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My students will be
using the writing process
to learn about friendly
letters in order to thank
the PTO Members for all
they do for us. This fits
my students because
the PTO is very involved
in what goes on inside
the school. Recently
they helped do the Book
Fair, Grandparents Day
Lunch, Muffins for Mom,
and most recently the
Harvest Festival.
Vygotsky believed in
learning being like a
ladder. You cannot get
from the ground to the top
of the house without a
ladder He called this
scaffolding. By scaffolding
the lessons you not only
start them off easier and
get more difficult, but you
are taking the
responsibility off the task
and putting it on the
student. I do this in this
unit by starting off writing
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Students will
reflect upon their
learning at the
end of the day
when we look
back at the KWL
Chart in order to
see what they
have learned
about friendly
letters.
What Do I Want
to Learn
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Materials: What
What Did I
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KWL Chart
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Exit Slip
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Supporting Varied Student Learning Needs:
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Pre-Assessment:
Theoretical Links:
Relation to Personal,
Cultural, or
Community Assets:
How does this lesson fit your
learners?
My students will be
using the writing process
to learn about friendly
letters in order to thank
the PTO Members for all
they do for us. This fits
my students because
the PTO is very involved
in what goes on inside
the school. Recently
they helped do the Book
Fair, Grandparents Day
Lunch, Muffins for Mom,
and most recently the
Harvest Festival.
Student
Reflection: How will
Vygotsky believed in
learning being like a
ladder. You cannot get
from the ground to the
top of the house without
a ladder He called this
scaffolding. By
scaffolding the lessons
you not only start them
off easier and get more
difficult, but you are
taking the responsibility
off the task and putting it
on the student. I do this
in this unit by starting off
writing a friendly letter in
a whole group setting,
then a small group
setting, and finally the
students will write one
by themselves.
you use? What essential questions will you address in each segment? What supports will you
offer to differentiate instruction?
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Students will be
able to reflect upon
their learning when
they complete the
exit slip At the end
of the day.
Materials: What
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Friendly Letter
Template
Parts of a Friendly
Letter Chart
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Worksheet
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1. Have students share one thing they wrote on their prewriting
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Pre Writing
worksheet.
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Worksheet
2. Go back to Quick Write. Ask students to add anything they
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learned but to not erase what they already put down.
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Quick Write
3. Go over what students have already learned.
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Assessment: How will you document evidence of
Supporting Varied Student Learning Needs:
student learning? Is this formative or summative
assessment?
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Related Literacy
Skills:
Learning Objectives:
(metacognition)?
My students will be
using the writing
process to learn about
friendly letters in order
to thank the PTO
Members for all they
do for us. This fits my
students because the
PTO is very involved in
what goes on inside
the school. Recently
they helped do the
Book Fair,
Grandparents Day
Lunch, Muffins for
Mom, and most
recently the Harvest
Festival.
Vygotsky believed in
learning being like a
ladder. You cannot get
from the ground to the
top of the house
without a ladder He
called this scaffolding.
By scaffolding the
lessons you not only
start them off easier
and get more difficult,
but you are taking the
responsibility off the
task and putting it on
the student. I do this in
this unit by starting off
writing a friendly letter
in a whole group
setting, then a small
group setting, and
finally the students will
write one by
themselves.
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Materials: What
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Relation to Personal,
Cultural, or
Community Assets:
How does this lesson fit your
learners?
Yes/No Game:
Students will be asked
questions about a
friendly letter and will
give a thumbs up for
yes and a thumbs
down for no.
My students will be
using the writing process
to learn about friendly
letters in order to thank
the PTO Members for all
they do for us. This fits
my students because
the PTO is very involved
in what goes on inside
the school. Recently
they helped do the Book
Fair, Grandparents Day
Lunch, Muffins for Mom,
and most recently the
Harvest Festival.
Vygotsky believed in
learning being like a
ladder. You cannot
get from the ground to
the top of the house
without a ladder He
called this scaffolding.
By scaffolding the
lessons you not only
start them off easier
and get more difficult,
but you are taking the
responsibility off the
task and putting it on
the student. I do this
in this unit by starting
off writing a friendly
letter in a whole group
setting, then a small
group setting, and
finally the students will
write one by
themselves.
Materials: What
Yes/no checklist
you use? What essential questions will you address in each segment? What supports will
you offer to differentiate instruction?
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1. Hand out self-evaluation work sheet.
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2. Have students self-evaluate their own letter.
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3. Complete final
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Assessment: How will you document evidence of
Supporting Varied Student Learning Needs:
student learning? Is this formative or summative
assessment?
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