UNLV/Department of Teaching & Learning

Elementary Lesson Plan Template

UNLV Student: Matthew Aber PSMT Name: Michael Velasco

Lesson Plan Title: Unit 3 Week 1 Day 1 Lesson Plan Topic: Theme
Date: 11/16/2020 Estimated Time: 30 minutes
Grade Level: 4th School Site: N/A

1. State Standard(s):
a. RL4.2 - Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the
text.
2. Teaching Model(s): Direct Instruction, Asynchronous Learning

3. Objective(s):
a. I can identify important details and events in the text “No Place Like Home”.
b. So I can use evidence to determine the theme of a text.
c. I am successful when I can write a response about the theme of, “No Place Like Home”
and provide evidence to support my response.
4. Materials and Technology Resources:
- Nearpod, Google Slides, My NatGeo
5. Instructional Procedures:
a. Motivation/Engagement:

o On the Nearpod Collaboration Board, ask the students, “What amazing places have
you seen or learned about?” Have the students type in a response in the discussion
board for about 3-5 minutes.

b. Developmental Activities or Learning Experiences:

• Go over key word vocabulary: Map, Globe, Equator, Hemisphere, Continent,

Country, and Inhabitant.
• Next, read through the story “South America: Geography and Environments”.
Then, have the students answer these questions and discuss with you;
• What is this text mostly about? Write one or two complete
sentences.
• What details does Johan Reinhard provide in the second paragraph
when talking about the Inca civilization?
• Based off the text, what do you think Johan Reinhard feels about the
Incas and Machu Picchu?
• Give the students some time to think over the questions, and then call on some
students to give you the answer.
• It is now time to go over the definition of theme. Ask the students to read the
slide on how the main message of a story is its theme. Use clues in the story to
figure out its theme. Look for clues in the title, the characters, and the plot or
events in the story.
 • To help out with finding out the theme, have the students read the section
about the graphic organizer, so that they can make a chart that has a section for
the title, characters of the story, the plot, and the setting, with the theme in the
middle of the chart.
• To practice finding the theme, have the students read “No Place Like Home”.
Explain before reading, how the title suggests the theme because it talks about
home, and also how the title, characters, setting and plot contribute to the
theme. Then on the next slide, quickly fill in the chart with the students about
the story they just read, referring back to the story when needed. If needed,
you can use a different story like Beauty and the Beast.

c. Closure:
• Students will write a RACERS response about what the theme is in the story
“No Place Like Home”. They should use these sentences frames to help out;
• I think the theme of “No Place Like Home” is…
• One quote that supports this is, “... .”
• Another piece of evidence that supports this is, “...”
• This supports the theme because…
• That is why I think the theme of “No Place Like Home” is ...

6. Accommodations, Modifications and Differentiations for Diverse Learners: Graphic organizer

can have pictures representing the characters or setting, or plot. In addition, students will need
at least 1 description for each blank box.

7. Assessment and Evaluation of Learning:

a. Students will be evaluated by Graphic Organizer and response.

8. Homework Assignment:
a. n/a