Lesson Plan Template-Literacy: K-8

Date: / Length of Lesson:
Title of Book(s):
Curriculum Area or Unit of Study & Grade Level:
Intended Learning Outcomes – To Know, To Value, To Do, To Create:
Meaning Making Skills/Strategies: Which skills will be directly taught or reinforced? Which strategies will be modeled and/or guided?
Reading Skills / Reading Strategies / Oral Reading/Decoding/Language Skills
Sequence
Summarize
Categorize and classify
Identify author’s purpose, point of
view
Separate facts and opinions
Note main idea
Note details
Draw conclusions
Make inferences
Identify cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Determine problem and solution
Use context clues
Identify story elements
Identify features of literary genres
Identify literary devices: point of view,
tone/mood, symbolism, foreshadowing,
flashbacks, irony
Recognize persuasion & propaganda / Tapping prior knowledge
Predicting
Organizing ideas
Figuring out unknown words
Making Connections – text to text, text
to self, text to world
Applying fix-up strategies
Revising meaning
Monitoring
Playing with language
Summarizing
Evaluating
Visualizing
Notes: / Fluency: rate, prosody
Sound out words using knowledge of
phonics/syllabication
Explore word families
Identify high frequency words
Look for picture cues
Choose among multiple meanings of
words
Identify similes and metaphors
Identify idioms and slang
Identify rhyme
Use punctuation marks as meaning
markers
Notes:
Plan:
(Balance Check – Reading, Writing, Conversation – Speaking and Listening, Artistic Expression
Viewing and Representing) / Prereading
Set purpose
Make connections
Activate Prior
Knowledge
Vocabulary
Make Predictions

Reading

Read Aloud
Shared (whole class or
partner)
Guided
Independent
Model Strategies
Continue predictions

Responding

Grand Conversations
Reflections (oral,
illustrated, written)
Reading Log

Exploring

Retelling (oral,
illustrated, written)
Graphic organizers
Rereading
Make connections
Examine author’s craft,
memorable passages
Mini-lessons on reading
procedures, concepts,
strategies and skills

Extending

Construct projects
Involve the arts
Explore related texts
Assessment/Evaluation: What strategies will I use for each ILO? Meaning Making Skills/Strategies? / Assessment Strategies
Checklist
Anecdotal Notes
Graphic Organizer and
Rubric
Learning Log/Journal
and Rubric
Interview/Conference
Self/Peer Assessment
Presentation/
Performance and Rubric
Project and Rubric
ILOs, Skills, Strategies / Strategy Description and Key Criteria
Adaptations/Modifications:What changes do I have to make for students with specific learning needs? / Adaptations
Time
Space
Scribe
Partner
Alternative
Representation (e.g.,
oral rather than written)
Increase visual support
Taped text
Use of technology
Modifications
Decrease expectations
Increase expectations
Modify ILO’s
Modify Resources
Modify Assignment
Name of Child / Adaptations or Modifications Needed