D A I L Y D O UB L E P L A N Name: Cory Bieber Overview Unpacked Benchmark, CDAS, CRS, or IL State Standards.

Subject/Time: Writing Date: 3-18-13 Key Lesson Elements What is the Teacher Doing? What are the Students Doing? Do Now (3-5 minutes): I will stand and point to several students. When I point to them they We will do a quick brainstorming will say one thing they are really activity good at or know a lot about. They must wait at a level 0 and if they yell out, they will not get the chance to share. State Lesson Objective & Lesson Agenda Students will be brainstorming topics that they consider themselves SWBAT create a list of topics to write experts on so that they can write about for an informational book. an informational book about the subject. I Do Input (1-2 Key teaching points): Students will be seated on the Check for Understanding: carpet at a level 0 with hands in their laps and participating when called I will explain that they just shared upon. with me something that they know a lot about and we are all good at a lot of things. I will model for students how to create a brainstorming list. I will explain that we have brainstormed before and this is what good writers do to begin their writing process. I will think aloud and explain that I know a lot about volleyball, softball, basketball, shopping, and cooking. My list will be generated on an anchor chart. We Do Guided Practice: Check for Understanding: Students will be seated on the carpet at a level 0 with their hands in Students will help me generate a list their laps. Students will be cold of things that they are experts on. called to provide one topic that they We will title the list Room 103s got can write an informational book the info on about.

CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.1.2 Write informative/expl anatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

Objective(s) SWBAT:

create a list of topics to write about for an informational book. Vocabulary words/Key Concepts:

You Do Independent Practice: Check for Understanding:

Students will transition to their desks and be working independently

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Informational text, nonfiction, facts, diagrams, graphs, brainstorm

Students will create their own list of topics that they can write an informational book about.

at a level 0. They will be compiling a list of topics to write an informational book about. They may refer to the word wall or their writing dictionaries to help them with spelling.

Modifications/ Accommodations Exit Ticket (aligned to lesson objective) or assessment:

Students may sit closer to the teacher to help with focus or may have an assigned spot on the carpet. Materials & Technology Brainstorm template, pencils, writing dictionaries, Gail Gibbons books, writing dictionaries Homework:

Brainstorming list.

Closing/Preview for next lesson: You did an excellent job of creating a list of topics that you can write an informational book about. Tomorrow we are going to start writing about one of those topics. We will use books and other information that we know to help us create an informational book.

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Name:__________________________________ Topics for Informational Books 1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________ 6. _________________________________________________ 7. _________________________________________________ 8. _________________________________________________ 9. _________________________________________________ 10. _____________________________________________