Intern Name: Delaney Estes and Shelly Foster

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic):Reading and making predictions of the book

Grade: Kindergarten
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LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
Overview The student will demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts by using pictures
to make predictions.
Reading
● The student will demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts
Standards of ○ K.9: c) Use pictures to make predictions
Learning ○ K.9: d) Begin to ask and answer questions about what is being
read
○ K.9: g) Discuss characters, settings, and events

Essential Questions Looking at the picture, what is going to happen next?

Students will be able to…

Objectives Make predictions in fictional stories by analyzing the pictures and storyline.
I can make predictions based on the pictures shown in the fictional books.
Learning Target I can make predictions based on the storyline in the fictional books.
I can identify the characters, settings, and events in the fictional book.
Necessary Prior
Be familiar with how to understand a fictional story.
Knowledge
Materials Fictional books, pencils, worksheets to write predictions, and colored pencils
Warm-Up: Pictures and word matching
● Taking animal names and matching a picture with the name of the
Introduction/Hook animal. By gluing it down on a worksheet that they will be able to put
into their journal. (10 min)
❖ “Walking the Dog” Worksheet:
➢ Each student receives a worksheet and takes out a pencil
➢ The list on the worksheet is out of order. The students’ jobs are
to put the list back in order.
➢ Independently, the students will number the list randomly from
Instructional 1-5 (based on the passage above the list) so that the list can be
put in order.
Activities & ❖ Fictional Story:
Strategies ➢ As a class, the teacher will read a story (or play a video of
someone reading the story) and make predictions about what will
occur next based on the plot and the pictures
❖ Exit Ticket
➢ The students will take out their journal to write down a new
entry.
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
 ➢ In the entry, the students will write down a prediction of what
they think they will learn tomorrow based on what they learned
today.
Key Vocabulary or
Characters, settings, plot, animal names, predictions
Concepts
Exit Ticket: Write down in your journal a prediction of what you think we will
Assessments learn tomorrow based on what we learned today.
Students will be put in groups and will talk about three things that they
Closure Activity predicted in the story or what they liked about the story as a whole.
● Extra time for anyone that needs it during the lesson
Accommodations ● An extra copy of the book if any student needs to take one with them
home or needs extra time to read the book
Virginia Doe website, Fictional Books (“Plummet”), Worksheets from K5
Learning:
Resources https://www.k5learning.com/free-preschool-kindergarten-worksheets/reading-co
mprehension/exercises

https://youtu.be/Dpa58HiK1lI
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)