Road Builders Lesson Plan

Mike Labagh

Special Education

Lesson Plan – Road Builders

Subject:

Fountas and Pinnell Reading Series

Topic:

Main Idea and Details

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 examples, students will know and be able to find and describe the main idea and details.

·         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 nonfiction text – Road Builders – Book 61 – Level I

·         Word bags and index cards

·         Journals

·         Pens and Pencils

·         Video Clip – building a road http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8028475

·         Matchbox trucks that are in the story

·         Vocabulary handout

·         Printables

Motivation:

Teacher will say, “Today we will learn about main idea and details in a story. First we will watch a short video about how roads are made. I want you to tell me if building a road is easy or hard to do.” The teacher will also show the students the machines that are used to build roads (matchbox machines). The teacher will then have the students read the vocabulary for the story.

Activities:

After the students view the video on building a road, they will….

·         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 their text, the students will describe if building a road is easy or hard to do and use examples from their text to justify their reasoning.

·         Given examples, students will know and be able to find and describe the main idea and details.

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

Practice Activity:

After the students read the text, Road Builders, they will use one of the graphic organizers (your choice) to describe if roads are easy or hard to build. The main idea will be that roads are easy or hard to build. The students will use the details from their story to justify their reasoning. The teacher will guide the students and have a sample graphic organizer completed for the students to view. The teacher will guide the students. The students do not have to have the same exact reasons for their main idea. Once this is completed, the students will complete a second graphic organizer on why roads are important. The teacher will then guide the students on this example as well. The students will use their graphic organizer to complete why roads are important. The students will then transfer their graphic organizer to written format. The students can use Microsoft word to do this if they prefer. If writing is difficult for some students, the teacher can write out what the student wants to say, as long as the student understands the concept of main idea and details. If time is an issue, the students can complete the second graphic organizer the next day.

Independent Activity

The students will find the main idea or details of small passages. They will also answer comprehension questions of what the main idea and details are. If the students need the passages read, that accommodation can be made. The teacher is assessing if a student comprehends what a main idea and details are, not if they can read.

Evaluation:

·         Participation

·         Completed extension exercises

·         Completed main idea and details activities

Closure:

The teacher will ask the students what the purpose of the lesson was. The students should respond with learning what a main idea and details are and where to find them in a story. If the students cannot answer what the purpose of the lesson was, the teacher will review the assignments and what the class discussed before they completed the activities. The teacher will then tell the students that the main idea and details in a story are important because we use them when we are telling a story, watching a movie, reading a book, or even describing ourselves. The teacher will then ask a student if their lunch was delicious or gross today. When the student responds, the teacher will ask why. After the student responds the teacher will say that the main idea was that the lunch was either delicious or gross and that the details were the reasons why the student said what he said. The teacher will actually state the examples that the student gives.

Assessment:

Assessments are on-going. The students will participate in another main idea and details activity in the Fountas and Pinnell series when they participate in lesson 81. The students will also be assessed on main idea and details on the CMT’s, DRA’s, and when they construct writing prompts, both required by the district and as classroom assignments.