Lesson Plans for Book Club: Twenty and Ten GRCES: 4th Grade

Teacher: __Mikayla Battjes_______________________ Date___April 29____

Objectives and Common Core Standards

Objectives 1. Self-correct and re-read as necessary
while performing the reader’s theatre
2. Read with expression
3. Use their knowledge of language to
determine how they read the reader’s
theatre
4. Write journal entry from the
perspective of a Jewish or French child
to develop the imagined experience
using details and inferences from the
text
1. Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.C:
context to confirm or self-correct
word recognition and
understanding, rereading as
necessary.
2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.B: Read
grade-level prose and poetry orally
with accuracy, appropriate rate,
and expression on successive
readings.
3. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.3: Use
knowledge of language and its
conventions when writing,
speaking, reading, or listening.
4. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3: Write
narratives to develop real or
imagined experiences or events
using effective technique,
descriptive details, and clear event
sequences.

Preparation for Teaching

Materials and Reader’s theatre, journal sheets, student
site workbooks, novels
Assessment 1. Self-correcting word recognition 1. Observation of reader’s theatre
and re-reading as necessary
2. Reading with expression 2. Observation of reader’s theatre
throughout the reader’s theatre
3. Accounting for language 3. Observation of reader’s theatre
conventions when reading aloud
4. Their level of understanding and 4. Written journal entry
comprehension of the chapter
through their perspective of the
given child

Differentiatio Arie & Christian: give sentence starters for journal entries
n Arie: assign shorter parts
Christian: assign a part with movements so he doesn’t get distracted
Teaching Plan
Section Teacher Actions Student Activity Time
Motivation 1. Review the first half of chapter 4 by 1. Listen to teacher read aloud 5
re-reading the last 2 pages (46-47) –
teacher read aloud
2. Have the students predict in a group 2. Participate in group discussion 3
discussion what they think is going to
happen in the rest of this chapter
Development 1. Assign parts for the reader’s theatre 1. Listen to assigned roles 2
a. Arie: Philip
b. Christian: Soldier 2
c. Becket: Henry
d. Henry: Arthur
e. Lucy: Soldier 1
f. Piper: Janet
g. Miss Mikayla: Narrator
h. (if anyone is missing, teacher
will fill in the role) 2. Read individual’s role silently to review 5
2. Give the appropriate highlighted
reader’s theatre to each child and give
them 5 minutes to read through their 25
part individually 3. Perform reader’s theatre
3. Perform reader’s theatre 4. Write journal entry 15
4. Once the reader’s theatre is complete,
have the students write their journal
entry from their respective student
perspective individually 5. Work on word search individually or
5. If there is a short amount of time left: crossword puzzle with a partner
allow students to work individually on
their word search or with a partner on
the crossword puzzle 6. Choose between adding details to
6. If there is a lot of time left: students character catchers or working on
can add information to their character vocabulary packets
catchers created previously in the book
club or they can work on their
vocabulary packet they were given last
book club session
Closing and 1. Collect the notebooks and texts. Children leave the book club. 3-5”
dismissal Express appreciation. Pray for lunch.
Reflections A few notes for next time…
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