Gamaliel Elementary Lesson Plan Template
Unit Title/Subject:
Dates:
Grade: 3rd
Creative, Inventive, and Notable People –
December 3-7
Unit 3
English/Language Arts
Learning Targets:
Reading:
 I can locate words and details to answer questions in a text. (S)
 I can ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading a text. (S)
 I can recount/retell (put into my words) the key details of a text. (K)
 I can define event, procedure, idea, and concept. (K)
 I can identify events, procedures, ideas, and/or concepts in different types of informational texts. (K)
 I can explain how events, procedures, ideas, and concepts connect to one another. (R)
English:
 I can define verb (an action or state of being) and explain how it functions in a sentence. (R)
 I can define subject and verb and explain that a singular subject needs a singular verb and a plural
subject and needs a plural verb (R)
 I can explain the difference between simple verb tenses (past, present, future) and form /use them
correctly. (S)

I can explain the difference between regular verbs (e.g., walk, walked) and irregular verbs (e.g.,
run, ran) and form/use them correctly. (S)
Writing:
 I can sequence (put in order) the events in my story so that one event leads to the next. (R)
 I can use a character’s thoughts, words, feelings, and actions to show how events happen and how
characters respond to the events. (S)
 I can use illustrations to help readers understand my topic. (S)
 I can connect my information (e.g. facts, definitions, details) using linking words and phrases. (S)
 I can present my information in writing and provide a concluding statement or section. (P)
Day 1 Instructional Activities:
Spelling:
Reading:
 Make predictions about story America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude
Ederle and discuss genre-biography
 Listen to story at http://elizabethcoomer.edu.glogster.com/glog-61665908/
 Complete vocabulary graphic organizer
 Discuss story and vocabulary words
 Writing activity – Imagine you are a reporter assigned to interview
Gertrude Ederle for your local newspaper. Think of 5 questions you
would ask her. Then using information from the story, write the
answers you think Ederle may have given for each question.
 Assign homework – read story
Assessments
(formative and/or
summative):
Formative:
 Daily Oral Language
(each day)
 Vocabulary graphic
organizer
 Writing activity
 Flashback on regular
and irregular verbs
 Verb tenses – Online
game observations
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English:
 Flashback on verb tenses and contractions
 Grammar and writing book – Lesson 19 on Contractions
 Review contractions by playing http://www.sadlieroxford.com/phonics/flyby/flyby1.htm
Day 2 Instructional Activities:
Reading:
 Read story aloud practicing fluency and asking comprehension
questions
 Use powerpoint to review vocabulary
 Reading Centers: (Tues-Thurs: 3 groups rotate)
Character’s Journal – Write a journal entry pretending you are Trudy,
and describing the events of the day she swam the English Channel.
Story Summarizer – Summarize the events of the story on the correct
puzzle pieces and adding illustrations.
Question Creator- Create questions and answers about the story using
question words: Who, What, Where, When, Why, & How.
 Writing activity – Trudy was not able to finish her first attempt at
swimming the English Channel. Explain what effect did this have on
her determination to succeed.
 Assign homework – read story
English:
 Practice verbs by playing:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/go_for_gold/conten
t_builder/dswmedia/g3_action_verb/nadia.htm
 Versatiles activity – Action Words/A Verb in the Predicate
 Extra Practice Unit 5 – What are Verbs?
 Exit Slip on verbs
Day 3 Instructional Activities:
Reading:
 Small group fluency reading on Gertrude Ederle
 Review vocabulary –guess the covered word
 Reading Centers (see Tues)
 Writing activity: The focus in the second half of the selection is on the
channel crossing. What are some supporting details that show how
difficult it was for Trudy?
English:
 Flashback on verbs and verb tenses
 Play
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/go_for_gold/conten
t_builder/dswmedia/g3_present_verb/nadia.htm to practice verbs in
Assessments
(formative and/or
summative):
Formative:
 Story summarizer jobs
 Versatiles on verbs
 Irregular verbs - online
game observations
 Exit slip on verb
tenses
Assessments
(formative and/or
summative)
Formative:
 Reading center
activity sheets
 Writing
 Flashback on irregular
verbs
 Contraction
interactive game
observations
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the present
 Extra Practice Unit 5 – More Verbs in the Present
Day 4 Instructional Activities:
Reading:
 Complete scavenger hunt/comprehension practice
 Review vocabulary – www.studystack.com
 Play Gertrude Ederle quiz game to review for test
http://www.quia.com/rr/420276.html
 Reading Centers (see Tues)
 Writing Activity: Explain why Gertrude Ederle’s accomplishments were
so important to other women during this time period.
 Assign homework – study story and vocabulary for test
English:
 Play
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/con
tent_builder/dswmedia/g4c14/nadia.htm to practice verbs in the past
 Extra Practice Unit 5 – Verbs in the Past
 Exit Slip on subject and verb agreement
Day 5 Instructional Activities:
Donuts with Dad
Spelling Test
Reading:
 Take vocabulary and comprehension quiz over America’s Champion
Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
Writing – constructed responses (short answer) on reading test
Assessments
(formative and/or
summative):
Formative:
 Scavenger
hunt/comprehension
practice
 Quia game
observations
 Contractions and
Negatives -Online
game observations
 Exit slip on
contractions
Assessments
(formative and/or summative)
Formative:
 Flashback on verbs
and contractions
 Contractions -Online
game observations
English:


Flashback on verbs in the present and past
Play
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.h
tml to review main verbs, helping verbs and contractions
Summative: Spelling Test
Reading Vocabulary and
Comprehension Test