Week 9: Lesson on Comprehension

Candidate’s Name: Sarah Kovalenko

Grade Level: 2

Title of the lesson: Comprehension

Length of the lesson: 40 minutes

Central focus of the lesson (The central focus should align with the CCSS/content standards and support students to develop an essential literacy strategy and requisite skills for comprehending or composing texts in meaningful contexts) Read a text and comprehend it fully. Use different strategies and methods to help comprehend.

Knowledge of students to inform teaching (prior knowledge/prerequisite skills and personal/cultural/community assets) Students can read age appropriate texts. Now they will focus on comprehending what they are reading, analyzing the text and answering questions.

Common Core State Standards (List the number and text of the standard. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the relevant part[s].) Common Core Learning Standards for ELA and Literacy) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Support literacy development through language (academic language) Students will analyze a text, make inferences and draw conclusions. Read and write.

Learning objectives Students will learn to comprehend a text. Students will ask and answer questions to help themselves comprehend a text. Students will practice reading and writing.

Formal and informal assessment (including type[s] of assessment and what is being assessed) Informally, ask questions throughout reading to make sure that they understand the text. Also, check on them during the group discussions and assess. Formally, take a look at the drawings and the letters that they wrote to the author.

Instructional procedure: Instructional strategies and learning tasks (including what you and the students will be doing) that support diverse student needs. Read the book Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes, aloud to the class. Ask questions about the story while reading. After each page, have the students draw a picture to demonstrate their understanding of what occurred in that segment. In groups, have the students share ideas and facilitate a discussion in which they discuss how they think the story would continue. (How would the character change? What might he/she do next? Why?) Then have the groups present their ideas to the class. Next, have the students work in pairs to write a letter to the author explaining what they liked about the book, and what their favorite part was.

Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning. Book: Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes

Reflection This lesson has many entry points- drawing, reading, writing, working with others.. This allows for each child to learn effectively. I would put more emphasis and focus on teaching vocabulary. I might stop while reading to explain difficult words. This would definitely help ELLs and struggling readers, who need more practice and attention.

Dr. Hui-Yin Hsu Spring 2014