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CCSU Lesson Plan

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Student Teacher: Sarah Schoenborn
Grade Level: 5
Lesson Date:10/22/15
Name of Lesson: Homeless Bird introduction
Common Core State Standard(s)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in
a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic;
summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.C
Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).

Student Learning Objective(s)

Students will be able to identify the main characters in the first three chapters of the book as well
identify the setting of the story. Students will also be able to use direct quotes from the text to
support their opinions, and make predictions as to what will happen next in the book.

lessons objective.
This lesson will help students learn to identify the major characters, theme, and setting of the story.
Also the students will learn the importance of using the text (in direct quotes) to make inferences
and predictions as to what is going to happen next in the story.
Rationale for Objective: How does this lesson support previous and subsequent learning?
This lesson will allow students to pick out the important details (theme, setting, and characters) of
a piece of literature. This will allow them to analyze literature more critically as well as making
predictions using support from the text. Students have been taught previously the correct way to
cite novels.

Assessment
Students will be assessed on their ability to use direct quotes from the text in order to support their
predictions. Students will also be assessed on their ability to answer basic questions that identify
the setting, theme and main characters.

Instructional Model/Strategy
The lesson will begin by having the students listen to the first three chapters read aloud in class.
Then the students will be placed in groups to complete the ED TED assignment. The students
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will then respond to the Padlet activity individually. After the padlet activity is complete the
class will engage in a brief whole group discussion about the prediction responses. The students
will then work in groups of 2 to create a Fakebook page for one character that has been in the
book so far (chapters 1-3).

Materials/Resources needed for this lesson

Smartboard
Ipads/computers
Copies of Homeless Bird

Daily formative assessment:

The teacher will walk around as the students are viewing the ED TED video and help them if they
have any questions. Also the teacher will read their padlet response and discuss with the group as a
whole whether or not they accurately used direct citations to support their predictions.

Differentiating Instruction:
The first three chapters will be read aloud so difficult vocabulary or content can be addressed by
the teacher as the story is read. Students will be working in small groups when viewing the ED
TED video to help guide them through the exercises. Also the teacher will be walking around and
providing scaffolded instruction as the students complete their Padlet responses. The whole group
discussion that follows the Padlet activity will also help clear up any misunderstandings of how to
directly quote from a text as well as using text as support for argumentation/predictions.

Initiation:
The teacher will start the lesson by having the students listen to the first three chapters of Homeless
Bird by Gloria Whelan read aloud. The teacher will address any difficult vocabulary or content
and then ask the students to get into groups of 4 to watch the ED TED video, and answer the
corresponding questions on their Ipads (one per group).

Lesson Development:
Once the students have completed watching and responding to the ED TED video, they will
individually respond to the Padlet activity that is displayed on the Smartboard. Students will use
direct citations from the novel to write brief predictions using two specific examples from the text
of whether Sass, Sassur, or Chandra (they get to pick one) will have a positive or negative impact
on Kolys experiences during the rest of the book. As the students are responding to the padlet
activity the teacher will be walking around and helping students remember how to accurately cite
a novel, and answer any questions they might have. The teacher will then hold a small group
discussion once everyone is finished responding to the Padlet. The small group discussion will go
over whether or not people have cited the text accurately and whether or not their classmates agree
with the predictions that have been made.

Closure:
The teacher will then have the students get into pairs and create a Fakebook page for
one of the characters (of their choosing from the first three chapters). The students
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will have to exhibit their knowledge of setting, theme and main characters with the
details they choose to include in their Fakebook pages. Once the students are done
completing this lesson they should have a thorough grasp of how to identify the
setting, theme, main characters (from homeless bird, which they can then apply to
any story) and how to directly cite a novel to make predictions.
Tech resources:

http://ed.ted.com/on/pyDBeslh
http://www.classtools.net/FB/1041-8nhAFg
http://padlet.com/sschoenborn5/dqg23jfgs0w6