Lesson 1

Title: Lesson 1 Understanding The Dot Through Inferences

Lesson Overview: This lesson aims to teach students a skill, inferring, they can use in reading to

aide in comprehension.

Resources or Materials Needed: Students will need the mentor text, an inference anchor chart,

graphic organizer, worksheet, smart board, electronic microphone, listening center and pencil.

Lesson Objective: Students will track changes in the main characters behavior to infer changes

in her state of mind, and then discuss why her behavior changes. (ReadWorks, 2017) Students

will be able to use information provided to complete a comprehension worksheet and meet a

satisfactory score of 80%.

Time: 90 minutes

Lesson Plan 1

Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activity

When students enter the classroom from recess, they will come to the carpet area and take a

seat and I will turn on my electronic microphone.

Students will be asked if anyone knows what it means to infer. Once they have had a chance to

answer, we will move on. Here is a list of examples to help prompt students: Jane puts on her

coat and hat, the snowman has melted, Hannah went inside to get an umbrella.

Step 2: Content Presentation

Teacher will introduce the book with an attention grabber. How many of us think that we are

artists? Let students answer. We are going to read a story about a young girl named Vashti

who doesnt think that she is good at art, and we are going to see if her teacher can change her

mind.
 Teacher will read the book and stop periodically to ask students questions in order to check for

understanding throughout the story. This will cause students to be listening for a purpose.

Step 3: Learner Participation

Teacher will post graphic organizer on board (Appendix A) with answers covered.

Teacher will ask questions to promote student response about the story and do a story recall

with students in the process.

When students answer a question from the graphic organizer, they will reveal the answer and

students will fill in their graphic organizer as well. This will continue until the graphic organizer is

completely filled in. If students struggle with answering the questions, the teacher will reread

passages to prompt students recollection of events.

Step 4: Assessment

Students will receive a comprehension worksheet (Appendix B) with multiple choice questions.

Teacher will read each question out loud for students to ensure that they understand what each

question is asking of them.

Students will reach proficiency if they are able to complete the worksheet with 80% accuracy.

Step 5: Follow-Through Activities

Students who need to revisit the text, will have the option to listen to the story again at the

listening center. This will also serve students who missed the reading of the story the first time

that it was read.

After all students have completed the assessment, they will turn it in.

Teacher will display a blank copy of the assessment on the overhead and ask for volunteers to

answer and justify their answers. If students are wrong, they can ask for help from a peer. This

will continue until the whole worksheet has been reviewed and is posted with all of the correct

answers.