edTPA Lesson Plan
Name Celina Salzone
Lesson #, Lesson Title Lesson #1, Reading Literacy
Date and Day of the Week Friday March 15th, 2019
Grade Level and Class 2nd Grade
Period and Length 50 minutes
Materials Needed SMARTboard, Pioneers to the West book, graphic organizer
Standards and Objectives
Standards: RL 2.1 I can ask and answer questions such as who, what, where, when, why and how. I can refer to the
text to find the answers.
Learning Objectives: SWBAT ask literal and inferential questions as they read to demonstrate understanding of key
details in a fiction story.
SWBAT Identify the difference between who, what, where, when, why and how.
SWBAT Ask who, when, where, how, why, and what questions to show understanding of key details in a text.
SWBAT Answer who, when, where, how, why, and what questions to show understanding of key details in a text.
Central Focus: Students will ask and answer questions to demonstrate key details given to them in the stories.
Academic Language Demands:
Students must be able to listen and respond on grade level.
Students should be able to read and write on grade level.
Students should be aware of phonetic language.
Struggling students will work in small groups with guidance from teacher.
Time Action Rationale
Launch (Motivation)
5 Who can remind me what the 5 W’s are?
minutes
5 Students should reply with who, what, where, when, why and
sometimes how.
Instructional Procedure (Explore)
Good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading a story.
What are some questions that we can ask before we start reading? Turn
and talk to the person next to you and come up with a question to be Teacher will model as a whole
asked before we read the story. group what is going to happen
when they go into small group.
Questions students may come up with before reading story:
15
“Who might be in the story?”
minutes Students will have an opportunity
“What did they do there?”
to show what they already know
“When did they go?” about what kind of questions will
“Where did they go?” be asked after reading the story.
“Why do you think they traveled west?”
“How did they get there?”
The teacher will call on 4-6 students to share their pre-reading question.
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The story will be read aloud to the students. Pioneers to the West
Children’s true Stories.
Throughout the story, the teacher will pause and model asking questions
during reading.
Structured Practice and Application
After discussion about the story, students will break up into their small
groups.
25
minutes Students will work with the person next to them to help fill out the
graphic organizer. They should use the story and go back to find the
answers as well as supporting details.
Struggling students will be paired with a student who is excelling in
reading for extra guidance and help.
While students are working with their partners I will be circling around
asking questions and ensure that students are staying on task.
Any students that finish early may begin to read the next true story in the
book using the 5 W’s to help answer any questions that they might have.
If the student would like they can ask for another worksheet or use the
blank side of the sheet they already have.
Students will share their answers with the group and they will show
where they found the answers in the story. Students will assess their
understanding of the standard as they check off their Success Criteria.
Closure
5 Students will regroup on the carpet and talk as a class about the Regroup and have students repeat
minutes importance of the 5 W’s and How. the importance of the 5 W’s
“The 5 W’s and How let us break down the details of the story, it helps
us understand who the characters are, the setting of the story and other
details that the author wants us to know.
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