Mary Rossi ELD 308 Grade: 4th Grade Subject: Language Arts Activity: Read Aloud

Dr. McKool Read Aloud

Objectives: The student will listen as the teacher reads aloud while stopping to make predictions and connections. Materials: Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper Common Core State Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a characters thoughts, words, or actions).

Lesson Sequence: o Before Reading: Today boys and girls, I am going to read to you one of my new favorite books called Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper. Perhaps you know some of her other books such as Panic or November Blues? Today I just want you to look at the title and cover of this book and tell me what you see. Can anyone tell me what they think this book is about? How about we make some predictions before we get started and follow them throughout the book? Allow students to predict and make observation. While writing them on the board I will ask them why they think that. They were great predictions boys and girls. Now I am going to read aloud the first chapter, which is quite short, to determine if any of our predictions come true. Since this chapter may not solve our predictions, I am going to ask you to write these predictions in your readers notebooks and ask you to leave room at the bottom of the page in case we want to change our predictions and make new ones. Now lets get started and see if our predictions are confirmed. During Reading: o Before I begin reading I will demonstrate how to make a check next to the predictions that were solved.

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Im surrounded by thousands of words. Maybe millions. Now this is the first sentence of the book and Im looking back at my predictions to see if I can make any connections. Now that I have decided that my predictions from the cover and the title do not match this sentence, Im going to keep reading. However, if I look at the prediction and make a connection with the reading I am going to put a check next to that prediction. Now that I have modeled with the first sentence I would like you all to listen carefully and in your writers notebook check off if we solved our prediction. Pg. 1 Third paragraph: What do you think she means by that? Deep within me, words pile up in huge drifts. Pg. 2 Third paragraph: Can you remember all the words that your parents have ever told you? What is your earliest memory from when you were younger? The last thing I remember from my childhood was getting ready for my pre-k graduation and walking up on stage with my twin brother and parents and taking pictures with all the students. Continue finishing the story.

After Reading: o Now that we have finished chapter one, who checked off any of our predictions? Okay, I would like you to sit at your table and talk with one another about whether or not you felt these predictions were met and why. One person from each group will have to explain what your table concluded. You have three minutes. After three minutes, I will get the students to refocus and ask the speaker to please stand up. After we have a short discussion with the entire class about our predictions, I will ask the students to put their reading materials away and continue thinking about what our book, Out of my Mind is about.

Assessment: o Students will be successful if they are able to make reasonable predictions and observations. They will also be assessed on their connections to the texts and discussion.