Lesson+Plans

Grade Level: 3 Subject: Reading/Language Arts

Sunshine State Standards Addressed:
 * LA.2.1.7.2 - The student will determine the author's purpose in text and ask clarifying questions if meaning is unclear
 * LA.2.1.7.3 - The student will summarize information in text, including but not limited to main idea, supporting details, and connections between texts
 * LA.2.1.7.7 - The student will compare and contrast characters and settings in one text

Overview:
 * This lesson will test the students comprehension skills to make sure they are understanding what they are reading. They will read stories from a website provided, and using a word processing program, will create a summary and a list of similarities and differences between two characters.

Learning Objectives:
 * This is an individual assignment. The students are expected to be able to listen to and read a different story each day from the website provided. To ensure comprehension of what they read, after each story, they are expected to create a summary, and pick two characters from the story which they will identify similarities and differences for. They are expected to know how to open a Microsoft Word document in order to type these. The summary will need to be three to four sentences long, and they must provide at least two similarities and two differences. There are enough stories provided on the website that a different story can be read each day. No story should be repeated.

Materials Needed:
 * Computer
 * Internet
 * Word processing program, such as Microsoft Word

Activities and Procedures:
 * The student will go to the website provided
 * They will then click on one of the stories to the left of the page
 * They will click play, and listen to the story
 * They will then open a Microsoft Word document, and type a three to four sentence summary on the story, and two similarities/two differences between two characters from the story
 * They are to save this document as their last name_1 on the first day, last name_2 on the second day, and so on for all five days.

Assessment:
 * I have previously read all of the stories on the website, so at the end of each day I will read each students summary, and not only make sure that it is at least three to four sentences long, but also if it pertains to the story to make sure that the student comprehended what they read. I will also read the similarities and differences they have listed and make sure there are at least two of each, and that they are all corresponded with the correct characters to make sure they understand which character is which.

Rubric:


 * || Novice || Practitioner || **Expert** ||
 * **Understanding/Comprehension** || Shows no understanding of the reading because summary does not make sense. Does not provide accurate similarities/differences || Shows some understanding of the reading by completing a somewhat accurate summary of the story and accurate similarities/differences || Shows understanding of the reading by completing an accurate summary of the story, and accurate similarities/differences ||
 * **Correct Length** || Provides a one or no sentence summary of the reading, and one or no similarities/ differences || Provides a two sentence summary, and one similarity/one difference || Provides at least three sentences of a summary, and at least two similarities and two differences ||
 * **Ability to Use Technology** || Shows no ability to access the Internet or open a Word document, and had to be assisted by the teacher || Correctly accessed the Internet and played the story, but was not able to open a Word document without assistance || Correctly accessed the Internet, played the story, opened a Word document, and typed the assignment ||