Jaclyn Turner

February 4, 2016
Observation #2
Lesson: Book Club/Guided Reading
Grade: 3rd
Time: 30 minutes
Students: 5
Standards:
3.RL.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or
feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of
events.
3.RL.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or
speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scenes, and
stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections
3.RL.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or
those of the characters.
Objective:
Students will be able to answer questions demonstrating their
understanding of the text.
Students will be able to describe the characters in the story.
Students will be able to identify the narrator in the text and his/her
point of view
Materials Needed:
Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom by Suzy Kline
Book Club Packet
Background:
Students are broken up into groups based on reading level. They have
had a day to get familiar with their groups and the text, and have had
one day to actually read with their book club. This will be the first time
this group will have met with the teacher for a guided reading activity.
Before: (5 minutes)
Students are already familiar with the story.
I will ask students the title of the book and its author. I will then ask
students to tell me what the cover picture makes them think the story
is about and have them make predictions on the story based on the
title and the cover.
Students have already begun reading so I will have them tell me the
main events of the story so far.
During: (10 minutes)

Students will switch off from choral reading to individually reading a

page out loud. The first page or two will be done chorally, and then
each student will read a page. I will be listening in to the students as
they read taking note on future teaching points for each of the
students.
The focus is not on decoding words, so if they come across a word
while reading that they dont know how to pronounce I will give it to
them. I will also only stop to check for understanding if there is a point
in the story that seems to need clarification.
After: (15 minutes)
The discussion will act as a formative assessment of what they had
read. The focus of the discussion will be on identifying the text
elements and identifying the narrator and his/her point of view.
I will begin the discussion by asking students what text elements they
noticed in the text that we had read so far. I will refer to the anchor
chart of text elements to remind them what text elements are
(Chapters, paragraphs, dialogue, narrator).
Once the students identify that one of the text elements is narrator, we
will begin to discuss the narrator of the story we are reading.
- Who is the narrator of this story? Who is telling this story?
Students will then find a passage with evidence that lets them know
that he/she is the narrator. If students are struggling with this, then I
will direct them to a passage and walk them through how to decide
who is the narrator.
Once the narrator is identified, I will prompt the students to think about
the narrators point of view.
- How do you think the narrator feels about what is going on?
Where in the text does it give you the idea he feels that way?
Students will be filling out their book club packets with the information
about the narrator and text elements after they are discussed.
If there is extra time, we will begin talking about the characters and
their traits.