Intern Name: Bryon Toner

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Listening and Retelling the book “The Giving Tree”
Grade: Kindergarten
Length of Lesson: 30 minutes
Date Taught: 4/18
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
Students will sit down and listen to the teacher read “The Giving Tree” and will
Overview then get into their groups and draw their favorite scenes from the book. They
will then present what they drew to the class.

Standards of K.9- The student will demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts

f) Retell familiar stories, using beginning, middle, and end
Learning
Essential Questions
Students will be able to… demonstrate their comprehension of fictional texts
through retelling of scenes from the story.
Objectives

I can retell a piece of fiction using beginning, middle, and end.

Learning Target
Necessary Prior -How to comprehend events in a story
Knowledge
Giant post-it notes, crayons, “The Giving Tree”
Materials

Have all the students sit on the carpet and explain to them what they will be
Introduction/Hook doing

1. Read the story to the students

2. Have them return to their tables and give one giant post-it to each table
Instructional 3. Students will draw their favorite scenes from the story on the papers
4. Class will meet again at the carpet and each table will get up and tell the
Activities & class what they drew.
Strategies

Key Vocabulary or Students will need to be able to remember pieces of the story and describe them
Concepts
Assessments Assessed by how well the students understand their scenes when they present
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
 their drawings.
The closure is the presentations of the student’s work
Closure Activity

Accommodations
N/A

Resources Crayons, book, and giant post-its

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

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1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
My cooperating teacher gave me a packet of objectives for me to choose from, then I came up with an idea and
talked it through with her.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
I wasn’t sure exactly what I should do until I was given the objectives then it really narrowed the possibilities and
made it easier to come up with ideas.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

It all went according to plan which surprised me because kindergarteners are very unpredictable. It did take a
little longer than expected though.

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

I originally wanted the kids to work together to draw one big scene but they all wanted to draw different things
so I just let them each do something and describe it to the class.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

Very well

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
Based on their presentation, it was evident if the student understood what was going on in the story.

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of
the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
I believe it was a success, the students demonstrated the necessary skills and also had fun and had a chance to
be kids.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success?
The lesson wasn’t very complicated so it did not require a lot of preparation time.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
No, I feel like all of the students enjoyed themselves and had a chance to show their skills in the process.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

I had a lot of fun teaching this lesson, definitely an experience to remember.

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Overview, SOLs, essential questions, objectives (10)
Introduction/hook & closure (10)
Instructional activities (20)
Accommodations (10)
Assessment (5)
Vocab, materials, resources (5)
Supplemental materials, if applicable (5)
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
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Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)