Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School Lesson Plan
Unit Title:
Subject:
Dates:
Grade:
Teacher:
Reading/language
December 3Grade
Page
arts/Writing/Drama/Visual
8th
Arts/Music
Weekly Learning Targets:
R.L. 1.1, R.L. 1.2
 I can ask and answer questions about the story. (K)
 I can identify the key details of a story. (K)
 I can identify the message or lesson learned in a story. (K)
 I can retell the story from beginning, middle and end. (K)
 I can explain the message or lesson I learned in the story. (S)
R.L. 1.3
* I can identify, define, and describe character, setting, and major events in a story ( R)
R.L. 1.7
* I can draw the characters, setting and plot of the story. ( R)
R.L. 1.9
* I can tell similarities and differences of adventures and experiences of characters.
This means how they are the same and different. (K)
R.F. 1.2.b
* I can orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds. ( S)
* I can orally produce single-syllable sounds by using consonant blends (S)
R.F.1.2.C
* I can identify the position of sounds in a word. This means that I can tell the beginning, middle
and ending. ( S) ( Assessment)
R.F.1.3.a
* I can recognize common consonant diagraph. This means I can identify two consonants that
make one sound.
R.F. 1.3.c
* I can name the rules for final –e and vowel teams that form long vowel sounds. (K)
R.F. 1.3.e
* I can divide a word into two syllables.
R.F.1.3.f
* I can blend, read, and build words with inflected endings –s, ing. This means I recognize words
With added endings.
R.F. 1.3.g
* I can read sight words (S)
R.F. 1.4.a
* I can read on-level texts with purpose and understanding. This means that I can read and
Understand texts and can tell why I am reading them. (R)
R.F. 1.4.c
* I can reread and correct my errors when needed. ( S)
*I can self-correct errors using story clues. ( S)
L.1.1.c
* I can use the correct noun and verb agreement in a sentence, This means if the noun in
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singular, the verb in plural. If the noun is plural, the verb is singular. ( P)
Day One Activities:
Morning Work:
Bell ringer work ( reading, math and language)
Phonics: Long e words –e, ee, ea, e-e
Review :Consonant digraphs and blends
Sight words ( individual work)
Spelling words: me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean,
sea, these
Challenge Words: street, please
Read to Self
Literacy:
Literacy Groups:
Long vowel words. Long e words ( word work)
Meet with individual students to check on reading.
Strategy of the Day: Chunking words
Whole Group Work:
Read story ask and answer questions about the story.
Identify the key details of the story.
Identify the message or lesson learned in the story.
Literacy Centers:
Poem of the Week: Mini Lesson ( author’s purpose &
message)
Day One Formative Assessments:
Bell ringer work
Phonics/Word study
Literacy groups
Literacy Centers
Teacher assessments of
reading
Writings individual
Morning Work
Assessments with blends
and digraphs
Long vowel Words
Sight Words
:
HOT Questions:
Identify the key details in the story..
Use details from the story in your
answer.
Teacher Read Aloud: Charlotte’s Web
Writer’s workshop:
Continue with informative piece “ How to decorate a
Christmas Tree, My Family
Rewrite and Publish
Complete sentences, capital letters, and punctuation.
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Drama:
Reader’s Theater
Day Two Activities:
Morning Work:
Bell ringer work ( reading, math, and language)
Sight Word Individual Work
Spelling Words : Study with a Friend
Phonics words with –e, ee, ea, e-e words
Read to Self
Whole Group:
Review story: ask and answer questions about the story.
Identify the key details of the story.ad story:
Retell the story using details from the beginning, middle, and
end.
Read story and identify, define, and describe characters,
setting and plot.
Literacy:
Literacy Groups
Group work within literacy groups. Review long vowel
words. Words giving students trouble when reading.
: Identify, define, and describe characters, setting and
major events in the story.
Day Two Formative Assessments:
 Teacher assessments of oral
readings.
 Long e words
 Bell Ringer work
 Literacy centers
 Journal Writings
 Assessments with blends,
digraphs, long vowels
 Sight words
:
Day Two HOT Questions:
Create a graphic organizer of the
beginning, middle and end of story.
Literacy Centers:
Read/sing poem of the week and review vocabulary
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Teacher Read Aloud: Charlotte’s Web
Writer’s Workshop:
Informative writings How to Trim a Tree,
My Family
Complete sentences, capital letters, and punctuation.
Drama:
Reader’s Theater
Visual Arts: Design Principle Repetition of Color
Element of Art Texture
Element of Art Form
Music Element: Rhythm
Vocals
Day Three Activities:
Morning Work:
Bell ringer work ( reading, math and language)
Phonics: long vowel “e” words
Sight Word Study
Spelling Words: Rainbow Write
Read to Self
Literacy Block:
Literacy groups within reading level
Read to self. Write and illustrate story . Running records
Individual assessments with teacher today.
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Day Three Formative Assessments:
 Sight Word Folder/Notebook
 Rainbow Spelling Words
 Literacy centers
 Poetry Reading
 Writing journals
 Bell Ringer Work
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Whole Group:
Read story with individual groups for Reader’s Theatre
Illustrate character and setting of story
Day Three HOT Questions:
Identify the character and setting
with an illustration..
Teacher Read Aloud
Writer’s Workshop:
Continue writing informative pieces for publications
Complete sentences, capital letters, punctuation
Day Four Activities:
Morning Work:
Bell ringer work ( reading, math and language)
Sight Words write on white boards
Review long e pattern words
Spelling Words – Cherry Pie
Read to Self
Literacy Group Work:
Review long vowel words. Self-Selected reading.
Whole group reading with fluency work.
Sight word checks.
Review reading strategies for the week.
Whole Group;
Fluency work with whole group. Read fluency passage with a
partner.
Reader’s Theatre
Day Four Formative Assessments
Bell work
Cherry Pie
Reading conferences
Writing conferences
Fluency Passages
White boards with sight words
Literacy Centers
Day Four HOT Questions:
.Compare your reading rate to your
previous reading for fluency rate.
Writing conferences
Informative pieces
How to Trim a Tree
My Family
Complete sentences, capital letters, punctuation.
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Day Five Activities:
Morning work
Bell Ringer Work ( reading, math and language)
Read to Self
Students will read to self
Spelling Word Dictation
Sight Word Spelling check
Sight word reading check
Day Five Formative Assessments:
 Spelling, sight word and
sentence dictation
assessments
 Long vowel words
assessments
 Reader’s Theatre Passage
reading
 Informative writings
Practice Reader’s Theater
Literacy:
Literacy centers:
H.O.T. questions>
Informative Writings:
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