LANGUAGE ARTS Lesson 21 (A Chair for my Mother)

Day 3 (1 hour) 11:00 12:00

Enthusiastic About: Building robust vocabulary and grammar skills and applying those skills to meaningful
whole group activities.
Materials: Transparency R107, robust vocabulary slideshow, Storytown text, Read-Aloud anthology, Flocabulary
YouTube video: 5 Elements of a Story

Objectives:
The students will

Utilize knowledge of sounds, letters, and words to

build reading comprehension

Decode vowel diphthongs /ou/ ou, ow and apply

this decoding strategy to read sentences and
answer questions.

Assessment of Objective Accomplishment:

1. Teacher Observation
2. Question and Answer
3. Dry erase boards

Define and apply robust vocabulary to sentences

and demonstrate comprehension of new words.
Compare and contrast plot with other story
elements such as setting, theme, and conflict.

Procedure with Amount of Time Stated for Each Activity:

(Morning)
Students will move to the front of the room and the teacher will introduce robust vocabulary using a PowerPoint
slideshow. The teacher will read the word and the students will read the definitions and answer the questions on the
slides.
Using transparency R107, the teacher will introduce vowel diphthongs /ou/ ou, ow words. The students will choral
read a list of words with ou and ow diphthongs and answer the corresponding questions. The students will generate
their own list of -ou -ow words.
Students will turn to page 162 in their Storytown books to read the Focus Skill section on Plot. The teacher will
show a brief musical video about the five elements of a story (Plot, Setting, Character, Conflict, Theme) from
Flocabulary: 5 Elements of a Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps

State Standard(s) Addressed:

CC.1.1.2.D
CC.1.2.2.F
CC.1.2.2.K
R1.2.4
SL.2.1
SL.2.4
L.2.4
L.2.6