Writing Lesson Plan Reflection

Teacher Candidate Name:

Grade Level:

First Grade

Date:

3/9/2020

Unit/Subject:

Reading & Writing - Tell Me About a Telling Sentence- Students will write proper telling sentences explaining objects, writing descriptions, and fixing sentences.

Instructional Plan Title:

Telling Sentences / Fixing Sentences

Lesson Summary and Focus:

Students will be able to identify, critique, and rewrite telling sentences correctly. Students will learn what a telling sentence consists of. A telling sentence tells a complete thought, starts with a capital letter beginning and ends with a period. Once students know what a telling sentence consists of, they will have to sort between two categories of premade telling sentences as incorrect or correct. Premade sentences will have errors to teach students how to properly form a telling sentence. Instructor will monitor students individually and as a group to discuss why a sentence is correct or incorrect. This will help first graders with sentence structure and literacy concepts of complete sentences such as end punctuation, capitalization and building complete sentences. This lesson will be the start of future lessons in terms of forming paragraphs.

Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping:

In the first-grade class there are a total of 30 students. 7 students are classified as one year below reading level, 15 students are at grade level and 7 students are above grade level.

National/State Learning Standards:

CCSS. ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.C -Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes)

CCSS. ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1J – Writing and forming sentences (declarative / responding to prompts)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2. A – Capitalizing first word in a sentence’

CCSS.ELA -LITERACY.RF.1.1. A – Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence

CCSS.ELA.-LITERACY.SL.1.6 – Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation

Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives:

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling and writing

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Academic Language

Telling sentence

Sentence Structure

Capitalization

Period

Rewrite

Writing

Noun

Subject

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology:

Pictures of different objects

Poster with sentence errors

Sentence strips presented correctly vs incorrectly

Fix sentences worksheet

Ball

Anticipatory Set

Have the students come together and discuss what a telling sentence is and discuss the components of a telling sentence. Once the students understand the components and guidelines instructor will hold up pictures in front of the class and ask students to write sentences on the board explaining and telling what the object is in the picture.

Time Needed

20 minutes

Multiple Means of Representation

Give students sentence strips to sort they can sort 5 sentences and put the sentences incorrectly for a partner and them to fix and go over. Groups can be strategically paired from a below average, to average or above.

Have the students cut up magazines and form telling sentences each sentence should consist of a noun (subject) and a verb.

Have advanced students form a paragraph of telling sentences and describing an item. Students who struggle will sit with instructor or struggling groups and identify part of a sentence such as noun (subject), verb (details) etc.

Model writing

Assessing students understanding to see if they were able to include each of the three parts of a sentence in their work

Time Needed

15 minutes

Multiple Means of Engagement

For a telling sentence game have students toss the ball around the class and whoever they throw the ball to has to say a telling sentence about the clothing item a student is wearing and each round with have a category etc. When the music stops (freeze) the student must look at the projector and state what is incorrect or correct about the telling sentence projected if wrong they are out, if correct they can stay in the game. Last student wins a prize.

Time Needed

30 minutes

Multiple Means of Expression

Technology on IPAD of students hearing telling sentences and visually seeing the sentences form together (auditory and visual / technology)

Students using magnets, and Velcro words to form a sentence (hands on, interactive learning)

Read aloud telling sentences instructor formed on the board (whole group, visual, teacher modeling)

Ask students if a telling sentence is correct showing correct things a telling sentence should have (strategic questioning / feedback / class participation)

Have students work in groups to form telling sentences (cooperative learning)

Time Needed

45 mins

Extension Activity and/or Homework

For homework students will receive a picture and they will have to write down a telling sentence(s) describing the picture and explaining the objects seen through the photograph. Ex: crying baby – The baby is crying.

Time Needed

20 mins