Madeline Hunter Lesson Plan Format

Lesson: English Language Arts

Grade: 3rd
Standards: CCSS RL.3.1 ask and answer questions to demonstrate
understanding, referring to the text; RL.3.3 describe characters and
explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events; RL.3.4
determine the meaning of words and phrases, distinguishing literal and
non-literal language; RF.3.3a identify and know the meaning of
common prefixes and derivational suffixes; RF.3.4a read on-level text
with purpose and understanding; L.3.4b determine the meaning of a
new word with a known affix and a known word; L.3.4a use sentencelevel context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Anticipatory
Simon Says Vocabulary Builder
Set
The Challenge: Students play Simon Says to build
familiarity with action verbs.
The rules: have students stand up. Call out various
prompts, such as, Simon says run in place. Have students
follow your command, but only when Simon says. Be sure
they understand that anyone who follows the command
when you dont says Simon says is out and must sit down.
The Reward: Anyone standing after five minutes is a
winner.
Objective /
Purpose

Students will be able to reinforce knowledge of action verbs

Students will be able to review subject/verb agreement
Students will be able to understand and read words with the prefix reStudents will be able to apply comprehension skills and strategies
Students will be able to use content vocabulary in response to prompts

Instructional
Input

Review: Subject-verb Agreement

Write the pronouns he, she, it on the board. Write the verbs grow, grows,
work, works, jog, jogs.
Explain, when the subject is he, she, it or a noun that these pronouns
replace, add s to the action verb
Prefix reWrite re on the board. Explain that prefixes are word parts that change the
meaning of a root word. Prefixes are attached to the beginning of a root
word. Teach that re- means do again.

Modeling

Teacher Prompts:
I jog every day. My son
Replace my son with a
pronoun.
Babies grow fast. The tree

Students Respond:
My son jogs every day.
He jogs every day.
The tree grows fast.

Checking for
Understandi
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Guided
Practice

Independent
Practice

Subject pronoun?
It grows fast.
We read every day. That That girl reads every day.
girl
She reads every day.
Subject pronoun?
Ferris wheels move too fast. The merry-go-round moves
The merry-go-round
too fast.
Subject pronoun?
It moves too fast.
Write the following words on the board, without the
prefixes.
Read
act
mix heat
name
Point to read. Use a word in a sentence (e.g., I only read
books.). Then write re-in front of read and ask, What does
the word mean if we add re-to the front? I reread books
that I dont understand.
Students should be able to answer that reread means to
read again. Point to the prefix as we read, then read the
whole word. Repeat the process with all the words.
Students should be able to read the prefixes and words,
and know the meaning.
Guide students through more prefix word examples

Have students complete activity book pages 85 and 173.