All About Astronauts Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan
Special Education
Lesson Plan: All About Astronauts
Subject:
Fountas and Pinnell Reading Series
Content Area Reading
Topic:
Parts of a book
Objectives:

·         Given vocabulary, the students will participate and practice new vocabulary words in the story by giving an example of each word in a sentence of their own.

·         Given a text, the students will complete a picture walk and make oral predictions about what may happen in the text or what the text is mainly about.

·         Given the text, the students will complete a read aloud of the text in small groups.

·         Given a printable worksheet, the students will know and be able to correctly locate information from the features of a book.

·         Given a text, the students will know and be able to read it while participating in a running record assessment.

Methods:

·         Direct instruction – small group

·         Modeling

·         Guided practice

·         Application

·         Assessment

Materials:

·         Fountas and Pinnell – All About Astronauts – nonfiction book 113 – Level J

·         http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1416393771637021814# - The first walk on the moon

·         Astronaut Space Food

·         Vocabulary Handout

·         Printables

·         SmartBoard

·         Fountas and Pinnell Word Bags

·         Fountas and Pinnell Journals

·         Pencils and Pens

Motivation:

Teacher will say, “Have you ever wondered what an astronaut eats when he or she is in space? Today we will watch the first astronaut land on the moon, eat food that astronauts eat when they are in space, and we will read about astronauts and learn about different parts of a book!”

Activities:

After the viewing of the first space walk on the moon and sampling freeze dried apples, the teacher will introduce the text, All About Astronauts. This text is book 113; level N in the blue series of the Fountas and Pinnell kit. The activities that the students will complete match the lesson objectives stated under the objectives section of this lesson plan.

·         Given vocabulary, the students will participate and practice new vocabulary words in the story by giving an example of each word in a sentence of their own.

·         Given a text, the students will complete a picture walk and make oral predictions about what may happen in the text or what the text is mainly about.

·         Given the text, the students will complete a read aloud of the text in small groups.

·         Given a printable worksheet, the students will know and be able to correctly locate information from the features of a book.

·         Given a text, the students will know and be able to read it while participating in a running record assessment.

Practice Activity:

The teacher will ask the students to turn to the Table of Contents page in the text. The teacher will model where that is. The teacher will ask the students what chapter and page astronaut training is found on. The students will use the table of contents to answer the question. (Page 6, chapter 3). The teacher will ask what information might be found in this chapter. The teacher will note responses either orally or written.

The teacher will then ask the students what they will find on page 14 of the text and what chapter 1 is about.

The teacher will ask the students where information such as where might I find the name of the first man to walk on the moon or how do I sleep when I am in space. The students must justify their responses. The teacher will guide as needed.

The teacher will ask the students to turn to the back of the book and find the glossary. The teacher will ask the students if the words are in alphabetical order or not. The teacher will ask the students to define mission and college. The teacher will also ask the students to make connections to these words from their own prior knowledge.

The students will then complete a picture walk and read the story.

Independent Activity:

The students will complete a created exercise on parts of a book. The students will answer questions such as what chapter a topic might be located in, what page number a chapter begins on, and what the definition of a word is.

Evaluation:

·         Oral responses (participation)

·         Completed assignment of parts of a book

·         Completed running record

Assessment:

Assessments are on-going. Parts of a book questions have been a part of CMT examples in the past. The students will also have to know this information throughout their use of nonfiction books. Concepts such as index, photo captions, spine, and illustrator will be added in the future.

The extension exercises focus on a narrative writing prompt, which is also on the CMT’s for 3^rd and 4^th grade students.

Mathematical word problems with measurement, area, and place value have already been introduced to the students and they serve as a review for them.

When the students read, making a solar system, they are utilizing the skill of following directions. Will the students read the information before they attempt to create their solar system?