Lucy Portugal
Manorhaven Elementary School
Observation - 10/16/11
Grades/ESL level: 1st & 2nd/ Newcomers
Lesson Topic: Classroom Objects
Standards:
Common Core Learning Standards:
RL – 7 (1st Grade): Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or
events.
RL – 7 (2nd Grade): Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital
text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
NYS Learning Standards:
ESL Standard 2: Students will listen, speak, read, and write in English for literary response,
enjoyment, and expression.
Content Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Identify and name classroom objects (backpack, chair, crayons, scissors, markers,
paper, pencil, glue, book, table)
 Use visual cues to independently read My New Backpack
Language Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Orally name and identify classroom objects
 Orally express possession using sentence prompts, “This is my ” and “These are my”
 Orally express and identify the location of classroom objects using, “in, on, under”
 Echo read/sing “This is my paper” and “In/On/Under” song
Key Vocabulary: backpack, crayons, scissors, markers, paper, pencil, eraser, glue, book, table,
in, on, under, this, these
Materials: table, backpack, chair, crayons, scissors, markers, paper, pencil, eraser, glue, book,
“Listening Song,” “This is my paper” song, “In/On/Under” chant, classroom objects worksheet
and sort
Procedure:
Motivation
1. Teacher and students will greet each other
2. Students will chant “Listening Song” to get their bodies ready to listen
3. Student helper will lead the class in reading morning message and will write missing
sight word in message. Students will respond to the following question in the
message: “What is your favorite place in our school?”
4. Students will read student-created book “If You Take a Mouse to Manorhaven
School”
Lucy Portugal
Manorhaven Elementary School
Observation - 10/16/11
Presentation and Assessment
5. Teacher will take classroom objects out of book bag and introduce them to students.
Teacher will name objects and describe their function. Students will repeat names
after teacher.
6. Teacher will lead students in echo reading of following song:
This is my paper. These are my scissors.
This is my pencil. These are my markers.
Paper, scissors, pencil, markers
Oh, these are the tools of school!
This is my book. These are my crayons.
This is my eraser. This is my glue.
Book, crayons, eraser, glue.
Oh, these are the tools of school!
Teacher will present realia as singing song.
7. Teacher will lead students in playing “What is missing?” Students will close their
eyes while teacher will put one of the classroom objects back in the book bag.
8. Students will open their eyes. Teacher will ask, “What is missing?” Students will
name missing object, using sentence prompt, “The (object) is in the backpack.”
9. As students continue to play the game, teacher will explain that objects can also be
hidden on or under the table. Teacher will demonstrate.
10. Teacher will lead students in singing chant:
The pencil is in, in the backpack
The pencil is on, on the table
The pencil is under, under the table
Where could the pencil be?
11. Students will continue playing “What is missing?” Students will take turns hiding
school objects in the backpack or on/under the table. Students will express the
location of the missing objects using sentence prompt, “The (object) is in the
backpack or on/under the table.” Teacher will ask students of high English levels,
“What can you use this (object) for?”
12. Teacher will introduce My New Backpack. Students will preview book and use visual
cues to discuss objects in backpack. Students will use sentence prompts, “This is the
girl’s (object) or These are the girls (object)” when discussing objects in backpack.
13. Students will echo read My New Backpack and then read it independently.
14. After reading, teacher will ask “What was in the girl’s backpack? Do you put any of
those things in your backpack too?”
Assessment
15. Students will complete yes/no worksheet in which they will identify the location of
classroom objects in picture. Students will read statement on worksheet and stand up
when a sentence is true and sit down when it is false.
Extension
16. Teacher will lead students in sorting classroom objects and objects that would not be
found in the classroom on the SMART board.
Lucy Portugal
Manorhaven Elementary School
Observation - 10/16/11