Lesson Plan

ACU

Lesson Topic/Focus: Literacy (Guided Reading)

AC Learning Area: English
AC Strand: Language
AC Content Description: Sound and Letter knowledge
*Recognise the letters of the alphabet and know there are lower and upper
case letters(ACELA1440)
*Read predictable texts, practising phrasing and fluency, and monitor meaning
using concepts about print and emerging contextual, semantic, grammatical
and phonic knowledge(ACELY1649)

Anna Moore
Date: 27th Nov
Grade(s)/Level(s): Trans/ yr 1

Duration of Lesson: 3x
10mins (30mins)

Standard(s)/ Learning Outcome(s):

*LOW Students will increase their comprehension of the text context (spiders and webs) and focus on
identifying the initial words of spider and web.
*MIDDLE/HIGH - Student will develop their one to one recognition of vocabulary to improve
compression and reading
Indicators: (2 or 3)

*Students will answer closed and open questions about the images in the text
*Students will follow the text with their finger as we read together
*LOW - Students will use whiteboards to draw the word web and draw a spider in its web.
*MIDDLE/HIGH Students will focus on the prepositions over and under, drawing a picture of an
animal going under and over a rock/sand.
Assessment: (2 or 3 that match indicators)
*Observations-students during reading (following text, answering questions)
*Anecdotal Notes (sticky notes) -students ability to write the sentence about wheels and draw a wheel
picture
Teaching Focus for Pre-service Teacher:
A. Teaching Focus observed by the Associate Teacher

Include all students in small group discussion and participating actively

B. Teaching Skills Pre-service teacher would personally like to develop.

Draw student focus on key words and record observations on specific students.

Background to the Learning:

A. References for Teacher background.
*Text knowledge (read and understand)
*Knowledge of Literacy levels (observation & AT discussion)
B. Identify pupils current knowledge.
*Personal experience with day/night and animals (Middle/high) and experience of spiders webs at
home.
*Two previous sessions
*Day and Night word sort done confidently
Lesson Resources:
(materials, equipment, book titles, summaries book layout, attach to back any hand-outs samples)
6 x Texts Day and Night In the Desert [Middle and High Groups]
6 x Texts Look AT the Web
Middle/ High groups Rock and lizard and snake figure toy.
Magnetic letters and boards

Content of lesson:
A
Introduction

3 mins

(Questions, motivation strategies, revise current knowledge or introduce new knowledge)

Middle/ High Look at images of desert Where is this? Discuss

Low Look at images of spiders and the webs. Discuss.
B
Development (six steps with a focus questions)

2 mins

-Explore/ elaborate/ restructure/develop the concepts, skills understanding or attitudes.

-Summaries approaches or activities you will use.

Middle and High:

*Model with students Under and over (with rock and animal objects]
[TELL STUDENTS WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE WORDS UNDER AND OVER]
*Write words Under and over on white board.
*Look for under and over words in the text
Low:
*Look at the words spider and web on whiteboards look at first letters and sounds.
List some questions/ Instructions:
Middle and High:
*what letter does the word under/over start with.
*Can you say Under and over
*What does over mean?
Low:
*What letter does spider start with? (s)
*What does the word web stat with?
*Would you like to have a big scary spider and it in your house?
C
Consolidation and Practice (4 to 6 steps)

4 mins

Assign work tasks, which apply the concepts, skills understanding and/or attitudes.

*Middle/ High Read text and search for words under and over.
*Low Read the text and focus on spotting the web and spider (comprehension).
D
Closure
-Summaries the key issues in the lesson.
-List the strategies employed to determine what the students have achieved.

*Revisit focus words and ask questions to assess questions

1 mins