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Unit Number and Title: Shared Reading 1 Which shoes do you choose?
Class: Standard Two
Teacher: Tricia Griffith-King 54553
Number of Pupils: 22
Theme: Super Heroes-water
Duration: 25- 30 minutes
Cross Curricular Connection(s):

Topic: Reading Theatre

Date(s): 2nd February, 2015

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS- adjectives

Visual Arts- Colours
Context ( Big Idea)
Considerations:
Shared reading provides rich opportunities to
discover the pleasure of reading because
students gather around the teacher in groups,
a sense of community is established and
students feel encourage and confident to read
along in an enthusiastic environment. In this
lesson students will read from a "script" and
reading parts are divided among the readers.

Literacy
Reading
Writing
Oral Communication
Media and Information Literacy
Numeracy
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Communication
Representation
Reasoning
ICT Skills
Differentiated Instruction
Assessment for Learning

The focus is on reading the text with

expressive voices and gestures. Making
comprehending the text meaningful and fun
for the student!
Essential questions
How do you decide which shoe to choose?
Who are the characters in the story?

By reading the title what is the story about?

What do you think will happen to the shoe store after Katie bought all the shoes?
MOE Outcomes:

9.2.9 Use diction and tone to gain deeper meaning in literature.

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Outcomes: At the end of the lesson students will:

Predict what the story is about orally by reading the title of the script with minimal

assistance
When shown power point, read the parts with words from slide with no errors
given script, underline the parts of the script that they are assigned to read with no

errors
With assigned peer given a script, practice their assigned parts within three minutes

read their assigned parts with expressive voices and gestures with no more than three errors

Pre assessment:
Students would be asked how do they decide which shoe to buy?
Resources:
Power point- Which shoes do you choose?
Highlighter/ red ink or coloured pen
Script
Script tags
Introduction: Teacher will introduce the lesson through questioning in order to build
students background knowledge. The teacher will ask:
Where do you shop for your shoes?
How do you choose your shoes?
What type of shoes do you buy?
Questioning
Where do you shop for your shoes?
How do you choose your shoes?
What type of shoes do you buy?
How do you decide which shoe to choose?
Who are the characters in the story
What is the story about?
What do you think will happen to the shoe store after Katie bought all the shoes?
Exploration :
Tier 1 peers will underline and read 2 parts of script(Katie and Narrator 1)
Tier 2 peers will underline and read 1 respective part (clerk/ narrator 2)

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Tier 3 peers will underline and read 1 respective part (clerk)
Check for understanding
Oral questioning to determine whether the students understand the lesson or not.
Explanation :
The teacher will explain to the students that they would be doing a reader theatre and explain
reader theatre. Teacher will read the title of the story and ask students to make prediction of
the story. Teacher will introduce the lesson through questioning in order to build students
background knowledge. The teacher will ask: Where do you shop for your shoes? How do
you choose your shoes? What type of shoes do you buy?

Teacher will read the script with expression and gestures in order for students to be

able to model after. A power point will be shown while the teacher reads and teacher will
point to students to read certain parts of the scripts with her.
Teacher will then distribute the script for students and give each students their assigned part
Students will then highlight the part that they are reading
With their assigned reading partners will practice their part they have to read within three
minutes. When the time has elapsed, students will read the script with fluency and
expression.
Check for understanding:
Test the capability of the students. How the students perform the task with or without
guidance
Extended practise:
Given script will practice their part for the next lesson.
Closure/ Lesson Summary:
Teacher will recap the lesson asking them what they liked about the lesson.
Management strategies

Voice control chart will be used to keep the noise level at a minimal.

Teacher will remind students of the good behaviour game

Teacher will count from 5 1 to quiet down students

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Teacher will praise students good behaviour to encourage them to behave well

Multiple means of Representation:

Students will engage in the topic via the following methods:

groups working together to complete worksheets.

Visual Representation- Power point, script

Auditory Representation- Story read by teacher

Oral questioning
Multiple Means of Engagement:
Students will engage in the topic via the following methods:

Through powerpoint

Through script

Through oral questioning

Though expression and hand gesture

Through underlining

Through reading
Multiple Means of Expression:
Oral questioning to determine whether the students understand the lesson or not.

Reading along power point

Expressive voice and hand gestures

Summative Assessment
underlining assigned part in script
practicing assigned part in script with peer
reading assigned part in script with fluency and expression with entire class

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