LESSON PLAN for Ed470

ELD & SDAIE

TEACHER
CANDIDATE:
Tiffanie Page

DATE: 5-8-2015

LITERATURE
SELECTION:
Fiction, Picture
Book

GRADE/Acquisition
Level:
4th grade
Early Intermediate
Emerging
SUBJECT (Content
Area):
(For ELD lesson
leave this section
blank)

LESSON TITLE:
Swimmy by Leo
Lionni

LESSON
OBJECTIVE:
Students will be
able to explain,
with examples,
different
components of plot
(ie: setting,
characters,
problem, climax,
solution, and
conclusion).

LANGUAGE STANDARDS AND CONTENT OBJECTIVES

COMMON CORE CONTENT STANDARD
(CA Content Standards, if needed)
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Interpretive
(comprehension and analysis of written and
spoken texts)
B.6a- Reading/viewing closely
a) Describe ideas, phenomena (e.g., volcanic
eruptions), and test elements (main idea,
characters, events, etc.) based on close reading of a
select set of grade-level texts with substantial
support.

Collaborative
(engagement In dialogue with others)
A.1- Exchanging information/ideas
Contribute to conversations and express
ideas by asking and answering yes-no
and wh- questions and responding using
short phrases.
Productive
(creation of oral presentations and written texts)
C.10b-Writing
b) Write brief summaries of texts and experiences
using complete sentences and key words (e.g.,
from notes or graphic organizers).

INTO, THROUGH, and BEYOND

INTO:
State objective: Students should
understand components of plot (ie.
Characters, setting, problem, climax,
solution, and conclusion). Activate
prior knowledge by doing a think-pairshare activity on problem and
solution. Pair students and ask them
to explain a time when there was a
problem and they came up with a
solution. Then have groups share
aloud their examples. Next, as a class
using a thinking map, have students
predict what problem Swimmy might

RATIONALE
Students will
activate their
prior
knowledge
about problem
and solution in
partners to
help them
make
predictions
about the
story.

REFLECTION
(To be completed after lesson is
presented and taught. Refer to
reflective questions)

face as a little fish in the ocean.

Strategies:
Think-Pair-Share about the concept
of problem and solution.
Thinking Map about what problems
Swimmy could face in the ocean.
THROUGH
Put students back in groups of two
and assign a concept to each group
(i.e. problem, solution, and
characters/main character). Have
students follow along while teacher
reads the story and have each group
find the example for their word in the
text. For example, for problem the
students should find that all the little
fish had to hide from the big fish.
Then, after the story is over have the
pair discuss their findings and then
have each pair share with the class
what they found.
Strategies:
Jigsaw to find problem, solution and
characters to share with the whole
class.
Reading Along with teacher.
BEYOND
Have students fill out the graphic
organizer on plot using examples
from the book. Then in order to leave
they have to write a summary of the
book using the information given on
the graphic organizer.
Strategies:
Graphic Organizer to better
understand plot concepts in order to
write a brief summary as an Exit
Ticket.

RATIONALE
Students
follow along as
teacher reads
to find either
the, problem,
solution, or
characters.

RATIONALE
Students fill
out and use a
graphic
organizer to
write a
summary of
the plot.

REFLECTION
(To be completed after lesson is
presented and taught. Refer to
reflective questions)

REFLECTION
(To be completed after lesson is
presented and taught. Refer to
reflective questions)