Primary Guided Reading Lesson Plan
Title: Reading a Map
By Greg Roza
ISBN 0-823908210-6
Literacy Standard:
Standard 2 Objective 2c
Standard 5 Objective 2a
Content Standard:
Standard 3 Objective 3c and 3d
Genre:
I
Text Structure:
Narrative
Informational
Level:
M
Language Objective:
Students will be able to identify punctuation as a
concept of print. They will use their understanding
of punctuation to improve their comprehension.
Enduring Understanding: (Purpose for reading)
Essential Questions:
Maps help us understand our world. We need to
recognized different parts of a map in order to use
a map.
What is the purpose of a map? How have you used
a map in your life? How do you think you will use
a map in the future? Where are the Atlantic Ocean,
Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Pacific Ocean,
Canada, Mexico and a compass rose located on a
map of North America?
Knowing basics landmarks on a map will help us
read a map.
Before Reading
Vocabulary: Introduce the words and have the
Phonics/Mechanics: Proper Nouns
students fill out the vocabulary chart.
#1- What is a noun? Make a list of what the
students come up with. For the nouns that can have
Borders, compass rose, country, symbols,
a proper noun help students come up with
landmark, monument, sightsee, key, highway
examples.
Activate/Build Prior Knowledge:
#3 Goldilocks story- Use this as a starting point to
talk about maps. Ask the students, “What was the
piece of paper that Goldilocks found in her
pocket?”
Have the students write down on a piece of paper
everything that they know about maps.
#4 Proper Nouns found in the book.
Atlantic Ocean, Great Lakes, Mississippi River,
Pacific Ocean, United States
Use the proper noun worksheet to have the students
draw lines to match the nouns and the proper
nouns.
Comprehension Strategy:
#2 Use the Goldilocks story to introduce the need
for the use of proper punctuation. Discuss how
having the periods in the wrong place effects the
comprehension of a text. Go through the story and
find the correct places for periods, and get rid of the
unneeded periods. After it is corrected, re-read the
story. Focus on the punctuation and pausing at
periods. Afterwards, discuss how the fluency and
comprehension have both increased with proper use
of punctuation.
Write these proper nouns on sticky notes. Use a
blank map of North America and have the students
label where they think each of these landmarks are
located.
During Reading
Using appropriate Guided reading strategies, students will be reading at their own pace and teachers will
be listening to students read, monitoring, giving feedback, taking anecdotal notes and running records.
Inform the students that they will need to label a blank map when they are done reading. Have them
focus on: Atlantic Ocean, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Pacific Ocean, United States, Canada, Mexico
and compass rose.
Listen to the students’ fluency to see if they are appropriately using punctuation to better comprehend
reading text.
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
After Reading
Have the students fill in the blank map with the terms located on the map.
Discuss the importance of paying attention to punctuation. How do periods affect the way we read?
Would it make sense to read a story with out any periods? When you pay attention to the periods will it
help you increase your comprehension?
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
Content Core Integration:(Science, Soc. St., Math, etc.) Social Studies
Assessment:
Activities:
Listen to see if the students pause appropriately
pause when punctuation tells them to.
Have students create a map of their bedroom.
See if students can fill in the blanks on the map.
*Not all activities will be done in each lesson. Some lessons may take multiple days to complete.
However, all students should be reading each time you meet.