Instructional Lesson Plan

English Language Arts

Grade: 2 / Unit Title: Inventions
Lesson Overview
This is the third day of a 3-day performance assessment based on the book Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty. Activities during Week 3 of this unit were purposefully written to align with activities in the performance assessment in order to expose students to similar writing experiences, etc.
Teacher Planning and Preparation
The lesson plans were designed for heterogeneous classes. When teachers implement these plans, they should consider the skills and special needs of their students and make adjustments accordingly.
Apply appropriate elements of UDL.
The following websites provide alternate strategies and information for differentiation of lesson.
English Language Learners
http://www.wida.us/standards/CAN_DOs/
Gifted Children
National Association for Gifted Children
http://www.nagc.org/
Special Education and 504 LD Online
http://www.ldonline.org/educators
http://marylandlearninglinks.org
**Prepare for small group/guided reading by selecting appropriate leveled text and making connections to “Inventions” and other topics related to this theme.
It would be beneficial to prepare for this lesson by:
·  reviewing the performance assessment (both student copy and teacher copy) to think about student ability to complete specific sections of assessment
·  reading the book Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty ahead of time to determine whether students would be able to read the text on their own or if a teacher read-aloud is the better option in relation to student ability
Essential Question
How is creative thinking an important trait?
Unit Standards Applicable to This Lesson
RL.2.3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
RL.2.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
W.1: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Student Outcomes
·  Students will read and/or listen actively to Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty.
·  Students will write a narrative related to the character trait(s) of Iggy Peck.
Materials
-  1 copy of the performance assessment packet for each student
-  1 copy of the performance assessment TEACHER COPY for teacher reference
-  1 copy of the book Iggy Peck, Architect (Beaty: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007) to be read aloud by teacher or 1 copy for each student completing the assessment (depending on teacher decision regarding students’ reading ability)
Pre-Assessment
N/A
Lesson Procedure
1.  Share with students the standards on which they will be assessed today.
2.  Review Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty.
3.  Students complete the second half of Step 3 of the packet during which they will write an opinion piece.
Lesson Closure
Tell students that they have finished the performance assessment and review the standards on which they have been assessed.

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