USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template: Read Aloud
Name: _Angelica Garcia_______________
Standard - What standard is this
lesson working to develop?
Purpose/Objective - What skill(s) are
you developing in this lesson? What
do you want students to practice, or
be able to do?
Book Selection & Rationale – What
book have you selected for this read
aloud? Why have you selected this
book (how does it support your
objective/purpose)? Will you be
reading the whole book (why/why
not)?
Evaluation Plan/After Reading
Activity
Describe the after-
reading/assessment activity
students will complete and how it
shows if they have mastered your
objective.
*Include a copy of any materials
(e.g. handouts, organizers, etc.)
that you are giving to students.
Grade Level Being Taught: _2nd___ Date of Lesson: _4/12/18__________
LAFS.2.RI.2.6- Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or
describe.
 Objective- Students will focus on the authors message of the book and what she means by “Beautiful
Hands.”
 Purpose- To plan and implement a read- aloud that continues a previous community building activity
from a past read- aloud.
 Book- Beautiful Hands by Kathryn Otoshi
- I had chosen this book for my read- aloud because it has an abstract way that communicates
multiple character developments throughout social encounters that are common in everyday
classrooms and how to overcome them as a community.
 I will be reading the whole book for the students to be able to identify the authors message in the
book and be able to make a personal connection of helping/ beautiful hands.
 After Reading Activity- Draw & Summarize worksheet
- The worksheet contains 8 lines to write and a blank white canvas for students to draw what they
reflected.
 The purpose of the worksheet is to use personal context to connect and create a short-story that
represents the authors message of what beautiful hands are and how they have used their beautiful
hands to help.
 Students will have mastered the objective by participating in the book review discussion and
independently creating a personal short- story of a time they had used their beautiful hands to help.
***** Hand-Out Included*****
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Step-by-Step Plan  Begin by calling the students to the carpet.

1. Describe how you will preview the
book and set-up the read aloud.
 Introduce the
objective/purpose of the lesson
(the skill being developed)
2. Describe the teacher talk you will
engage in during the read aloud
(questions, modeling etc) Make sure
they are related to your
objective/purpose.
 How will you lead students
into the assessment (i.e. after
reading activity)?
Teacher: “Holy Moly”
Students: “Guacamole”
Teacher: Review our rules and procedures for recording the lesson and how
we are expected to act and
Teacher: “I need everyone to tip-toe over to the carpet and huddle up for story time”
 Begin previewing by revisiting our previous read- aloud with the book “One” bringing background
knowledge of the author.
Teacher: “Do you remember the book we read last week?”
“What was that book about?”
Students: *RESPOND IN CLASS DISCUSSION*
Teacher: “The book we are going to read today is a new book by the same author, her books themes are
very similar, it is called Beautiful Hands I would like you to listen throughout the book for the
authors message of what beautiful hands could possibly mean”
*TEACHER READS THE WHOLE BOOK*

 After finishing the book, I will ask review questions:

1.“What do you think the book is about?”
2.“What do you think we can do with our hands?”
3.“How can our hands help?”
Students: *RESPOND IN CLASS DISCUSSION*

 Leading students into assessment:

Example: I am going to mention “heart- prints”, this was a social activity students’ participated in during the
Relevant psychological research and
month of February, where students wrote nice messages to their friends and gave it to them, leaving a heart
course readings used when print with their kind words.
planning for this lesson
 Show the students the “nice” sheet and explain to the students what they are supposed to write a
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 USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template: Read Aloud
Name: _Angelica Garcia_______________ Grade Level Being Taught: _2nd___ Date of Lesson: _4/12/18__________