Lesson Plan
1 Grade LD Resource
Writing
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COMPONENTS
1. Preplanning: Describe the
following
 Lesson objective:
 Rationale/relevance:
o Related to IEP goals
and curriculum
standards
o Related to students’
lives/broader purpose
 Materials/technology
2. Set up: How will you do the
following?
 Getting attention
 Explaining behavioral
expectations
3. Lesson opening: How will you
do the following?
 Brief overview: lesson
objectives
 Brief review prior
knowledge/prior lesson
 Make connections/Provide
motivation
4. Lesson body: How will you do
the following?
 Teacher explanations,
demonstrations, examples
 Teacher guided practice
 Active participation
 Universal and selected
interventions to reach all
students
 Check for understanding
5. Extended practice: How will
provide independent practice?
 Activities/Seatwork/Homework
6. Lesson closing: How will you do
the following?
 Summarize/ Review key points
 Tie material together
 Organize the transition
7. Evaluation: This can be before
the closing or at a later date.
How will you determine they
achieved the lesson objectives?
 Matches the objective
 Independent performance
The objective for the lesson is for students to write a
complete sentence when given a topic beginning with a
capital letter and ending with a period.
1-5.1: Create written communications (for example, thank
you notes) for a specific audience.
These first grade students have IEP goals which require
them to write complete sentences with a period and
beginning with a capital letter.
The students will be reminded that if they do what is
expected of them they will get a treat at the end of the
lesson.
“Today we will be reading a book about trains and we will
be writing a sentence and drawing a picture about our
favorite part of the story when we are finished reading.
Read the book about trains to the students. The students
will then write a sentence and draw a picture about the
story using correct capitalization and punctuation. Walk
around among the students to check for understanding.
Question them about their work.
The students will be writing sentences about their favorite
part of the book that we read. They will receive a treat if
they behaved during the prior part of the lesson.
“Today we learned how to write a sentence about our
favorite part of the book on trains. “ Have the students
share their sentence with their classmates. Have the
students clean up, line up, and walk them back to class.
The students will meet the performance criteria if they write
a complete sentence about the book using correct
punctuation and capitalization.