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Lesson Overview: This lesson aims to teach students a skill, sequencing, they can use in reading
to aide in comprehension.
Resources or Materials Needed: Students will need the mentor text, a sequencing anchor chart,
graphic organizer, worksheet, smart board, electronic microphone, listening center and pencil.
Lesson Objective: Students will enumerate the sequence of events in the story that culminated
with Pierre growing new feathers in order to discuss the main idea of the story. (ReadWorks,
2017) Students will be able to use information provided to complete a comprehension worksheet
Time: 90 minutes
Lesson Plan 2
When students enter the classroom from recess, they will come to the carpet area and take a
Students will be asked if anyone knows what sequencing is. Once they have had a chance to
answer, we will move on. Some examples to use with students are listed: What are the steps
you take to make a sandwich, in what order do we do each subject, what are the days of the
week?
Teacher will introduce the book with an attention grabber. What is your favorite animal from
the Arctic?
Teacher will read the book and stop periodically to ask students questions in order to check for
understanding throughout the story. This will cause students to be listening for a purpose.
Step 3: Learner Participation
Teacher will post graphic organizer (Appendix C) on board with answers covered.
Teacher will ask questions to promote student response about the story.
When students answer a question from the graphic organizer, they will reveal the answer and
students will fill in their graphic organizer as well. This will continue until the graphic organizer is
completely filled in. If students struggle with answering the questions, the teacher will reread
Step 4: Assessment
Students will receive a comprehension worksheet (Appendix D) with multiple choice questions.
Teacher will read each question out loud for students to ensure that they understand what each
Students will reach proficiency if they are able to complete the worksheet with 80% accuracy.
Students who need to revisit the text, will have the option to listen to the story again at the
listening center. This will also serve students who missed the reading of the story the first time
After all students have completed the assessment, they will turn it in.
Teacher will display a blank copy of the assessment on the overhead and ask for volunteers to
answer and justify their answers. If students are wrong, they can ask for help from a peer. This
will continue until the whole worksheet has been reviewed and is posted with all of the correct
answers.