Friday 

Lesson Plan for Grade 1, Language Arts 

Prepared by Mrs. Stone 
 

Task 1 eHandbook Model & Practice 

This task is an Interactive Tool that allows scholars to read, click, and highlight directly on 
the screen or device. Today scholars will use this eHandbook to ask and answer questions 
about what we read. We know Good readers ask questions as they read. Sometimes the 
answers can be found in the story. Other times readers must use what they already know to 
answer the question. Asking and answering questions can help a reader understand key 
ideas.Follow these steps when reading: 

1. Ask a question about what you read. 

2. Think about how you can find the answer. 
3. Answer your question. 

Click the ‘model’ button at the bottom right of the eHandbook page to see how asking and 
answering questions should look before, during and after reading. Read the short paragraph 
“​Diego and the Whale”. ​Then, read and follow the three steps below to learn how to ask and 
answer strong questions that can help build a stronger understanding of the topic. In each 
step, there is a blue hyperlink that will show a pop-up window. When the link is clicked the 
pop-up window will come up with instructions, details and tips to help your scholar ask and 
answer questions effectively. The three main steps to asking and answering questions are: 1) 
Asking questions that might help you to better understand the story. 2) How to find the 
answers to your questions by using key details from the text. 3) Checking and proving your 
answers with evidence from the text. Asking questions helps you understand the key ideas 
and details of a selection. 

Next, scholars should click the ​Practice​ button in the bottom right corner to ask and answer 
questions on their own. Scholars can go back and use the model steps to help as needed.  

Once you click on ‘practice’ , a 3 page document should pop-up. The ‘practice’ document has a 

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short passage for scholars to read titled “Good-bye, Blue Sky” with three questions for them 
to answer about the text. I will also link the ‘practice’ document on the Weebly site for quick 
and easy access.  

https://mhschool.com/lead_21/grade1/ccslh_g1_rl_1_1a.html  

Task 2 Mother Bruce Read Aloud 

Scholars will listen to the read aloud “Mother Bruce” twice all the way through and then take 
time to complete the asking and answering questions graphic organizer below. The first read 
should be just listening and paying attention to details. The second time can be used as a tool. 
The video can be paused, fast forwarded and rewound as needed to help better 
understanding and build strong questions. The organizer has space for three questions about 
the book. One question should be a question your scholar has before reading. The second 
question should be a during reading question written while the video (read aloud) is paused 
on a specific place in the book. The third and final question should be from after reading. The 
after reading question is so important because it is an example of a question that your 
scholar still has even after reading and hearing the entire book. Asking questions helps you 
understand the key ideas and details of a selection. Make sure that each answer has strong 
evidence from the text to prove the answer to the question is correct. Scholars can use the 5 
W’s and a H to help structure questions (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How). Be sure 
scholars are writing in complete sentences with capital letters, spaces, and 
punctuation.Scholars should follow these steps to ask and answer questions: 

4. Ask a question about what you read. 

5. Think about how you can find the answer. 
6. Answer your question. 

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