
The teacher may need to show more examples on how begin the lists, especially for lower
achieving students.

Attachments:
Link to individual worksheets for lists
Link to The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Link to the Native American Tribes of Montana
Skills available for Common Core third-grade language arts standards

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