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 * 4/22: Ali - Well done. Your assessments target your math objectives, and you should get good data for determining whether your students have met the objectives or not. Your instructional activities are a little more difficult to assess in terms of how closely they target the objectives. I'm not sure that what you are asking students to do will cover all of the bases needed. However, that is part of teaching, and it may be that upon completion of this lesson, you will find you need to reteach some things. Then again, it might be just fine. The proof will be in actually doing it with students.**

__First Learning Goal__ Goal: In response to literary or informational text, students show understanding of plot/ ideas/ concepts by effectively

Objective 1. summarizing the main ideas Objective 2. connecting what has been read to prior knowledge or other texts.

Pre-assessment 1: teacher will read short narrative aloud out loud and have students fill out story map of main ideas and theme.

Pre-assessment 2: teacher will read narrative out loud and ask students in a class discussion how narrative relates to either their prior knowledge or class textbook.

2/11/07: Ali - This is a good start, but you need to rework your objectives. You goal should read "In response to literary or informational text, students show understanding of plot/ ideas/ concepts by effectively summarizing the main ideas and connecting what has been read to prior knowledge or other texts." Your objectives should then take these activities (summarizing and connecting) and put them in a context. For example, Objective 1 could be "Students will learn to summarize the main ideas of a story by (a specific literacy activity that will give them practice doing this - like a story web or a journal entry after reading a story)." You would then need separate objectives for summarizing and connecting in informational texts. Your pre-assessments are good. I would recommend that the 2nd one involve something written instead of just discussion so that you can be sure to get something concrete from each student. (Dr. Adamy)

Revised Goal: Learning Goal 1

"In response to literary or informational text, students show understanding of plot/ ideas/ concepts by effectively summarizing the main ideas and connecting what has been read to prior knowledge or other texts."

Objective 1. Students will learn to summarize the main ideas of a story by a specific literacy activity that will give them practice doing this - like a story web or a journal entry after reading a story. Objective 2. Students will connect what has been read to prior knowledge or other texts by proving there is a relationship through either a journal entry or class discussion.

Pre-assessment 1: teacher will read short narrative aloud out loud and have students fill out story map of main ideas and theme.

Pre-assessment 2: teacher will read narrative out loud and ask students to relate material to prior knowledge by writing a journal entry on how narrative relates to either their prior knowledge or class textbook.

2/11/07 Alli - I was wondering if both your preassessments were combined into one? Could the short narratives read in both be just combined into one? It would save time and maybe be more fluid. After the story map is filled out they could then write a brief paragraph, maybe even on the same sheet, that connects the ideas of the narrative to previous text, etc. (Andrea T.)

2/11/07 Alli- Good job with your revisions. -Gina

5th Reading journal KWL worksheet Pen or pencil Expository text
 * Lesson**
 * Grade Level:**
 * Materials:**

To introduce the students to this lesson, I will begin by asking students why it is important to summarize after reading. I will explain that it is important for students to recognize which ideas are the most important because if they focus on too many details, it could be difficult to remember everything previously read. Once students have shown me that they understand the importance of summarize, I will begin the lesson.
 * Introduction:**

I will begin the lesson by writing the letters K,W,L on the board in three columns. I will explain to the class that each letter is representative of something they are required to write. The K refers to something they know, the W is referred to as something they want to know and the L refers to something they have learned. I will then provide an expository text to each student, most likely an article. As a class we will fill out a KWL chart on the board as to what we know and what we want to know. I will then read the article out loud to the class. After the article is finished, students will have the opportunity to volunteer what they have learned through listening to the article. Students will then buddy-read an expository article of choice and fill out a KWL chart accordingly. I will tell students that after reading the text and learning the material, they must go back to the "K" column and see if any of their prior knowledge was inaccurate. Students will rewrite any of their statements that were inaccurate so they are correct.
 * Lesson Development:**

As a homework assignment, students will be required to relate the reading from their choice article to any previous knowledge or experience in a short paragraph in their reading journals.

The following day, I will close the lesson by allowing the students to share their KWL charts and journal responses to the rest of the class. I will then ask students, "Did you learn what you wanted to know?' and "did what you wanted to know change after reading this?". I will also ask students if there is anything else that they would like to know that we could research about the topic. After each student has shared, I will allow the other students to ask questions and give comments about their classmate's chart and/or journal entry.
 * Closure:**


 * Assessment**

Objective 1- By filling out a KWL chart students will be illustrating their understanding of the article’s concepts by filling out the appropriate information in the columns.

Objective 2- By relating the article to their own experiences in their journal, I will be able to assess their understanding of the relating text to prior knowledge.

- For students who are below a 5th grade reading level, I will provide an article that is appropriate for their reading level. They will be able to use that text to complete the lesson. - Also for students with visual impairments, I will provide an audio story. - For students who struggle with writing I will assess the written parts of this orally.
 * Learner Factors**

This lesson will take place in the classroom at students’ desks.
 * Environmental Factors-**


 * 3/4/07: Ali - Thanks for revising your goal, objectives, and pre-assessment; I think they are much more effective now. I'm a little uncertain about the content of your instruction, because I'm not sure how well the KWL chart will address objective 1. I think it is a great tool for connecting to prior knowledge, but I don't know how effective it will be for summarizing main ideas. I'm not criticizing your plan, just stating my uncertainty. I would be interested to see how it actually played out in a classroom - it might be very successful. The bottom line to keep in mind when you are doing this for real, is to pay very close attention to whether or not you get the information you need from student work to make a valid conclusion as to what they know/can do. Also, you need to add to your closure activity so that you are helping students review what they have learned, connect it back to prior knowledge, and understand what they will be doing next. (Dr. Adamy)

Math Lesson AL**