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Teacher: Mr. Stafford

Daily Lesson Plan Form

Subject: Reading

Grade Level: 4th

Mentor: Mrs. Pierce

Campus/District: Heather
Date: 11/ 24/ 2014
Glen Elementary
Overall Goal of Lesson: Students will be able to demonstrate that they can comprehend a short story and
pull out story elements and character traits
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to identify character traits while summarizing a story.
Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) &
ELPS: (typed out completely) 6.B 13.B

Key Vocabulary: Identify, summarize,

comprehend,

Higher Order Questions: What would your character trait be if you were in the position of the main
character?
Student Activities: (Keep in mind the following: Scaffolding, Independent or Cooperative activities, Groupings, Reading,
Writing, Listening, Hands-On/Minds-On, Connections to previous knowledge, etc)

Students will complete some individual activities through independent worksheets. Students will also have
experiences with cooperative learning working with groups to find some answers.

Modifications/ELL Strategies
Fewer answer choices
Reduce the amount of work.
Time Allotted
5minutes

Anticipatory Activity for Lesson:

Students will complete a bell ringer work sheet to refresh
their memory over character traits.

Teacher Input/Lesson Activity:

I will help students refer back to the background knowledge and lessons we learned before
we begin our activity.
Modeling: (Reading) I will give examples of character traits from my favorite child hood
stories.

10 minutes

5 minutes

5 minutes

Guided Practice: Students will follow along with the story. We will discuss the characters
together before students write the character traits and their individual thoughts of them on
paper.
Independent Practice: Students will complete a work sheet with their own thoughts on
characters and their traits.
Lesson Closure: Students will put themselves in the characters shoes and explain what their
character traits would be if they were in the story.
Assessment Methods/Strategies: I would assess students by how well they did on their work
sheet. I would also give the students a ticket out of the door problem.

Resources (supplies, equipment, software, etc.):

Reflection: