WIKI

Brittany Owens

Compare and Contrast

Standards:

CCSS ELA:
o RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring
explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
o RI.3.3 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring
explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
o RL.3.9: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by
the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
o RI.3.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts including
history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-
3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

ISTE: 1. Creativity and innovation. Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct

knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression
c. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues
d. Identify trends and forecast possibilities
ILA:
o 2.2 Candidates are appropriate and varied instructional approaches, including those
that develop word recognition, language comprehension, strategic knowledge, and
reading-writing connections
o 4.1 Candidates recognize, understand, and value the forms of diversity that exist in
society and their importance in learning to read and write.
 o 5.1: Candidates design the physical environment to optimize students use of
traditional print, digital, and online resources in reading and writing instruction.
ILA Standard
o 5.4: Candidates use a variety of classroom configurations (i.e., whole class, small
group, and individual) to differentiate instruction.
o 6.2 Candidates display positive dispositions related to their own reading and
writing and the teaching of reading and writing, and pursue the development of
individual professional knowledge and behaviors.
KTS:
o 6.1: Uses available technology to design and plan instruction, I was able to
develop and utilize technology to facilitate interactive lessons for my students that
would promote engagement.
o 6.2: Uses available technology to implement instruction that facilitates student
learning.
o 6.5 Demonstrates ethical and legal use of technology.

Grade Level: Third Grade

Time needed to complete the assignment: 60 minutes

Materials: Computers, Tablets, Smartboard

Learning targets of the lesson:

I can identify the characters, themes, settings and plots of a story.
I can compare and contrast characters, themes, settings and plots of stories.
Procedures

1. The class and I will discuss todays main learning target. I can identify the characters, themes,
settings and plots of a story and I can compare and contrast characters, themes, settings and
plots of stories.

2. After reviewing the anchor charts and vocabulary for the lesson. Students will be put in groups
of three. They will each get a tablet and told to go to the Wiki Page.

I DO: Watch Three Little Pigs

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXemLZIXy3M

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aSYoPqFm-Th9XxCZEnDR6cf6fu9pH5-

n6nxTBYB9FOA/edit

3. The students will be given the link to a google doc. They will open the one for their group.
(Group 1-7)

4. The students and I will watch The Three Little Pigs on the smart board. We will stop the video
as we come across new characters, settings, and fill out plot and theme. I will model stopping
and filling out the section.

WE DO: Watch The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

5. The students will watch The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. We will stop every once in a
while to allow partners to fill out the characters, plot, theme and setting.

6. We will discuss answers after the video and adjust google documents with corrections or new
information.

7. We will then go to the Compare and Contrast section of the Google Doc. We will fill in one
sentence in each section of how both stories are the same and different.

YOU DO: Compare and Contrast

8. Students will fill in three more sentences for each, creating four sentences for each section.

EXIT SLIP: Kahoot

9. Students will go to kahoot.com and complete a quiz based on todays lesson.

10. Students will also answer the discussion questions on the Exit Slip page. Today's Take
Aways: What did you learn today? What did you like about today's lesson What did you not like
about today's lesson?

How students will be assessed: I will assess the students using the Google Docs from each
group. I will see who is participating and finding information and attempting to answer the
questions and see who is answering them correctly. I will see if they are understanding the
concepts and if they are able to compare and contrast both stories based on characters, setting,
plot and theme.

Accommodations and modifications for students: I will accommodate my low readers, ECE
and ESL students by allowing them to verbally speak and their partners can type what they are
saying. ESL students can use google translate if needed.