Lesson Plan

Name: __Becky ________________

Unit: _Comprehension Strategies___ ______
NYS Standards #(s):

Date: ___4/21/11______
Subject/Grade: ELA 3rd Grade_____

ELA 3 Students will read and write for critical analysis and evaluation.

Approximate number of classroom minutes this plan will take: 30 minutes

Instructional Planning Elements
Resources/Materials
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Nate the Great and the Missing Key

Detective Journals
Pencils
Make a Prediction Post-its
What? signs

Entrance Task , Transition, or motivational hook:

Say: Yesterday we learned that good detectives back up
and reread if they are starting to get confused or they
dont understand something. Today, you are going to
learn another important strategy good detectives use.
Good detectives make predictions.

Student Learning Goals

SWBAT make a prediction and support it with the text.
Say: Making predictions helps readers understand what
they read

Reflection Notes

Instructional Planning Element

Detailed Instructional Plan

Motivation (hook) (shown on page 1)

Sharing learning goals with students (shown on page 1)

Modeling
Say: When you make a prediction, you guess what is going to
happen next. You need to use the authors clues to make a
realistic guess. Clues could be in the title, pictures, details
in the story, and what you already know.
Read the students the title and show them the cover of the
book.
Ask the students to make a prediction.
After they have made their prediction, ask them What
makes you think that is what the story will be about? and
hold up the What? Sign.
Tell them my prediction: I think the book is going to be
about a boy named Nate who has to find a missing key. I
think the dog buried the key in the backyard.
Remind the students that authors will often leave you
clues. You should be able to say what made you think your
prediction is right. In this case, the authors clues that I
used are the title (the missing key) and the picture (a mean
looking dog).
Explain that as we learn more information while reading the
story, our predictions about what happened to the key or
where the key is may change.
Begin reading the story together to see if our predictions
were correct.
Guided Practice
Give each student a copy of Nate the Great and the Missing
Key.
Say: We are going to take turns reading. While we are
reading, I am going to stop you and ask you to make a
prediction so pay attention to the clues!
Stop the students on page 14 after they read That is the
last time I saw the key. and ask them to make a prediction
based on what we have learned so far.
Hold up the What? Sign and remind them to say what clues
in the story they used to make that prediction.

Reflection Notes

Read a few more sentences and stop after: But the house
was locked, and Rosamond and her cats were gone.
Ask the students if they want to change their predictions
now that they have more information.

Independent Practice
Tell the students that they are going to practice making
predictions on their own now. Remind them that they must
be able to tell me What clues helped them make their
predictions.
Tell them that I have put Make a Prediction post-it notes in
their books. When they see one, they should stop and write
their prediction in their detective journals.
Give the students time to read and make predictions on
their own.
*Have Adam and Jake read aloud to me for a few minutes
each. They can whisper read the rest of the time.
Modifications
*Adam and Jake have trouble comprehending when they read
independently.

Assessment
Students will be assessed by their predictions in their detective
journals.

Closure/Metacognition
Have the students share their predictions and the clues they used
to make the predictions.

Teachers Overall Reflection of the Lesson