Megan Teresi
Future Educator
LESSON PLANS
RL.K.7 Relationship between illustrations and the story (Kindergarten)
The lesson begins with a "read aloud" with the wordless picture book The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. The teacher models how to tell a story by just looking a the pictures by focusing on emotions, gestures, the background, and actions. The students then get a chance to do a shared reading with the remainder of the book and independent practice by writing their own page of the book using the pictures. As an real life extension, the class emails their version on the book to the author. Assessed using formative checklist and writing rubric. (Click title for full lesson)
RL.2.7 Demonstrate understanding of characters, setting, or plot (2nd Grade)
The lesson begins with a "read aloud" with the book I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll. The lesson focuses on the characteristics used to describe the various monsters in the book. The students use context clues, prior knowledges, and pictures to try to solve unknown words in the text. Students then get to create their own monsters using geometric shapes, in connection to math standards, and then describe their monsters using "colorful" adjectives. Assessed using a writing rubric and formative checklists. (Click title to see full lesson)
4.OA.C5 Generate a pattern that follows a rule (4nd Grade)
The lesson is a problem solving lesson that digs into one problem deeply to develop deeper cognitive thinking and understanding. The problem looks at a pattern where students must decide how much a smile and a frown are worth only knowing that each combination adds up to a certain amount. The lesson starts off independent, moves to small groups, and ends with whole group sharing and defending of strategies.
4.NF.B.3.D Solve word problems with addition or subtraction of fractions
(4nd Grade)
The lesson is a problem solving lesson that digs into one problem deeply to develop deeper cognitive thinking and understanding. Students will work and reason the problem “39 students want to share 5 candy bars equally. How much can each student get?” and then students will share the various strategies that they came up with. Students will work independently, then in groups, ending with a whole group strategy sharing session.
5.NF.B.6 Solve real world problems involving the multiplication of of fractions and mixed numbers (5th Grade)
The lesson is a problem solving lesson that digs into one problem deeply to develop deeper cognitive thinking and understanding. Students will work and reason the problem “It takes 2/5 of a cup of flour to make 1 muffin. How many muffins can you make with 35 cups of flour? Come up with two or three strategies to solve this problem.” and then students will share the various strategies that they came up with. Students will work independently, then in groups, ending with a whole group strategy sharing session.