Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Grade Level/Subject: 5th/Literacy

Central Focus: To be able to comprehend the story which
students are reading in their small groups
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:
Date submitted: 3/15/15
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A Read grade-level text with
Date taught: 3/17/15
purpose and understanding.
Daily Lesson Objective:
Performance: The students will learn new information about the book and will be able to relate
better to the story.
Conditions: The objective is to be completed in reading groups. The students must complete the
roll and answer questions/tasks using the book based on their reading level.
Criteria: The students must be able to accurately write down at least 3 questions and answers
from the roll and answer game. If they do not write down at least 3 questions, it does not
constitute mastery.
21st Century Skills:
Academic Language Demand (Language Function and
Critical thinking, social skills and
Vocabulary):
collaboration (students will be
Inference, main idea, visualizing, summarizing
working in pairs/groups)
Prior Knowledge: Students are to have finished/almost finished the book assigned by their
teacher. They should be able to read fluently and recall what has happened in the book.
Activity

Description of Activities and Setting

Time

1. Focus and Review

2. Statement of
Objective
for Student
3. Teacher Input
4. Guided Practice

During this time, I will be reviewing key words, mainly

coming from the roll and answer game
Words would include inference, main idea,
summarizing, and visualizing.
I would ask students Who knows what inference is?
Who knows what main idea is?
Who knows what summarizing is?
Who knows what visualizing is?
Students will be able to understand the book on a deeper
level and be able to summarize what has happened in their
novel.
Video on context clues

Students will be asked to visualize certain parts of their

novel in their reading groups
Students will be skimming their novel looking for key
parts that they can visualize in their mind
They will share with their group discussing why/how
they got that picture in their mind
The teacher will go around scaffolding the students as

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needed. For example, if students are having a difficult

time making connections to the book, they teacher will
help them come up with ideas
Students are able to work in their reading groups for
this section
Students will be asked to play the roll and answer
game
Each group will be given a die and blue card with a list
of questions/tasks for each number on the die
5. Independent
Students are to write down at least 3 questions/tasks
10-15
Practice
minutes
they individually completed in their group
They are allowed to talk with each other, but are to
each roll and answer tasks independently
Depending on how many students in the groups have
not completed their 3 questions/tasks, the teacher will
allow extra time or let those few pairs work silently until
it is completed
The teacher will collect the work students did during independent
practice to gauge how well the students understand their book
6. Assessment
If the students did all work necessary for the roll and answer work,
Methods of
they will receive a 4/4
all
If students complete a portion of the work, they will receive a 2/4
objectives/skills:
If students did not complete any of the work required, they will
receive a 0/4
When the lesson and assessment is over, the teacher will
bring the class together as a whole and have some students
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7. Closure
share new ideas about the book or new connections they have minutes
made with the story
As far as the tasks on the card go, students did a great job answering
what they did complete. Some students only did one, while others had
8. Assessment
about three to four tasks completed. The students were able to answer
Results of
the questions/complete the tasks fairly well. The students have
all
comprehended their novels well because throughout their novels, my CT
objectives/skills:
had her students complete graphic organizers with important
information.
Targeted Students
Student/Small Group
Modifications/Accommodations:
Modifications/Accommodations:
For students who cannot work well in group
For students have a hard time
settings, have them work independently. If
hearing, place them in the front of
students struggle with the guided practice, have
the classroom
teacher help during independent practice. If
If students have difficulty seeing,
necessary, pair lower level students with higher
make prints larger on sheets
level students. Teacher will pull guided reading
For ESL students, pair them with someone
group and assess from there.
who speaks their native language, or if no

one else in the class speaks their language,

translate the text so they will be able to
read it
Materials/Technology: Students novel, Roll and Answer game card, die, youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDVp6uzUtts
References: Youtube, my CT for the game

Reflection on lesson: Overall, I thought the lesson went well. The students have been exposed
to the game prior to me having them play it, so they were familiar with what to do. I had to recap
with them since it had been a while since they played it. The students did a great job with the
focus and review questions. Some students did not get as far along as I had hoped as far as
tasks, so next time I should allow for more time. Some students were confused and thought they
only had to complete one task on the card, when I wanted them to complete as many as time
allowed. I will need to be more specific in my directions in the future, not just with this game, but
any activity I may do with the class. In order to prevent confusion, I will next time need to ask a
student/or students in the class to repeat back to me what is expected of them during the
independent practice time. Although there was confusion, the students enjoyed the roll and
answer activity because they got to interact with one another. They got to talk about and get
ideas and how to phrase their answer from each other, even though they had to each had to
write their own answers down. I did not do a closure wrap up, which is something that I will need
to make sure to carry out in future lessons.