Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidate: Mary Catherine Dorn

Subject/Grade: ELA/ K5

Rev. 2013

Lesson # : 2
Date and Time of Lesson: Tuesday at 9:30

Learning Objective:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of print and the order of events in a story.
Alignment with Standards:
South Carolina Common Core Kindergarten standard RI 5: Identify the front cover, back cover, and title
page of the book.
South Carolina Common Core Kindergarten standard RI 2: With prompting and support, identify the main
topic and retell key details of a text.
Developmental Appropriateness or Cross-curricular connections:
Students should have prior knowledge and practice with concepts of print. They also should have prior
knowledge on what retelling a story sounds like.
Assessment(s) of the Objectives
Lesson Objective(s)

Assessment(s) of the
Objective(s)

Use of Formative
Assessment

Students will demonstrate

an understanding of the
concepts of print, letters,
and events in the story The
Ghosts Dinner by Jacques
Duquennoy.

Students will be assessed

three times during this
lesson.
Pre: I will ask the class a
series of questions based on
the concepts of print.
During: Students will be
expected to be actively
engaged and fully participate
throughout the lesson. I will
assess students based on if
they know the answer to the
question when called on.
Post: Students will be
allowed to continue to read
this book during guided
reading time and this book
will be used in math on
Thursday.

If students cannot
identify the concepts of
print when called on we
will continue to
practice. At the end of
story students should
understand the concepts
of print, how to predict
events, and how to retell
a story.

Accommodations:
For the student who is ADHD, I will have to make sure is on task during instruction by giving him opportunities
to answer questions. During activity time I will have to make sure he stays on task but making the activity
interesting in order for him not to get uninterested. For my student who is who is an English language learning,
I will rephrase questions and directions in order for him to understand. For my students with autism and
Aspergers, I will give a short summary of what we will be doing sure our lesson, a detailed explanation and
finish with a summary of the lesson so that each one knows what to expect.

Lander University Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Rev. 2013

Materials:
The Ghosts Dinner by Jacques Duquennoy
Smart Board
Camera
Name popsicle sticks
Pointer
Highlighting plastic pieces
Procedures:
1. I will introduce my lesson by saying Today we will be reading a story called The Ghosts Dinner by
Jacques Duquennoy. I will be calling on you to come up and show me some things in the story and also I
will be asking you to predict some things that are going to happen next.
2. I will pick a name popsicle stick and have that person come up and show me the title of the book.
3. I will continue to pick popsicle sticks and ask them to show me the front cover, back cover, author,
beginning of the sentence, end of the sentence, punctuation marks, and some words off of our word wall.
4. I will start reading the book and when I get to pages 9 and 10 I will as the class and turn and talk to their
neighbor about what they think is going to happen I will ask someone to share what they think is going
to happen.
5. I will continue to read the story and when I get to page 25 and 26 I will ask them what they think the
special dessert is and we will talk about it as a class.
6. When I get to page 40 I will ask them where do they think Henry went.
7. Once the book is finished I will ask them to turn and talk to their same neighbor and retell the story. I
will walk around the carpet to make sure they staying on task.
8. I will bring all their attention back to me by saying Class, class and they will respond, Yes, yes.
9. I will explain to them that on Thursday we will be using this book in math to continue practicing ordinal
numbers.
10. I will then tell them where they are supposed to be going on for stations and will tell them to go quietly.
Activity Analysis:
Activity 1: Students will be coming up to the book and identifying what I am asking them about concepts of
print. This activity will allow them to get up and moving and also show me they know concepts of print. It will
also show their classmates if their classmates are unsure of what something is.
Activity 2: Students will turn and talk to their neighbor throughout the book. This will give the students an
opportunity to interact with one another instead of listening to the teacher do the talking the whole time.
References:
Duquennoy, J. (1994). The Ghost's Dinner. Racine, Wis.: Artists & Writers Guild Books.