Block II Lesson Plans
1st Grade English Language Arts: Key Details of a Text
In this reading lesson, students practiced pointing out the characters, setting, main events, and important details in the story of "The Three Little Pigs." To practice this we first examined the front page of the book, "The Three Little Pigs." Throughout the lesson, I used questioning strategies to help my students practice the metacognition strategy of questioning the text and making inferences to better comprehend the meaning of the text. After the read aloud, my students constructed and decorated finger puppets to represent the main characters of the story. My students then retold the story to their table partners, making sure to include the main characters, setting, main events, and important details.
In this reading lesson, students practiced pointing out the characters, setting, main events, and important details in the story of "The Three Little Pigs." To practice this we first examined the front page of the book, "The Three Little Pigs." Throughout the lesson, I used questioning strategies to help my students practice the metacognition strategy of questioning the text and making inferences to better comprehend the meaning of the text. After the read aloud, my students constructed and decorated finger puppets to represent the main characters of the story. My students then retold the story to their table partners, making sure to include the main characters, setting, main events, and important details.
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1st Grade Social Studies: Maps
In this lesson, I introduced the concept of maps to my students using a read-aloud. In the story, the narrator explains how she first made a map of her room, then her house, her street, her town, her state, her country, and then her world. Then the narrator reverses her story and shows how she travels back into the map of her room. After introducing my students to the concepts of maps using both the read-aloud and example maps, students used their understanding of maps and of the four cardinal directions to find the fire-safety route out of their classroom. Each of the four cardinal directions were posted on the four walls of the classroom to assist students in marking the correct directions on their maps.
1st Grade Social Studies: Maps
In this lesson, I introduced the concept of maps to my students using a read-aloud. In the story, the narrator explains how she first made a map of her room, then her house, her street, her town, her state, her country, and then her world. Then the narrator reverses her story and shows how she travels back into the map of her room. After introducing my students to the concepts of maps using both the read-aloud and example maps, students used their understanding of maps and of the four cardinal directions to find the fire-safety route out of their classroom. Each of the four cardinal directions were posted on the four walls of the classroom to assist students in marking the correct directions on their maps.
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Block I Lesson Plans
4th Grade English Language Arts: Cause and Effect In this lesson, my students explored cause-and-effect using a matching game. Each student was given one piece of construction paper (yellow or pink) with either a cause or an effect written on the front. Using their communication skills, students had to move around the room and mingle with their peers, looking for the student who had the matching 'cause' to their 'effect' or vice versa. Students practiced using their vocabulary to identify their match.
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4th Grade Language Arts: Making Inferences
In this introductory lesson on inferences using fairytales, students first watched a silent Pixar short film to practice making inferences. Students discussed what they inferred from the silent film and why they inferred what they did. We then practiced making inferences while I read "The Frog Prince." Making inferences in the fairytale helped us to identify the features of a fairy tale on our anchor chart. We then used this chart to refer back to throughout the rest of the unit.
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4th Grade Language Arts: Compare and Contrast
In this lesson, students practiced comparing and contrasting small objects (bells, tape, soap, glass jars, etc.) Students passed these pairs of items around the room, telling their neighbor what was similar, and what was different about each item. Students then applied their understanding of comparing and contrasting by reading a fairy tale and comparing it to the one read the previous day. Students were given a sticky note (green=first fairytale, blue=second fairytale, red=both). Students then had to write their answers and place them in a hula-hoop Venn Diagram at the front of the room.
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4th Grade English Language Arts: Persuasive Letters
In this lesson, students learned to identify the elements of a persuasive letter (facts and opinions) by engaging in an Easter Egg Hunt. First, as a whole group, we read a persuasive letter " Easter Egg Hunt" to practice identifying the elements of a persuasive letter. Next, students had to find the egg with their name on it, open the egg, and read the persuasive prompt on the slip of paper. Finally, my students had to turn to a neighbor and defend the prompt using either a fact or an opinion. This lesson encouraged students to move around, converse with their peers, and practice effective listening.
In this lesson, students learned to identify the elements of a persuasive letter (facts and opinions) by engaging in an Easter Egg Hunt. First, as a whole group, we read a persuasive letter " Easter Egg Hunt" to practice identifying the elements of a persuasive letter. Next, students had to find the egg with their name on it, open the egg, and read the persuasive prompt on the slip of paper. Finally, my students had to turn to a neighbor and defend the prompt using either a fact or an opinion. This lesson encouraged students to move around, converse with their peers, and practice effective listening.
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4th Grade English Language Arts: Debate
In this lesson, students practiced using textual evidence from the previous day's articles to debate which letter to the editor was more persuasive. Students used their sticky notes to provide textual evidence in support of their claim. The debate was set up so that students who were for the editor stood on the inside of a circle, and students who were against the editor stood on the outside of the circle. Students had to argue from both sides. In this lesson, students had to practice communication skills; speaking in front of their peer with confidence and clarity, and listening attentively to their peers. Students were able to keep moving during this lesson and had to interact with their peers for the entire lesson. Students were also able to practice starting and stopping their conversations on time by listening for the music to start and stop in the background. Visual learners were also supported in this lesson with the pictures of either side of the debate displayed on the white board.
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Evaluations
Fourth Grade at Pioneer Elementary
Midterm Evaluation - Dr. Miller - Block I | |
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Final Evaluation - Dr. Miller - Block I | |
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Final Evaluation - Rylee Meier - Block I | |
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First Grade at Red Trail Elementary
Midterm Evaluation - Dr. Miller - Block II | |
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Midterm Evaluation - Mandi Eberle - Block II | |
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