USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Reading

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What Standards (national
or state) relate to this
lesson?
(You should include ALL
applicable standards. Rarely
do teachers use just one:
theyd never get through
them all.)
Objectives- What are you
teaching?

Evaluation Plan- How will

you know students have
mastered your objectives?

Step-by-Step Plan

Group
Size:22

Name: Kaitlyn Miller

Date of Lesson: 11/9/15

Lesson Content
LAFS.4.RI.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

1. The student will be able to answer questions using text evidence.

Formative:
The student will be able to answer
questions referring to texts that they
have read

Summative:
The students will be writing down their
responses to the questions

Students will talk in pairs and discuss

answers that they came up with

Answered questions correctly and accurately by

referring back to the text

Time

2 min
2 min

Lesson Implementation
Who is
responsibl
e (Teacher
or
Students)? Direct Instruction:
1. Ask students to pull out The Tarantula Scientist and Fragile Frogs.
Teacher
2. Explain how I would model the text evidence activity

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Reading
4

Group
Size:22

Name: Kaitlyn Miller

Date of Lesson: 11/9/15

Student
Intern

3. Put the students into pairs and give them each a question on an
index card.

Student
intern

Independent Practice:
4. Have the students talk and come up with an answer to the
question on the index card.

5 min

5 min
Student
intern

5. Have pairs get with another pair and talk about their answers
seeing if they agree or could add anything.

6 min
Student
intern

Closure:
6. Wrap up the group work and talk about the answers they got and
see if the class agrees with the answers

Meeting your students

needs as people and as
learners

If applicable, how does this lesson connect to the interests and cultural
backgrounds of your students?
I will ask if the students enjoyed reading these and what they liked about them. Which
one was their favorite?

Differentiationbased on
the needs of your students
how will you take
individual and group
learning differences into
account.

I will make sure all students are on task while working in pairs

Relevant Psychological
Theories and research
taken in consideration
when planning this lesson

Having students use text evidence to answer deeper thinking questions.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Reading
4

Group
Size:22

Name: Kaitlyn Miller

Date of Lesson: 11/9/15