edTPA Lesson Plan Template*

Subject: Reading

Central Focus: Print Concepts

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:

CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RF.1.1.A-Recognizethe
distinguishingfeaturesofasentence(e.g.,first
word,capitalization,endingpunctuation).

Date submitted:

Date taught:

Daily Lesson Objective: The students will be able to distinguish the beginning and ending parts of a sentence by
capitalization and punctuation..
21st Century Skills: Creativity and Innovation,
Communication and Collaboration.

Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Vocabulary):

Prior Knowledge: Print concept represented in books.

Activity

Description of Activities and Setting

1. Focus and Review

Today we are going to learn about sentences. Can any tell me what a sentence
is? Sentences are a set of words that are complete with a first word, proper
capitalization and ending punctuation. That is what we are going to be going
over today in class.

2. Statement of Objective
for Student

Today we are learning about the distinguishing features of a sentence.

3. Teacher Input

4. Guided Practice

5. Independent Practice

I am first going to write a simple sentence on the smart board. The sentence is
I like to eat strawberries. I know that the first word of my sentence is I
because it is capitalized. The end of my sentence is strawberries. I know this
because there is a period that shows me thats the end of the sentence. (CFU)
How do I know this is the beginning of the sentence? How do I know where
the end of the sentence is? Great job, who has another sentence about
something they like to eat? Johnny- I like to eat blueberries. (model the same
as above with the new sentence that the student gave me)
Now that you have seen me model it we are going to practice together with
our whiteboards. The next sentence we are going to write is I like to play
with my dog. The first word of our sentence is I so we capitalize it. Space
like space to space play space with space my space dog. At the
end of our sentence we put a what? (Class Period) (CFU)Thats correct we
place a period after the word dog. Lets practice one more time with a partner
come up with a new sentence to write together. During this time I will walk
around to see how each student is writing the sentences and to see if they are
doing it correctly. (CFU).

Now we are going to practice writing more sentences on a piece of paper. I

want you to write three sentences using first word, capitalization, and ending
punctuation that we just learned.

Time

6. Assessment Methods of
all objectives/skills:

The students will be able to write two out of three sentences using the correct first word,
capitalization, and ending punctuation,

7. Closure

Now that the lesson is over we know that a sentence begins with a capital
letter and ends with a period. How do we know where the beginning of a
sentence is? How do we know where the end of a sentence is?

8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:
Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations
Wheelchair- The student with a wheelchair will be
partnered with a student at a table where the
wheelchair and a chair can fit to work together.

Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations

Materials/Technology: smart board, whiteboards, markers, erasers, paper, pencil

Reflection on lesson:
*Modified slightly for use in ELED 3111, Smith, Fall 2015.