Lesson Plan: 1
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 determine the meaning of new vocabulary words based on context clues
- Students will sort words based on common characteristics (i.e. beginning sounds)
Standards:
CS2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or
subject area.
Essence: Word Meaning
E1: Make connections with other key words in a text to determine their meanings.
E2: Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text,
E3: Match a word with a picture/object that indicates its meaning.
VAU2.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
Essence: Word Meaning
E1: Use context clues to determine the meanings of unknown words.
E2: Identify new meanings of familiar words with multiple meanings.
E3: Identify the meanings of familiar words.
VAU 2.5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Essence: Word Relationships
E1: Identify real-life connections between words and their uses.
E2: Sort words into categories
E3: Sort common objects into categories.
Least Support
- Students will determine the
meaning of new vocabulary
words based on context clues
- Students will sort words
based on common
characteristics (i.e. beginning
sounds)
Moderate Support
Most Support
-Students will identify vocabulary
words and their meanings.
- Students will sort words based
on common characteristics (i.e.
beginning sounds)
-Students will match a picture to
a new vocabulary words to
indicate meaning.
- Students will match pictures
based on common
characteristics (i.e. beginning
sounds)
Materials:
SmartBoard Activity on Caring for Pets
Plastic dogs
Sponges
Muddy/Soapy water
Vocabulary puzzles
Vocabulary/Story words
Activities:
1. Teacher Facilitation #1 : SmartBoard Lesson:
Caring for Pets.
- Discuss and graph the number of pets in the
classroom.
- Talk about things you need to do in order to
care for a pet.
- Introduce the cover of the story to students
explaining that Harry is a dog who becomes
very dirty.
3. Teacher Facilitation #2: Identifying new
vocabulary.
- Teacher will introduce new vocabulary words
to students.
- Teacher will read vocabulary words in
context to help students determine meanings.
- Teacher will review vocabulary words and
their meanings with students.
5. Student Application #3: Word Sort
- Teacher will review definitions of vocabulary
words and relevant story words to students.
Students will have to sort words based on
similar characteristics (i.e. beginning sounds)
2. Student Application #1: Bathing Dogs
- Teacher will emphasize the difference
between clean dogs and dirty dogs.
- Students will use sponges to clean mud from
the plastic dogs.
- Teacher will facilitate discussion of how the
plastic dogs became clean.
4. Student Application #2: Vocabulary Puzzles
- Students will match vocabulary words and
their definitions together.
- Teacher will help facilitate successful
matching and review definitions with
students.
6. Student Application #4: Vocabulary
Assessment
- Students will take the vocabulary
assessment.
Warm-Up
Begin lesson by discussing pets. Compare and contrast the needs of people versus animals.
Key Vocabulary:
furiously
soundly
buried
strange
dashed
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
Hands-on instruction
Connections to the real world
Guided Thinking
Modeling
Activating prior knowledge
Assessments:
Response Mode:
Vocabulary Puzzles
Word Sort
Vocabulary Assessment
Matching/Choice Making
Student Performance
Student Performance
Possible Accommodations to use with this lesson:
Picture/object prompts to support vocabulary
instruction.
Minimizing amount of vocabulary words
presented.
Highlighting vocabulary words in text.
Matching pictures to help facilitate successful
word sorting.
Closing Activity
Review vocabulary words and definitions as a whole group.