Text: Pinduli (Scholastic red bins) / Level: O
Guided Reading Lesson
Purpose
(objective linked to standards) / -students will be able to summarize as they read using summary notes
-students will be able to identify characters, setting, problem, major events, and solution when reading fiction
-students will be able to use notes to give an oral or written summary of a text
Teaching Points
(features of text) / -trickster tale-animals speak and act like humans-tricksters are so clever that they can outwit other bigger and stronger animals
-the book is mostly fiction so it will have characters, setting, problem, events and solution
-nonfiction information about animals in back of book
Resources needed / -post-its -story map -Pinduli
Introduction to text / “Today we are going to read this trickster tale-called Pinduli. Pinduli is a hyena. In the back of the book it tells about hyenas, let’s check that out. Good readers stop often when they are reading and put what they are reading into their own words. This helps you make sense of what you are reading and helps you check your comprehension. Before we start reading and summarizing let’s walk through the book and predict what Pinduli might do to trick the other animals. Find the words exquisite and mysterious on 2nd page. What do these words mean?
Discussion-prompts and questions / Read the first two pages to yourself. What can you sum about the book so far…fill out characters, setting on story map. Now I want to show you how to write summary notes using post-its-read the next 2 pages-okay if I was writing summary notes, I might write: the Dogs make fun of Pinduli’s ears so she puts them down and close to her head…continue to find out about Pinduli’s problem…you’ll meet Lion and Zebra who will tease Pinduli…at the end of each 2 pages I have placed a post-it, write a summary note on each---now that you have read a little bit how could you sum up Pinduli’s problem to add to the story map? Each post-it represents an event so we’ll keep track of them on post-its—share your notes with us. Read the next section (section about being seen as ghost) and write yourself a summary note-be prepared to share. Continue reading and summarizing 2-3 page sections—look for important events and how Pinduli solved his problem to write on the story map
Follow Up Activities / -once students have finished reading the book-have them use the story map and summary notes to write a summary in paragraph form. –start summary together and have them finish on their own
Reflection and Evaluation
Group Reading Record
Student / Observations / Future Teaching Focus