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| Grade | 3rd | |
| Subject | ELA | |
| Content Standards: | CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. | |
| Materials: | -Poster on Sequencing -Chart Paper -Markers -SMART Board -Three short teacher-made paragraphs (one for the Do Now, one for modeling, and one for student practice) –Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes -Three teacher-made differentiated worksheets for sequencing events -Teacher-made Exit Slip on sequencing -YouTube Video Introduction to Reading Skills: Order of Events | |
| Lesson Objective: (What are you going to teach the students?) | Students will be able to sequence the events in a story by analyzing important events and placing them in chronological order | |
| Vocabulary: | Sequencing: retelling the important parts of a story in order. | |
| Pre assessment: (Elicit background knowledge.) | -I will ask my students to read a short paragraph that I have prepared with events that are out of order and do not make any sense. -After they have finished reading, I will ask my students for their thoughts on my short paragraph. -The end result that I am expecting from my “Do Now” activity is for my students to see that when important events are out of order, they do not make any sense. This Do Now activity will help me determine what my students know about sequencing. | |
| Model: (This is the most important part of your lesson. Here is where you teach the students your objective. Write down everything you will say to the students.) | At the beginning of my mini-lesson, I will first introduce the strategy of sequencing to my students by providing them with a clear definition using a poster on sequencing. (See poster below)Definition ->Sequencing: retelling the important parts of a story in order. Next, I will seek prior knowledge from my students by asking them to “Think of some transition words that we can use when sequencing events.” While my students are listing off transition words, I will write them down on a piece of chart paper and add to them to create a helpful sequencing resource that they can use. Then, I will model to my students how to sequence events in a story by analyzing important events and placing them in chronological order. While modeling, I will read a short paragraph that I have prepared, highlight/underline/write down all of the important events that I come across, and then use transition words to order the events after I finished reading. (See paragraph below) Finally, I will have my students read a short paragraph that I have prepared so that they can practice using the same techniques that I used (i.e., reading, highlighting/underlining/writing down important events, and placing them in chronological order with the use of transition words) to sequence. After my students have completed sequencing the events in the short paragraph on their own, I will go over it with them. (See paragraph below) | |
| Group 1 Above grade level | Students in this group will complete a worksheet requiring them to write a paragraph to sequence the events of the story. | |
| Group 2 On grade level | Students in this group will complete a worksheet with a timeline on it to sequence the events of the story. | |
| Group 3 Below grade level | Students in this group will complete a worksheet with a simple flow chart on it to sequence the events of the story. | |
| Closure: (After the students complete the activity you bring the class back together and briefly review what they have learned) | -After my students have finished working on their differentiated sequencing worksheets, we will gather as a class on the carpet. My students will take turns sharing out their sequence of events for the book Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (e.g., one student will share out an important event that happened in the beginning of the story, another student will share out an important event that happened in the middle of the story, etc.). | |
| Assessment: How will you know if the students understood what you taught them? | Students will be given an informal assessment in which they complete an Exit Slip. The Exit Slip will have important events from the story Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes listed out of order. The students will work on putting the important events in chronological order. (See Exit Slip below) | |
| Homework: Make sure it matches with the objective. | For homework, my students will first watch the YouTube video Introduction to Reading Skills: Order of Events to refresh their memory of sequencing. -Then, my students will read their individual books and practice sequencing by placing the events of the story in chronological order. | |
| Teacher reference: List links and other resources you used when creating your lesson plan | Link to Video Read Aloud of Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes: Reading is Succeeding. (2016). Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urB6gh-E59Q. Link to YouTube Video on Introduction to Reading Skills: Order of Events (for homework): McGraw-Hill PreK-12. (2013). Introduction to Reading Skills: Order of Events. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUpSsTVCfY. Title of Book: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes. Henkes, Kevin. (1996). Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books. Other Resources Used: Hannah Crowley. (n.d.). “Sequencing Reading Strategy Poster.” Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sequencing-Reading-Strategy-Poster-3615666. |
Short Paragraph for Do Now:
Short Paragraph for Modeling Sequencing Events:
Short Paragraph for Students to Practice Sequencing Events:
Poster on Sequencing:
Sequencing Events Worksheet for Group 1 (below grade level):
Sequencing Events Worksheet for Group 2 (on grade level):
Sequencing Events Worksheet for Group 3 (above grade level):
Sequencing Events Exit Slip:
