USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template: Read Aloud

Name: Breanna Dennes

Grade Level Being Taught: 3rd Grade
Date of Lesson: November
3, 2016
Standard - What standard is
this lesson working to
develop?

LAFS.1.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of

their central
message or lesson.

Purpose/Objective - What
skill(s) are you developing in
this lesson? What do you want
students to practice, or be
able to do?

In this lesson, I want to gauge how well my students can relate key details of the story
back to me. I want to make sure they are understanding what we are reading and that
they are getting the lesson that this book wants them to get, i.e. if the first option is
not the most feasible, try a different route and think outside of the box.

Book Selection & Rationale

What book have you
selected for this read aloud?
Why have you selected this
book (how does it support
your objective/purpose)? Will
you be reading the whole
book (why/why not)?

For this read aloud, I have selected Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny by John Himmelman. I
selected this book because it is a SLAM book, or a Student Literacy and Media
Showcase book. These books are Reading Counts books, and if the student tests well
on these specific books and get a grade of higher than eighty percent, they get a
special dog tag to add to a necklace given to them. We have steadily been making our
way through these books, and I thought we would enjoy this one. However, I am not
reading the entire book, but only two or three chapters, as it is a chapter book, and
the class has other things to get through throughout the day.

Step-by-Step Plan
1. Describe how you will
preview the book and set-

Students will be invited to join me on the carpet for the read-aloud. First, I will
introduce this book as a SLAM book, and explain that for time reasons we will
not be able to read all of this book today. Then I will ask students if anyone does
martial arts or knows someone who does martial arts. I will choose a few

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up the read aloud.

Remember you may include
(but are not limited to):
Introduce the book and
complete a picture walk
Connect to students'
prior
knowledge/experiences
Introduce key
vocabulary
Introduce the
objective/purpose of the
lesson (the skill being
developed)

2. Describe the purposeful

questions you will ask.
Make sure they are related
to your objective/purpose.
Remember you should:
name the points in text
where you will stop
name the questions you
will ask (keeping in mind
the objective/purpose of
your lesson and higher
order thinking question
stem starters)
describe the structures
you will use to allow
students time to think and
share their thoughts
describe how you will
bring students back

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students to share, and maybe share my own story about my friend who does
martial arts. I will then do a short picture walk through the part I am going to
read, and ask the students to share with a shoulder partner what they think
might happen in the parts we are about to read. I will then start the read aloud.
I will give them about thirty seconds, reading the room to make sure they have
enough time without getting distracted. I will then call on one or two boys and
one or two girls to share so it is fair.
At page 2, I will stop and ask the students what they have noticed about the
illustrations so far. Do they have a lot of color? Why do they think this is the
case?
On page 9, I will stop and ask the students what they think the lesson to learn
from this story is. They can share with shoulder partners, and then I will call on
one boy and one girl to share their ideas.
On page 13, I will stop and ask students to predict silently what will happen
next. Then, after reading to page, I will ask the students if their prediction was
right by a show of hands.
On the last page I will read, page 19, I will ask what some important events in
the story were. After taking some answers, I will describe to students what we
are doing next, and show them the chart we are going to fill out. I will release
them by table group to go back to their desks, and have the paper helper pass
out the charts. I will then write the name of the book on the board, along with
the name of the main character, to help them with their writing. I will then give
them about ten minutes to fifteen minutes to fill out this organizer, just to
gauge what they remember from the story.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template: Read Aloud

Name: Breanna Dennes
Grade Level Being Taught: 3rd Grade
Date of Lesson: November
3, 2016
together to continue
reading
describe the way you
will utilize an anchor chart
(if applicable)
3. Describe how students
will summarize and share
their thoughts about the
story. How will you wrap-up
the story with students? How
will they share their thoughts
or feelings about the story?
How will you lead students
into the assessment (i.e. after
reading activity)?

Evaluation Plan How will

you know students have
mastered your objective(s)?
Describe the afterreading/assessment activity
students will complete and
how it shows if they have
mastered your objective.
*Include a copy of any
materials (e.g. handouts,
organizers, etc.) that you

The assessment I am giving my students has three boxes labeled beginning,

middle, and end. In these boxes I want them to write what happens at the
beginning of the story, the middle, and the end. If they can tell me what
happened, then they have mastered this skill.

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are giving to students.

3rd Grade

November 3, 2016

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template: Read Aloud

Name: Breanna Dennes
Grade Level Being Taught: 3rd Grade
Date of Lesson: November
3, 2016