TEP Methods Instructional Activity Planning Template

Novice: Lara Singzon

Date of Implementation: 10/23/23

Grade Level(s): 4th

Instructional Activity: Interactive Read Aloud: Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

CCSS-ELA-LITERACY.RL.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly
and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS-ELA-LITERACY.RL.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on
specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

PRE-ASSESSMENT: What are students’ strengths and needs related to this Instructional Activity?
Strengths: students are great at participating and staying engaged for extended periods.
Needs: Clarification on plot of story.

ORGANIZATION: What are the goals? What standards are you working on in this activity?
Goal: To infer next events in the story.

ENGAGEMENT: How will I/we get started (Opening Move)? What are the details of the plan?

• OPENING MOVE ⟶ Show cover of book and read out loud title. Ask students first what they see. Pick
3-4 students to answer. Then ask students what they wonder. Pick 3-4 students to answer. If students
don’t point out details that will be pertinent to the reading, I will also share what I see and wonder to
help students keep possible ideas in their heads while we read.

• PLAN ⟶ Read Aloud Planning Chart for Stopping Places

 TEP Methods Instructional Activity Planning Template

ASSESSMENT: How will I/we make sense of what students are learning? What can I/we watch for? How
could you use multiple measures of representing, expressing, and engaging students to demonstrate their
knowledge?
Pair share to help students share inferences and to hear different perspectives/inferences from one
another.
Hand signals: Thumbs up/middle/down, I agree.