Teacher: Allison Simons Date: 10/23/2018

Lesson Plan Title: Volcanoes: Pompeii Lesson Plan Topic: Pompeii

Estimated Time: 110 minutes

1. State Standard(s):
a. RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and
the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when,
why, and how key events occur).
b. RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text,
referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
2. Teaching Model(s):
a. Student Directed: Discussion
b. Collaborative: Centers
3. Objective(s) :
a. I can ask questions about literary text referring to specific details.
b. I can answer questions about a literary text using explicit references to support
their answer.
c. I can find evidence within a literary text to support an answer.
d. I can refer to text to support my conclusions.
4. Materials and Resources:
a. You Wouldn’t Want to Live in Pompeii
b. I Survived
c. DK Explorer
d. Youtube Video
5. Instructional Procedures:
a. Motivation/Engagement:
i. TW say: A very famous scientist, Carl Sagan once said, ““You have to
know the past to understand the present.” Today we are going to focus on
a volcano eruption from the past to try to better understand why it is
important to learn to study volcanoes and how studying past events can
help the future.
b. Development Activities or Learning Experience:
i. Review Key Details from I Survived
1. Remind students that it is a fictional text. Today we will be reading
a nonfiction text. This text is interesting because it is illustrated
with cartoon characters and the TEXT STRUCTURE is formated
differently than other nonfiction text we have read.
ii. Read Aloud: You Wouldn’t Want to Live in Pompeii
1. In Depth look at the timeline
a. Use sequence signal words
2. Post Read: Fill out “Who, What, When, Where, Why and How”
chart on the whiteboard.
3. Past Tense
a. When do we use it? Why do we use it?
 b. Brainstorm past tense words.
iii. Watch:
1. That Was History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ayPTEl8BP4M
2. To better understand what the person in the video was speaking of
and the damage it caused we are going to watch this video. While
watching, I want you to pay attention to the effects that this
volcano had and imagine how you would feel if you lived during
this time.
a. Sequence Signal Words (Past Tense) Sentence Starter: “If
I lived in Pompeii then I would _______”
3. Pompeii:1
iv. Discussion:
1. Why wouldn’t you want to live in Pompeii?
2. How does reading this nonfiction text help you to better
understand the fiction text “I survived”?
a. Remind students that we also read the DK Explorer about
Vesuvius
3. Did seeing the videos help you to better understand the
information provided in the texts?
a. Which video helped you to understand better.
4. Teacher will point out that there are multiple ways to gain
information and that we can enhance our learning, specifically
reading with different media modes, such as informational videos.
v. Activity/ Extension:
1. Cake Lava Flow experiment
a. How does slope impact the flow of lava?
b. Did the lava overpower the objects in its path?
vi. Centers:
1. Word Work: Volcano Vocabulary
a. Listen to Reading:
1. Know It Alls! Volcanoes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBKlzUE1zw
2. Magic School Bus Blows It’s Top:
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=OcBKlzUE1zw
2. Read to Others: Volcano Informational Texts
3. Work With Teacher: Review of skills (cause and effect, asking and
answering questions, quotation marks) through volcanoes
4. Work on Writing: Volcano book printouts and accompanying
graphic organizer
5. Read Aloud (Chapter Book): I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii
6. Closure:
a. Discussion:
i. SW share what they have learned about Pompeii
vii. Assessment and Evaluation of Learning:
1. Formative: Volcano Field Study Packet- to be collected on Friday
2. Summative: None
viii. Homework Assignment: None: