LESSON PLAN NUMBER 1
Teacher Education Candidate Supervising Teacher UWG Supervisor
Wendy Harp Mrs. Bree Thomas Joy Howell
School: Midway Primary Date of Implemented Lesson Plan: 09/29/2011
Block No. 1 Subject: Reading English Language Arts/Visual Arts Grade Level: 2nd
Teaching Skills Focus for This Lesson: The student will use organizational structure to compare and contrast.
Stage 1 The Desired Results
Standards ELA2LSV1 The student uses oral and visual strategies to communicate. The student a. Interprets information presented and seeks clarification when needed.
Specific Learning Objective(s) b. Begins to use oral language for different purposes: to inform, to persuade, and to entertain.
ELA2W2 The student writes in a variety of genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature.
The student produces informational writing that: e. Uses organizational structures for conveying information
(chronological order, similarities and differences, questions and answers).
VA2MC.2 Formulates personal responses. a. Produces multiple interpretations for an object or image.
The student will listen and gain knowledge of apples and pumpkins.
The students will compare and contrast apples and pumpkins.
How are pumpkins and apples alike and how are they different?
Assessment Instrument
(Ex. Test, Poster, Presentation,
Picture, etc.)
Evaluation (Grading) Instrument
(Ex. Point System, Rubric,
Checklist, etc.)
Materials
Sequence of Teacher Actions
*Attention-Getter/Motivator
*Tie to Previous Learning
*Significant Actions to Introduce and Guide Lesson
Stage 2 Assessment Evidence
The students will be able to compare and contrast apples and pumpkins on a chart graphic organizer.
Students will write the information about the apples and pumpkins on a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the shape, color, texture, smell, and size.
Stage 3 Learning Plans
Apples of different colors and sizes.
Pumpkins of different sizes and shapes.
Apples and Pumpkins by: Anne Rockwell
Colored pencils
Comparison Chart
Introduce the story Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell.
I passed out different shapes, sizes, colors, and textures of apples and pumpkins to the students.
I helped the students label their two main points on top of the Compare and Contrast Chart Graphic Organizer..
After each student had their two objects on their paper, I had them fill out how they are alike. Then they complete how apples and pumpkins are different.
I would help the students as they need my assistance.

Sequence of Student Actions
*Explain How Students Are
Engaged During Lesson
* Explain How Students Discuss or Present Results of What
They Did During the Lesson
Teacher’s Lesson Closure/Wrap-
Up/Transition
Adaptations for Exceptional
Students (Anyone who requires modifications for their needs)
Related Activities/Extensions
(What can students do who need more than is in the lesson? Should be related to lesson.)
The students will listen as the book, Apples and Pumpkins is read aloud.
The students will discuss the similarities and differences of apples and pumpkins with their peers.
The students will complete the graphic organizer describing the similarities and differences in color, shape, size, texture, and smell of apples and pumpkins.
We discussed the ways apples and pumpkins are alike and how they are different.
The teacher will give guidance to some students more than others if needed.
The students can turn paper over and draw and color apples and pumpkins in order to better describe their similarities and differences visually. The students can read more about apples and pumpkins including, Pumpkin, Pumpkin , by Jeanne
Titherington.
Connections to Other Disciplines ELA2W2 d.
VA2PR.1
a.
Candidate’s Reflection After the Lesson:
Submit Lesson Plan Agenda with this Lesson Plan
Agenda:
Read Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell, 1994
Introduce what comparing and contrasting is.
Pass out Graphic organizers.
Pass out different apples and pumpkins.
Guide the students with comparing size, shape, color, smell, & texture.
Guide the students to complete the graphic organizer.
Allow the student to create a visual picture of apples and pumpkins.
Discuss the similarities and differences of apples and pumpkins.

Wendy Harp
Practicum (Block 1)
Lesson One Reflection
I really enjoyed teaching the students my first lesson. It was the first lesson that I have ever taught to an entire classroom of students. It is the best time of the year to do the lesson that I had prepared for my second grade students. I brought in apples and pumpkins and that is the first thing the students noticed when they came into the classroom that morning. They were anxious to see what I had in store for then later in the day. The students listened very closely as I read the story to them and I also stopped periodically to answer questions and discuss the information from the book. When I passed out apples and pumpkins for them to observe, they became very excited and ready to compare and contrast them. Every student in the class volunteered instead of me having to call on them. It made me very proud that the students seemed interested and excited about the lesson. After completing the chart on comparing and contrasting, I allowed the students to eat the apples that I had brought in for the lesson. The students also drew pictures of apples and pumpkins on the back of their compare and contrast sheets. I am also very appreciative to Mrs.
Thomas for allowing me the time to teach this lesson and for welcoming me into her classroom.
Mrs. Thomas made a comment on my observation sheet that the students loved the lesson and they were all very involved.