Information Processing Lesson Plan

Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis
skills in decoding words.
Learning Objectives:
 Students will be able to describe the characteristics of closed syllable words.
 Students will be able to identify closed syllable words.
 Students will be able to correctly say closed syllable words.
Materials and Resources
 PowerPoint
 Word sort activity
 Paper/pencil
Anticipatory Set
The lesson will begin with the following question: What do you know about syllables? Students
will share what they know about syllables. This may include that syllables must contain a vowel,
words can have multiple syllables, you can clap out syllables etc…
Activity – Concept Attainment Procedure

Phase 1: Closed Syllable Words

The following chart will be displayed on the Smartboard with one row at a time transitioning in.
Yes No

got go

shed she

top to

cap cape

rat rate

hug huge

epic eat
Phase 2: Students will be asked to see what they notice about the words. They should begin to
identify that the no column words end in vowels or have more than vowel in the syllable. They
should begin to notice that words in the yes column have a vowel and a consonant at the end of
the syllable. I will ask students for words that follow this pattern. Students should begin to pay
attention to the vowel sound which is short.
As a class we will determine that the yes words all have a consonant closing in a vowel and the
vowel makes the short sound. It is a closed syllable word.

Phase 3: During this stage I will have students discuss how they came up with the rule and why
the no words do not fit into the yes category.

Closure
Students will be given a word sort where they must place words in the closed syllable column or
the non-closed syllable column.
Assessments
Formative: Students will be assessed on their ability to identify the characteristics of a closed
syllable word.
Summative: Students will be assessed on their ability to sort words with closed syllables and
words without closed syllables.