Week # 5 Mini-Lesson Based on Running Record


Candidate’s Name: Jessica                                
Grade Level: K-2
Title of the lesson: Show Me: Noun and Verb
Length of the lesson: 15-20min

Central focus of the lesson: Comprehension and Sequencing
In this lesson, students will be able to identify and correctly use the nouns and verbs.
Knowledge of students to inform teaching: After performing a running record, Jessica show shown in results that she needs additional support in identifying nouns and verbs. Jessica will be taught skills that she will be able to use and continue to improve towards becoming a reader who has control over textual meaning. This lesson plan will increase Jessica’s appreciation for identifying nouns and verbs in a text and practice textual meaning.  
Prior Knowledge:
1)      How to write complete sentences.
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5
With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.6
With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.4.C
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5
With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.6
With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.A
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.B
Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.3
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.5
Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.6
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.)
Support literacy development through academic language:
·         Key learning task: Students will be able to select pictures and identify if they are a verb or noun,  In addition, students will be able to formulate sentences based on the pictures they selected.
·         Sentence Level: Complete sentences
·         Discourse: Conversation/ discussion
Learning Objective:
1)       Tell students they'll be making a poster about nouns and verbs. They will be cutting out pictures from old magazines to use for graphics on their poster.
2)       Explain that they'll be cutting out pictures of nouns and verbs from the magazines. Then, they'll write a sentence to go with every picture, circling the nouns and underlining the verbs
3)       Guided Practice: Pass out a magazine, pair of scissors, glue stick, and sheet of construction paper to each student.
4)       Tell students they will need to find one picture, cut it out, and paste it onto their construction paper.
5)       Instruct students to write their sentences using the picture.
6)       Allow students to share their graphics on the construction paper and formed sentences based on the picture selected aloud to the class.
7)       Ask students to identify nouns and verbs in the sentences.
8)       Have students complete their posters independently.
9)       As an informal assessment, walk around and check for understanding as they work. Once finished, collect the posters and review them. Provide feedback on students’ posters by using the rubric.
Differentiation
Enrichment
1)      Students who don’t find the lesson challenging ask them to write a paragraph about their pictures instead of one sentence,
Support
  • ELL students will be assigned to complete the assignment with a partner or use ICTs to select the verb or noun using the website Starfall.com
Formal and informal assessment:
1)      Have students present their posters and select the nouns and verbs in their presentation.
2)      Grade students posters based on the rubric.
3)      Walk around and check for students’ understanding by asking questions.

Instructional resources and materials:
1)      Posters
2)      Construction paper
3)      Markers, Crayons
4)      Pencils
5)      Paper
6)      Computers
Reflection: Questions to ask following the lesson
1)      Did technology enhance the lesson? If so what made it effective?
Technology enhanced the lesson for ELL students because they were able to complete the assignment by using ICTs and an alternative.
2)      Did I modify enough for different level learners?
Yes.

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