Week 8-lesson plan

Candidate’s Name: Aviva Zussman              

Grade Level: 1^st grade           

Title of the lesson: Silly Sounds

Length of the lesson: One 45 minute class period plus homework

 

Central focus:   Improving student fluency skills

Knowledge of students Print Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, ABC, letter identification, first grade reading level

Common Core State Standards (   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2-Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.6-Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text

Support literacy development through language   Retell story in different ways to increase reading fluency

Learning objectives Students will retell stories repeatedly to improve their reading fluency and their comprehension of the story.

Formal and informal assessment (including type[s] of assessment and what is being assessed)   Informal assessments will be done while the students practice and record their stories the teacher will listen in to ensure that it is being done correctly.

Instructional strategies and learning tasks (including what you and the students will be doing) that support diverse student needs. Your design should be based on the following:   Students will choose a book to read out loud. Students will be told that they will record themselves reading these books into a voice recorder several times using different voices. The students will need to choose the different voices that they will use to record that represent the different characters in the story. After rehearsing the story several times students will begin recording. After the recordings are completed students will be asked to take their recordings home to show their families and vote on which voice sounded the best. Struggling students will choose an easier story that is on their level to read. They also may need extra practice with a teacher before recording.

Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning. Voice recorder

Reflection Did your instruction support learning for the whole class and the students who need great support or challenge?] My lesson is designed to be stimulating for all students regardless of their ability since each child can accomplish the task on their own learning level. What changes would you make to support better student learning of the central focus? Perhaps for the stronger students I would have them write their own stories to read and record to not only improve their reading fluency but their writing skills as well. Why do you think these changes would improve student learning? Support your explanation from evidence of research and/or theory. I think that these changes would improve student learning since it is well known that the more students write, the better writers they will be.

 

Dr. Hui-Yin Hsu Spring 2014