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Salem Lesson Plan Format GRADE/CLASS: 1st Grade UNIT TOPIC: N/A SUBJECT AREA: Reading DAY: 1

Desired learning outcome(s): -Students will be able to indentify key details in the book Fairytale News. -Students will be able to retell the stories in Fairytale News by identifying main message and characters in the story. -Students will be able to express understanding through descriptions of characters, settings and key events in the story. Essential question(s) from learning objective: -How do the characters, setting and major events help retell the story? -How does our own retelling help us to understand the central message or lesson of the stories? Common Core objective(s): 2.) Retell stories including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. 3.) Describe characters, settings and major events in a story using key details. Learner prior knowledge/ learner background experiences: Learners have a prior knowledge of books and the elements that comprise a story. This will be important for the students in understanding the retelling process. Learners also have pre-existing thought on drawing meaning and conclusions from a text based on illustrations and other key details that are essential to the main message of a story. Learners should have a prior knowledge of contextual cues and meaning that are found in a story. These things will be extremely important in order for the learner to retell the story using the characters and major parts of the book. Materials and resources needed: -book Fairytale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins -paper, long in length -crayons -markers -rulers -graphic organizer (attached) -student journals Teaching strategies Differentiation strategies should be infused throughout. Differentiate for content, product, and process. Anticipatory strategies (background knowledge) The teacher will begin the lesson by having the students get into groups of fours at their desk groups. The teacher will explain to the students that the lesson will be about

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retelling stories and how important it is to draw ideas from the characters, setting and plot of the story. The teacher will give a brief review of character, setting and plot to ensure the students can use their prior knowledge for the lesson. Then the students will begin a graphic organizer of the fairy tales that are in the book of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Humpty Dumpty, Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. The groups of students will describe each story in the organizer and discuss it briefly. Some of the students might not be familiar with the fairy tales; this is the importance of doing the activity in groups, so that the students can educate each other on the stories. Developmental strategies This portion of the lesson will be used to read the book Fairytale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins. The teacher will read through the book, while pointing out specific stories that were discussed in the graphic organizers earlier in the lesson. After reading the book, the teacher will instruct the students on the task for the day. The students will be creating their own newspaper individually. The students will be retelling the story in the book, using illustrations and descriptions of the main events and characters. The students can utilize the graphic organizer that was completed earlier in the lesson, in order to identify and describe the characters. The students should identify the main event in the story and describe that in their newspaper. Concluding strategies The lesson will conclude with a wrap-up of the teacher ask the students to identify the key points that they described in their newspaper. The students are going to write in their journals about a retelling of their own. The students will write in response to the prompt When you were publishing your newspaper about Fairytale News, how did you decide what you were going to write about? Why was that important to the story? How can we use this when reading other stories?

Assessment (utilize a blend of traditional and performance assessments) The teacher will use the newspapers to check for comprehension and determine if the children have mastered the objective of using the characters, setting and main events to draw conclusions about a story. A rubric will be used to check for accuracy in the retelling portion of the newspaper. Also, the teacher will check the journal entries from the students to verify application of the lesson objectives. EC accommodations/modifications to strategies or assessments (refer to IEPs or 504 plans) Any student with difficulty in the inclusion classroom will have accommodations in this lesson with proper documentation in an IEP or 504. Wrap-up and reflection by the students The students will have the opportunity to share their new knowledge with the other students in the concluding strategies at the end of the lesson. The students will also see their work on display in the classroom and will be able to share their newspapers with their parents as well. The knowledge of characters, setting and main events in their use to retell the story will continue to grow throughout the year in the use of other lessons and objectives as well. Reflection by the teacher N/A

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Story Writing : Retelling Fairytale News

Teacher Name: Sarah Worley Student Name: CATEGORY Characters ________________________________________ 4 The main characters are named and clearly described in text as well as pictures. Most readers could describe the characters accurately. Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place. It is very easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face and why it is a problem. Original illustrations are detailed, attractive, creative and relate to the text on the page. The solution to the character\'s problem is easy to understand, and is logical. There are no loose ends. 3 The main characters are named and described. Most readers would have some idea of what the characters looked like. Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place. It is fairly easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face and why it is a problem. Original illustrations are somewhat detailed, attractive, and relate to the text on the page. The solution to the character\'s problem is easy to understand, and is somewhat logical. 2 The main characters are named. The reader knows very little about the characters. 1 It is hard to tell who the main characters are.

Setting

Problem/Conflict

Illustrations

The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail. It is fairly easy for the reader to understand the problem the main characters face but it is not clear why it is a problem. Original illustrations relate to the text on the page.

The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place.

It is not clear what problem the main characters face.

Illustrations are not present OR they are not original.

Solution/Resolution

The solution to the character\'s problem is a little hard to understand.

No solution is attempted or it is impossible to understand.

Date Created: Oct 24, 2012 08:02 am (CDT)

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References Hawkins, C. J. (2004). Fairytale News. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.