Lesson Plan: 3
Teacher(s): J. Hertsenberg
Subject: ELA
Unit: “Harry the Dirty Dog”
Grade band(s): K-2
# of Students: 7
Setting: REACH K-2
Lesson Objectives:
- Students will use illustrations from a story to help describe story events.
- Students will sequence story events.
Standards:
CS2.4 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning
introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
Essence: Text structure
E1: Describe the beginning and ending of a story.
E2: Sequence events related to a story.
E3: Identify the beginning and/or ending of a story.
IKI2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in print or digital text to
demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Essence: Connect illustrations to text.
E1: Use an illustration and details from a story to describe the characters, setting, or events.
E2: Tell what is happening in an illustration.
E3: Identify a given component of an illustration.
Least Support
- Students will use illustrations
from a story to help describe
story events.
- Students will sequence story
events.
Moderate Support
- Students will tell what is
happening in an illustration.
- Given picture prompts,
students will sequence story
events.
Most Support
- Students will identify a
component of an illustration.
-Students will identify the
beginning and ending of a
story.
Materials:
“Harry the Dirty Dog” by Gene Zion
Story illustrations
Corresponding Text
Sequencing Pictures
Activities:
1. Teacher Facilitation #1: Whole group read
aloud of "Harry the Dirty Dog" by Gene Zion
2. Teacher Facilitation #2: Story Illustrations
- Whole group discussion on how Harry
responds to challenges using clues from the
illustrations in the text.
3. Student Application #1: Matching text to
illustrations.
- Students will be provided with text and
illustrations from the story.
- Students will have to match the text to the
illustration based on what they seeing
happening in the picture.
- Teacher will support as necessary.
4. Student Application #2: Sequencing story
events.
- Students will work to place pictures of story
events in the correct sequential order.
- Teacher will help students recall story events
and support as necessary.
Warm-Up
Review comprehension questions with student to help activate prior knowledge of story and
important events.
Key Vocabulary:
furiously
soundly
buried
strange
dashed
dig
Non-verbal
Challenging behavior
Gross Motor Skills
Deficits in
expressive/receptive language
Barriers:
Attention to task
Fine Motor Skills
Teaching Strategies:
Pre-teach relevant vocabulary
Connections to the real world
Guided Thinking
Hands-on instruction
Modeling
Activating prior knowledge
Assessments:
Response Mode:
Matching text and illustrations
Sequencing story events.
Student performance
Student performance
Possible Accommodations to use with this lesson:
Picture/object prompts to support instruction.
Adapt text to facilitate successful matching of
illustrations.
Minimizing amount of story events to
sequence.
Making pictures larger.
Closing Activity
Whole group review of story events in correct sequential order.