LESSON PLAN

Date:?Nov 5th                                                                                    ?Title of the Lesson:?Spelling and page set up

Curriculum Area: Language Arts - Writing                                          ?#060;/span>Unit of Study: Good presentation, good writing

Background Information:

The students are familiar with many of the words in the textbook, and find the exercises fun to do.

Many students are having trouble creating a good page set-up in their notebooks

Groupings:

Whole group lecture

Individual or paired seat-work

Learning Expectations:

Writing: O7-use and spell correctly the vocabulary appropriate for this grade level; S9-correctly spell words identified by the teacher; S18: use margins and spacing appropriately

Assessment:

     Observation              ?                   Learning Log/Journal - X  

     Presentation Performance           Self-Assessment

     Anecdotal Notes                           ?#060;/span>?#060;/span>Peer-assessment          

     Work Samples - X                           Rubric      

     Interview/Conference                    ?Test            ?

     Checklist - X                                                      

Lesson:

Motivation: show the students a mock blank page on the blackboard. Ask a child to name from 1 to 5 things (adjectives, colors, toys); ask what is the best way to present this information on the page?

Purpose: to practice spelling; to have the children know how to properly set up a page for transferring from a textbook to a notebook.

Body of Lesson:

-ask students what is the first thing you do when setting up a page? (the date and page #)

-ask what are some other things that you need to look out for when setting up a page

       (numbering, spacing, margins)

-for fun, show some ridiculous looking set-ups for pages:

     -show a red-line as a left margin,?ask, “where do the words go, to the left or the right?

     -show a few words on the board with little spacing, ask, “do these words look ok?; next,

       leave too much space, ask, “does this look right? As a rule, try to leave a finger space

       between each word.

     -show a few numbers on the board, either all at one side, or all in the middle, etc? As a

       rule, numbering is up to the student, but you can: follow the format of the text; number

       from left to right (as in reading); try not to leave too much space (environment)

-have one student come up to the board to help set up the page properly

-assign page 11 in the text, set up the page on the board, and do an example from A and B

-students can do the work by themselves, or with a partner

Closure: let the students know that when your pages look good, you can understand it better, and so can others

Materials/Resources:

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Spelling textbook (p.11)

Language Arts notebook

Bloom's Taxonomy:

?Knowledge - X

?Understanding

?Application

?Analysis

?Synthesis

?Evaluation

Instructional Methods:

?Cooperative Learning

?Lecture (Direct) - X

?#060;/span>?#060;/span>Brainstorming

?Role Playing

?Guest Speakers

?Videos/Slides

??#060;/span>Discussion (Interactive)

??#060;/span>Independent Study

?#060;/span>Experiential

Personal Notes/Reminders/Homework/Other Considerations:

-make a blank page on the?board

-write the numbers 1 ? 5 at the side (not on the mock blank page)

-fill in the numbers with the objects (adjectives, toys, colors, etc?

-write the numbers 1 ? on the other side of the board

1-date and page number                         2-margins                              ?3-spacing                                                 4-numbering

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