Marven+of+the+Great+North+Woods+(Day+2)+Lesson+Plan

= Marven of the Great North Woods (Day 2) Lesson Plan =

Jessica Thomas || **Grade ** 4th || **Class Size ** 14 || **Date / Time ** April 5 2:30 pm || Language Arts |||| **School ** Waverly Elementary || **Mentor ** Brian Eisentraut || = I. Value of the Lesson  – //What will the students learn? Why is this learning meaningful, important and appropriate? What will the students say or do that will serve as evidence of learning? // = Students will finish reading the story, answering comprehension questions along the way. || Students will answer comprehension questions during discussion. ||
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**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">II. Context for Learning ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">– //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">What factors will influence my instructional decisions? How will my instruction respond to these factors? // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Ex. IEP Accommodations, ESOL, Social Concerns, Etc.) |||| <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Differentiated Practices for <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">this Lesson ** ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Savannah and Samuel struggle with reading comprehension. |||||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We will discuss the story and conprehension questions while the other half of the group returns to their seats and answer the questions on their own. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Ex. Family/community/cultural assets; Perspective- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Taking; etc.) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Implications for this Lesson** || = <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">III. Instructional Procedures //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">– What instructional strategies will I use to ensure that every child is a successful learner? // =
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 * <  |||| Students will discuss vocabulary about lumberjacks and what they do. The students will then read the vocabulary while its located in the text. ||

As a whole group, we will discuss the vocabulary words from the background information before continuing to read the text. We will finish reading the text and answering comprehension questions along the way.

= <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">IV. Analysis and Reflection <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">To what extent are my students learning? How can I improve my professional skills? (complete ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">after ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">teaching) // = The students each worked on comprehension question individually. I had half the group doing questions from the first half of the story and I read the first story with the other half of the group. Then we switched and my first group read by themselves the rest of the story and answered questions. The other group came to be me we discussed the beginning and then read the rest of the story. It was helpful to have my struggling students in the second group because I was able to discuss more with them and gave myself some more time with them.