1. Topic-
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| Reading Comprehension Strategies |
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2. Content-
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Genre: Realistic Fiction
Monitor/Clarify
Sequence of Events |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Students will be able to recognize the genre of Realistic Fiction.
2. Students will be able to monitor their reading and ask clarifying
questions when they do not understand a passage.
3. Students will be able to correctly sequence the events of a story. |
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4. Objectives-
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After reading "The Family Garden," students will be able to produce
a flow map showing the story's sequence of events.
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| Phonics Library student books, Strategies worksheet, Avervision,
projector |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1. Review genre: Realistic Fiction
2. Review strategy: Monitor/Clarify
3. Review strategy: Sequence of Events
4. "Raise your hand if you've ever been in a real garden. Today's
story will take place in a backyard garden." |
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B. Development-
1. Predict/Infer: "What do you expect the author to show us in this
story?" Discuss.
2. Read the story together. Stop every couple of pages for students
to monitor/clarify.
3. Point out transition words used by the author: finally, after,
then, and now. |
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C. Practice-
Students will create their own flow map of the sequence of events
while the teacher demonstrates.
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Using their flow map, students will pair up with a partner and
summarize/retell the story.
2. If time permits, students will partner read the story. |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
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F. Checking for understanding-
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G. Closure-
When is it a good idea to use Sequence of
Events? |
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7. Evaluation-
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1. Flow map
2. Retelling of story |
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