Date: 2/24/2020

Lesson #: 1
Name: Maddie Tomecek and Takjen (2nd grade)

Iowa Core Standards (Literacy and Language):

Speaking and Listening Standards
SL.2.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts
with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally
or through other media.
SL.2.3
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather
additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

Outcomes (I can):
I can draw out the vocabulary words in the picture
I can describe the details of the given picture
I can answer questions when asked
I can deepen my understanding of the topic
I can participate in a conversation about the picture

Language Prompt and Procedures:

What do you plan to do in this D-LEA or LEA lesson?
- Present students picture of weather
- Students identify what they see in the picture
- What do you see when you look at this picture?
- Draw out key vocabulary--what do you see in the picture? (Use Popplet)
- Draw a line, write the word, spell the word
- Prompting Questions:
- What do you see in the sky?
- What do you see on the beach?
 - What else do you see besides the weather and the beach?
- What colors do you see?
- Discuss the different types of weather we have been experiencing over
the last couple of days.
- Offer suggestions for words they can produce
- Ex: “I see *blank* in this picture, what do you see?
- Review and say out loud all the words you came up with and documented on the
Popplet
- Produce a title for the word chart

If there’s Extra Time:

- Use an outside text to bring in additional vocabulary.

- Read the text What is Lightening? From Weather WizKids with the student
- What is lightning?
Lightning is a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. All
thunderstorms produce lightning and are very dangerous. If you hear the
sound of thunder, then you are in danger from lightning.
- Ask the Question: “What words did we read that were new? Or aren’t on our Popplet?”
- Additional vocabulary examples:
- Flash
- Bright
- Thunderstorms
- Danger
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Electricity
- Fahrenheit
Extra Texts:

- What is lightning?
Lightning is a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. All
thunderstorms produce lightning and are very dangerous. If you hear the
sound of thunder, then you are in danger from lightning.

- What causes thunder?

Thunder is caused by lightning. When a lightning bolt travels from the cloud to
the ground it actually opens up a little hole in the air, called a channel. Once
then light is gone the air collapses back in and creates a sound wave that we
hear as thunder. The reason we see lightning before we hear thunder is
because light travels faster than sound!

Include the following points (when relevant to the lesson)

● Phonology and phonics

● Oral language and vocabulary development
● Work with letters and words
● Work with sentences
● Work with text

Field Notes:
- Takjen and I worked together to split the task of writing. We created our word chart on
paper instead of using the iPad to avoid distractions that happened the last time we used
it. We drew out our word chart and I did the first half of the pictures. We would point to
words, name them, draw a line, and write the word. I showed her how to do it and the
reward was to allow her to use the markers and try writing the words for herself. It wasn’t
explicitly planned; however, once we sat down to work, it made more sense to show her
what I was asking of her, instead of trying to tell her.I wanted to test her spelling a little
bit so I didn’t help her spell words and instead had her sound them out. She didn’t do too
bad!! I wrote the correct word underneath. After we wrote out all the words we could
think of (including words that came from our conversation about today’s weather), we
then read the outside text and highlighted words that weren’t previously on the original
word chart. Takjen copied them down. We talked about them, read them over, and came
up with a title (thunder on the beach). I highlighted the words Takjen wrote. I was able to
teach her about electricity and even how to say the word!!!!

Text developed in this lesson:

Scary bolt flashes thunder weather dangerous electricity water swimming sand beach play
rained clouds stormy house fence bright sky people tree thunderstorm
Loud lightning
Images and Video:
Possible word chart Example:
Dark sky/Dark
Lightning
Big cloud/Clouds
Beach
Water/Ocean
Houses
People
Loud
Rain
Trees
Scary
Tan Sand/Sand
Houses
Fence
Stormy