Read 399 Fall 2012 Lesson Plan 1 Assignment Overview Planning an Interactive Read Aloud for Preschool P 3 students only Kindergarten or 1st grade Plan a read aloud lesson that incorporates strategies to build children s oral language background knowledge comprehension and love of books Your lesson plan should include the following 1 Book overview and lesson rationale Select a narrative text Your book should qualify as a sophisticated picture book see McGee Schickedanz article for criteria You should NOT choose an easier predictable or concept book for reasons we discuss in class Write a brief overview giving the title author genre the age group for which the book is appropriate and a succinct 1 paragraph summary of the story plot in your own words You may not borrow this from an online source In a separate paragraph give a lesson rationale that includes three things a justification for your choice of this particular book including why you believe your selection qualifies as a sophisticated picture book b a description of the language and literacy skills you will be helping children develop in your lesson and 3 a summary of the teaching strategies you will use Support your rationale with at least 1 explicit and cited reference to your readings on interactive read alouds e g McGee Schickedanz article Smith Read Chapter 4 2 Context Give the specific grade level with which you will implement this lesson 3 Learning objectives Write 3 4 broadly defined objectives for the read aloud lesson Start with Students will be able to or SWBAT Make sure most of these relate to language and literacy development and are specific to your book and lesson activities Bullet these 4 State Standards Identify 3 4 New Jersey Preschool Standards or Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts you will address If developing a PreK read aloud lesson you will want to draw from the listening and speaking standards as well as the emergent reading standard 3 If you are a K 5 cert student use the Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten or 1st grade you will want to draw from the Reading standard as well as the Speaking and Listening standard Bullet these Read 399 Fall 2012 5 Materials Bulleted list of materials and resources you will use including the book itself 6 Lesson Procedures for a 10 15 minute session that is a first reading aloud of the book Your read aloud lesson procedures should include 6 components a Brief anticipatory activity or discussion to excite interest and build background knowledge content schema useful for understanding the story Dig beneath the surface to find the possible themes or lessons in your book This activity or discussion should be the hook that excites interest in your lesson b Introduction of the book that you will give to students See my model for recommended practice Please include the actual words you will say as part of this introduction Be sure to tell students the genre of the book and if necessary explain the genre briefly Your introduction should introduce students to the main character s the setting and the central problem in the story You might introduce a few story events but don t give away the ending Instead wrap up your book introduction by saying Let s read to find out what happens when or Let s see if x is able to c Vocabulary support techniques Select 5 7 words that are critical to understanding the story Using the strategies discussed in your readings and in class and describe briefly how you will support understanding of word meanings for each word Do not simply give definitions of the words I know what they mean already Use a variety of strategies not JUST explanation d Think aloud comments and predicting questions Using the think aloud approach for analytic comments described in your readings identify 4 places in the text where you would stop insert your own comments that demonstrate your own responses and analytic thinking as you read What exactly would you say at each point Your think aloud comments should include i One responding with feelings comment e g I feel really x that xxxxx happened ii One responding with connections comment e g This reminds me of iii One responding with a question comment e g I wonder why x did Read 399 Fall 2012 iv One predicting and inferring comment e g I ll bet that x is going to Or I guess x must have Also please identify 2 places in the text where you will ask children to predict what will happen next v Place where you ask children to make a prediction vi Place where you ask children to make a prediction Be sure to make clear which analytic strategy you are demonstrating with each comment e g predicting questioning making an inference making a personal connection etc e After reading questions Come up with 5 open ended questions you might ask students during an after reading book discussion At least one of these questions should be a why question that requires children to make inferences about and explain central story events e g Why do you think x character did x The other questions should further help probe children s thinking and understanding The majority of your questions SHOULD FOCUS ON THE STORY ITSELF not just on personal connections f Describe an extension activity children can do to further excite children about the book while building vocabulary comprehension etc Please see the Children s Literacy Initiative Handout for ideas for appropriate extension activities 7 Assessment In a few sentences describe how you will know that your children have met your objectives for the lesson Your assessment strategies should be INFORMAL and observation based Note Your lesson plan need not be longer than 3 single spaced pages Please mark each subsection of the plan accordingly Criteria for Grading See Bb for a detailed grading rubric 1 You provide a well written succinct overview of the book that includes the book title author genre and plot summary Read 399 Fall 2012 2 Your rationale includes a clear explanation of why you believe the book you chose qualifies as a sophisticated picture book Your rationale also includes a well supported summary of the strategies you will use in your lesson and the kinds of language and literacy skills these strategies help support in young children 3 You identify the context at least 3 learning objectives and at least 3 learning standards Preschool Kindergarten or 1st grade and that are well suited to the purposes of an interactive read aloud and well supported by your lesson