PSD Lesson Plan Template (EATS)Teacher:3rd Grade Course/Level: Reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins Week Of: Jan 21-23, 2015

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Focused Standard/ Element (s) / ELACC3RL4a3.5a,b vocabulary
ELACC3RL1comprehension
ELA3CCRL6 point of view
ELACC3RL7 recalling info
ELACC3RL3.9e plot
ELACC3RL9 compare/contrast
ELACC3SL2 / ELACC3RL4a3.5a,b vocabulary
ELACC3RL1comprehension
ELA3CCRL6 point of view
ELACC3RL7 recalling info
ELACC3RL3.9e plot
ELACC3RL9 compare/contrast
ELACC3SL2 / ELACC3RL4a3.5a,b vocabulary
ELACC3RL1comprehension
ELA3CCRL6 point of view
ELACC3RL7 recalling info
ELACC3RL3.9e plot
ELACC3RL9 compare/contrast
ELACC3SL2
WIDA Standard / WIDA: Standard 2
English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the area of language arts. / WIDA: Standard 2
English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the area of language arts. / WIDA: Standard 2
English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the area of language arts.
Essential Question / What is the difference between fact and opinion?
How are the character’s lives affected throughout the story?
How can I use context clues
to understand unknown
words? / What is the difference between fact and opinion?
How are the character’s lives affected throughout the story?
How can I use context clues to understand unknown words? / How does making predictions help us understand what we are reading?
How can I use context clues to understand unknown words?
Why is it important to use information from the book and information in our head to help us make inferences?
Activating Strategy / Penguins- “What’s the scoop?”graphic organizer. Only complete two sections, from bottom. / From our research yesterday about penguins, what type of habitat do penguins live? Does GA offer a habitat for penguins? / Watch inferences video on OC.
Teaching
Opening
(10-15 min) / Explore using Instagrok, PENGUINS / Read and discuss vocabulary. Discuss setting, genre.
Takes place in 1938, in a little town called Stillwater. / Discuss how the hero in the video inferred the robbers would go to jail.
Work-Time Activities
(45-55 min) / Make a poplet, inserting penguin picture as center. Use as DG / Read Chapt. 1, 2, 3, 4
Complete chap ques / Read Chapt. 5, 6, 7
Stop after reading 1st paragraph in Chapt 5. Predict what they think the trouble may be with the serviceman and the license.
After reading Chapters 5/6 ask students to infer as to why they think Mr. Popper was having so much trouble with the serviceman and the government.
Differentiation Offered / Peer partner / Reading buddy / Reading buddy
Summarizing
Closure Activity (20-30 min) / Complete top two “ice cream scoops” from graphic organizer.
Using appleTV, share poplets with class. / Summarize to elbow partner chapters. Discuss how vocabulary words are used. / Work on voc graphic organizer. May complete next week.