LITERACY LESSON PLAN

Name: April Cronin Type of Lesson:

Interactive Read-Aloud
MENTOR TEXT MEANING GOALS TARGETED IN THIS LESSON
TITLE: Essential Question(s)/Enduring Understanding(s)
Fly Away Home Whats the point?
Eve Bunting Why is this relevant to my life?

READING LEVEL: P
Learning Target(s): (Developed from the Indiana Academic Standards)
(I can statement(s) based on standard(s) selected)
I can pull out the important ideas and information from a text and put it in my own words.
I can use all the strategies I have learned, my background knowledge, and the text to
construct an original idea or new understanding.

KEY ACADEMIC MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS LESSON

VOCABULARY

-summarize -Fly Away Home

-synthesize -What the book is about/what the book makes me think worksheet

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Be sure to integrate formative assessment into your Lesson Plan

o What Formative -The discussion, questioning, chart, summary and synthesis throughout the
Assessment will give lesson will serve as formative assessment.
you information on
each of your

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the lessons learning
outcome(s)?
LESSON PLAN
Into the Learning
o In this section you set the
purpose and activate prior
knowledge
o Introduce the Text
o Name the strategy and/or
skill
o Spark motivation and
interest by using a hook
Through the Learning
o In this section you read the
selection, support readers
through explicit instruction,
modeling, guided practice
with active participation
and independent practice.
o Acquire knowledge and
skills, make meaning, and
practice transfer
o Gradual Release of
Responsibility:
o I DO, WE DO, YOU
DO
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Script each of the three major sections of your Lesson Plan
Today we are going to work on summarizing and synthesizing. These strategies go
hand in hand, but we will build off of summarizing because summarizing is a key
part to synthesizing.
You cant synthesize unless you can summarize. We will work on both strategies
throughout this reading.
So a reminder, summarizing is retelling the important ideas from the text in your
own words. We use somebody, wanted, but, so, then to help us summarize.
Synthesizing is different in that it isnt an idea the author said, it is an original idea,
takeway or new understanding from the reading that is your own.
So after this reading, our summaries will likely be very similiar, but our synthesis
will be different according to each of our background knowledge and takeaways.
Synthesizing involves using all the other skills we have learned this year such as
inferring, visualizing, determining importance, and using them to create our own
original idea. I will model these strategies for you as we go.
I DO: So all of you are familiar with the Tortoise and the Hare. The Summary of this
fabel is there is a Tortoise and a hare that race and the Tortoise ends up winning.
The Synthesis might be something like slow and steady wins the race. That
determination and hard work pay off.
The book we are going to work with today is Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting.
Take a look at the front page of this book. In your head, think about what this book
is about.
(draw pyrammid on board)
I am looking at this book, and I initially think its about maybe a father and son
waiting in the airport to go home because I notice the little boy, the man, and the
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synthesizing pyramid to track if my thinking changes.

Read first page. Im gunna stop here because I have already learned a lot. I
learned that the boy and man live in the aiport. As I read this page I also
wonderedwhy dont they have a home? What caused them to live in the airport?
On the left I will only will use the strategy of determining importance because this
half will help guide us into a summary, and the right side we will record different
thinking, wonderings, and feelings we have as we read. This side will help us
create our synthesis.

Read next 2 pages. Im going to stop here again. I noticed there are other people
who are homeless living in the airport aswell and they have to try not to get
caught. Throughout this portion I felt nerous because if I were in their poistion I
would feel constantly scared of being noticed and being kicked out.

Read next 3 pages. This section made me wonder how long they have been living
in the airport because it seems like they have gotten pretty good at going
unnoticed and they recognize regulars in the airport. It also made me think about
all the times I have gone to the aiport and I have come and gone and never
considered their might be people who arnt also on the move.

WE DO: Now in the next section, we will record things that happened in the book
aswell as what the book made us think about or feel together. Make notes on your
organizer to help you remember your thinking.

