Intermediate Guided Reading Lesson Plan

Title: …If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine - Scholastic / Genre:
Info. / Text Structure:
Narrative Informational / Level:
Q
Literacy Core Objective:
4th Grade Language Arts Core
Standard 7 Obj. 3
Locate facts from a variety of informational texts. / Enduring Understanding: Purpose for reading
-  Students will understand how Utah’s history has been shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas.
Content Core Objective:
4th Grade Social Studies Core
Standard 2 Obj. 1c
Explore cultural influences from various groups found in Utah today. / “I Can Statements” - Essential Questions:
-  Locate facts about what kinds of people traveled West.
-  Describe why these people chose to travel west.
ELL Strategies:
Partner discussions about why someone would emigrate from their place of origin.
Before Reading
Vocabulary:
covered wagon, prairie schooner, captain, council, trail guide, pioneer, flat boat (scows)
Activate/Build Prior Knowledge:
K-W-L Chart – what do students already know about westward travel?
Comprehension Strategy:
Determining Importance – Locating and recording facts
Text Structures - Compare and contrast various reasons people choose to move from one place to another.
During Reading
Using appropriate Guided reading strategies, students will be reading at their own pace and teachers will be listening to students read, monitoring, giving feedback, taking anecdotal notes and running records.
Students identify facts from the narrative text by placing sticky notes where they find facts as they read the text.
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
After Reading
Add questions to the W section of the KWL chart, including how/what sources they will research.
Refer to the student’s sticky add facts learned to the L section of the KWL chart.
Share and discuss with the group.
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
Content Core Integration:(Science, Soc. St., Math, etc.)
Assessment:
Conduct an oral discussion to check student comprehension of text. / Activities:
During computer time, students can look up information on the reasons people chose to travel west. Compare and contrast information from both sources.

*Not all activities will be done in each lesson. Some lessons may take multiple days to complete. However, all students should be reading each time you meet.