Minilesson

Title: Post it note

Date: 3/7/19
Materials:
Iowa Core: W.3.2.d
Outcome/Goal: I can . . . Write a conclusion for my informational piece
Teaching Point: To teach the students how to write a conclusion for their
informational piece
Assessment: Were the students able to incorporate the three parts that I
modeled to them in their conclusion?

Set the Goal and

Purpose Today we are going to learn how to write a conclusion and end
our paper strongly.
Gain student’s
attention.

The teacher tells the The reason we need a conclusion is because it wraps up our
students today’s goal paper and ends it with a strong statement
and teaching point,
and how this work is
relevant to their
writing.

Review Prior Lets review the main ideas.

Skills and My turn first: We can find the main ideas on the graphic
Knowledge organizer in each category.
Say it with me: We can find the main ideas on the graphic
Review what has organizer in each category.
been taught.
Now it’s your turn: (child’s name) where can we find the
main ideas?

New Instruction Today we are going to write our conclusion and wrap up your
main ideas. Remember, we use conclusions to end the paper
Show and tell – with a strong statement.
modeling My turn/(I
My turn: writers often use words to begin their conclusions
do it).
such as- “In conclusion”, “To Summarize”, “To wrap up” or
The teacher shows “Overall”
and tells the My turn: After that sentence, we summarize our key details.
students something We will use our previous graphic organizer to help us
writers do. remember our key information.
My turn: Last, we will end our conclusion with a memorable
The teacher
and exciting ending.
demonstrates with a
mentor text.

Guided Practice: Now, I am going to turn it over to you guys. You are going to
Our Turn/We Do come up with a “Transitional phrase”
*work with them and help them*
Prompted guided Next, you will briefly go over and summarize the main ideas
practice of what has
from your text to remind the readers what was important.
been taught (Our
Last, think of a memorable ending so the readers are left
turn/We do it).

Prompts:
interested and satisfied.
● Visual prompts.
● Verbal prompts
● Physical prompts *This step is not on their computers/actual paper. Just list

Levels of them on their note sheet for reference when it is time to

scaffolding:
● Tell them what to do. write the conclusion*
● Ask them what to do.
● Remind them what to
do.

Summarizes and To go over what we learned today, we can look at the three
Links main parts of a good and successful conclusion.
● Transitional phrase
The teacher
reiterates the ● Summarize key details/main ideas
teaching point and
links the lesson to
 the students’ writing ● Memorable ending- hook/conclusion
lives.

Close This will beneficial to remember whenever you write any type

Very brief. The of piece or paper so that you have a great ending!
closing is tied to the
mini-lesson and is
used as a time to
review, troubleshoot,
or further instruct.

Active Now, you are going to open up your paper on your computers
Involvement and and put these main parts of a good conclusion into a full
Practice paragraph.

Unprompted practice
(You do it.)

Graphic Organizer
 Come up with a few transitional phrases, like in conclusion to start
your paragraph

Sum up your first main idea into a sentence

Sum up your second main idea into a sentence

End your paper with a memorable statement, like your hook

I think that this lesson plan could have had some changes. I think a graphic organizer would
have really helped. I think that it would have also been different with my students, but I think
Alexia and Autumn helped a lot. I think that working with the kids I could have given them more
background on what a transition phrase is. I think that I could have also described the last
sentence and how to get your readers attention and to keep it.