Read next 2 pages. Elicit responses. (note the bird, washing in the bathroom
carefully, dad only works weekends)
Read next 3 Pages. Elicit responses. (note the boy tries to get money from tips,
what is he saving for?

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 Read next 2 pages. Elicit responses. ( mom passed away so no apartment, feel
really sad idk what I would do in their position)

Now lets look back at my initial thoughts. First, I thought this story was about a
boy and father headed home, Now I think this story is about the life of a father and
son who are homeless. Synthesizing is an ongoing process, and my thinking has
already changed.

YOU DO: Now I will finish up the book and you will jot down key ideas, and
thoughts you had during the reading on your own! Pay close attention to your
personal dialogue, what emotions do you feel, what reactions do you have, what
questions do you have?

Finish book. (note: are any of my classmates in this situation?, I feel lucky to have
a home, bird is hope)

Now, turn and talk with a neighbor and share some of your notes to the end of the
book. When you are done sharing, turn the page over and write a line down the
middle. On one side, create a summary of the main events of Fly Away Home,
write somebody, wanted, but, so, then to help guide your summary as well as the
notes you took. On the other side create a synthesis of your new understanding
and what you took away from the book. What does this story mean and share with
you?

Call on students to share what they summarized and synthesized.

Share my own. New synthesis as the final thinking.
(final thinking on pyramid) This is a story about perservering and making the most
of difficult situations and being grateful for what you have.
Notice how my thinking changed as I read. My thinking became deeper and I left
with a new understanding of what this story was about.

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Beyond the Learning Great work today. Summarizing and synthesizing is a skill that will help you more
o Lesson closure: students deeply understand and will be a skill that you will continue to use your whole life.
extend their learning by Even I pull somehting new away everytime I read a book because I have additional
discussing and revisiting
the text
background knowledge or I see the story from another perspective. We will keep
o Reinforce your learning working on retelling the main idea, and applying it to ourselves and asking so
target what? What does this mean to me? Synthesizing reveals your thinking and this is
much more precious to me than any of the authors words.
DIFFERENTIATION
FRAMEWORK
o How will you LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR ELLs
differentiate your lesson Using the SIOP Model of Sheltered Immersion, list 1) the General Category of Key Components of
to meet diverse Teaching Language and Content Effectively and 2) the Specific Instructional Strategies used in this
students needs? lesson. Be sure to add these labels in bold in your lesson plan.
The pictures in the text will serve as a great aid to ELL students. The scaffolding of
the lesson will also provide a gradual release so the student can grasp what is
expected better.

EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING NEEDS

Using the Tomlinson Framework of Differentiation, list 1) the General Approach (Content, Process,
Product. Affect/Environment, and 2) the Specific Strategy related to that General Approach. Be
sure to add these labels in bold in your lesson plan
The student may verbalize their ideas if needed. During the YOU DO portion of the
lesson I will meet with student individually to assist in understanding.
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
o How will you foster a Seating/ Classroom Arrangement (only if special arrangement is needed for this lesson
positive learning
environment that will
enhance all students
learning and growth?
Special Rules/ Procedures (only if special rules/procedures required for this lesson)
Self-assessment:

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Reflection: I think this lesson went really well. Students had really awesome synthesis.
Summary: Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting is a story about a boy and father who live in an airport. The
family must be on the move day to day to be unnoticed. The boy wants to have a real home again, but
they cannot afford it. The father and the boy both try to earn money and learn to make the most of their
situation. The boy is reminded by a sparrow to keep trying, and to stay hopeful.
Synthesis: This story depicts a family who perseveres and makes the most of their misfortune and
homelessness. It shows that no matter how young, you can help through persistence, an optimistic
attitude, and by remaining hopeful of a brighter future. This story makes me feel thankful for the family
and home I have and brings awareness that not everyone has all the blessings I do.

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What the piece is about What it makes me think about

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