Literacy Lesson Plan

Emma Bird
Anna, Grade 1, Stone Spring Elementary School
April 12, 2017

Literacy Lesson Plan for Beginning Reader:

Based on the assessments conducted, Anna was found to be in the late emergent stage of literacy
development. She has a strong grasp of the alphabet, has several sight words and is able to spell with ending
sounds in addition to beginning sounds. However, she does not have a complete Concept of Word (COW) and
is lacking in phonological awareness as well as the correct formation of letters when writing.

Diet:
Fluency
Learning Objectives:
Objective Standard of Learning Assessment
Read a nursery rhyme aloud 1.1 c) Participate in a variety of oral The student will be assessed on
twice, making improvements in language activities, including choral how well she improves in a)
oral fluency. speaking and reciting short poems, speed, b) rhythm, and c) flow in
rhymes, songs, and stories with her second reading of the
repeated patterns.
nursery rhyme.
1.10 h) Read and reread familiar
passages with fluency, accuracy,
and meaningful expression.

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nursery rhyme book: The Lion and the Unicorn
Time for this part of lesson: What part of 30 minute lesson will be used for this part?
First ten minutes of lesson
Procedure: Explain how this part of lesson will be carried out
Student reads aloud a short nursery rhyme while teacher times her; teacher then reads the same book
aloud, modeling fluency (speed, rhythm, and flow); student then reads the poem aloud again, while
being timed a second time. Teacher will note if student's speed, rhythm, and flow improved.

Word Study
Learning Objectives:
Objective
The student will identify the
rhyming words within the story
and think of new words to
rhyme with words from the text.
Standard of Learning
1.4 The student will orally identify,
produce, and manipulate various
units of speech sounds within
words.
a) Create rhyming words.
Assessment
The student will be assessed on
her ability to
a) identify the two words that
rhyme in each passage read
aloud to her
b) find one word to rhyme with
 each of the words taken from
the text that have been written
on index cards

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The Lion and the Unicorn
index cards with words from the text written on them: unicorn, bread, white,
fighting, beat, cake

Time for this part of lesson: What part of 30 minute lesson will be used for this part?
last 7 minutes (after Fluency and before Comprehension)
Procedure: Explain how this part of lesson will be carried out
1. To introduce lesson, teacher asks student if she knows what rhymes are, then explains briefly if she
answers no, giving an example ("dog and frog rhyme because they both end with the -og sound").
Then, teacher explains that in this nursery rhyme, all of the rhymes end with the sound -own.
2. Teacher reads first four pages aloud to student, then asks student to identify the rhyming words
from the passage (crown, town). Teacher will give corrections if necessary. Teacher will emphasize that
these words both end in the same sound.
2. Teacher repeats this process with the next four pages, and student identifies rhyme (brown, town).
3. For the next part of the lesson, teacher shows student index cards, reading them aloud, and asks her
to think of a word that rhymes with each of these words.

Comprehension
Learning Objectives:
Objective
Student will demonstrate
comprehension of the nursery
rhyme through oral responses to
three questions.
Standard of Learning
1.9 The student will read and
demonstrate comprehension of a
variety of fictional texts.
Assessment
For the two literal questions, the
student will be considered
correct if she answers that 1)
the story is about a lion and a
unicorn and 2) they were
fighting for a crown.
For the inferential question, the
answer will be considered
correct if it reflects
interpretation and higher-order
thinking.

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N/A
Time for this part of lesson: What part of 30 minute lesson will be used for this part?
3 minutes (after Fluency and before Writing)
Procedure: Explain how this part of lesson will be carried out
Teacher will ask student three questions: two that are literal (What kind of animals are in this story?
What were they fighting for?) and one that is inferential (Why did the people made them leave the
town?), and record these responses. Teacher will provide corrections to literal questions if not
 answered correctly, so that student gains comprehension of the story for the next portion of the lesson
(writing).

Writing
Learning Objectives:
Objective
The student will retell the story
of The Lion and the Unicorn
using beginning, middle, and
ending.
Standard of Learning
1.13 The student will write to
communicate a variety of ideas.
1.9 g) Retell stories and events,
using beginning, middle, and
end.
Assessment
worksheet divided into three
sections (beginning, middle,
end) with space to write in each
box

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worksheet
Time for this part of lesson: What part of 30 minute lesson will be used for this part?
10 minutes (after Comprehension and before Word Study)
Procedure: Explain how this part of lesson will be carried out
First, teacher explains to student the task for this activity: student will write what happened in the
story in her own words, telling what happened in the beginning, what happened in the middle, and
what happened at the end. Then, student completes writing activity. Teacher will provide help for
student in she is struggling, and at the end, teacher will provide oral feedback.