Student Teachers: Tina Tenreiro, Nikki Cresci, Samantha Verboven, Samantha Szygiel Grade Level: 2 Date of Lesson: October 29, 2009 Institution: WCSU Length of Lesson: 20 minutes Theme: Marian Anderson Subject: Reading Content Standard: This lesson is designed to help students attain NCTE standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-­‐letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, and graphics). Learner Background: Students will have prior general knowledge about Marian Anderson and her connection to Danbury. Student Learning Objectives: C-­‐ Students will listen to the retell of Marian Anderson’s life and will understand the importance she had on the community of Danbury. A-­‐ Students will relate and discuss Marian’s accomplishments to an experience they had in their own lives. P-­‐ Students will draw a picture of their own accomplishment to share with the class. Assessment: C-­‐ Students will collectively explain important accomplishments of Marian Anderson’s life. A-­‐ Students feedback on their own accomplishments. P-­‐ Students drawings will reflect their understanding of the lesson. Materials/Resources: -­‐Book, “When Marian Sang” by Pam Munoz -­‐Crayons -­‐Drawing worksheet -­‐Pictures from story Learning Activities: Initiation: Ask students if they know who Marian Anderson is, then explain to them who she is and how important she is to the city of Danbury. Begin with the retell of the book, “When Marian Sang”. Lesson Development: 1.) Initiate lesson. 2.) Retell the story with the pictures chosen from the book. 3.) Ask students to respond to what her greatest accomplishment was—overcoming racial discrimination. 4.) Discuss her other accomplishments. 5.) Ask the students to think of their own accomplishments, for example-­‐sports, school, playing an instrument, etc. 6.) Have students draw a picture of their accomplishment and ask them to write a sentence or two explaining it. 7.) Students will share their drawings and sentences. Conclusion: Discuss the goal of the lesson, which is to reassure students that they can achieve their goals or anything else they put their minds to regardless of the obstacles. Post the question to think about something they want to achieve later on in life.