Reading Lesson Plan

Grade Level/Subject: 4/ Reading

Central Focus: Elements of Fictional Stories

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story
or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts,
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words, or actions).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1.B Provide reasons that are supported by facts
and details.
Daily Lesson Objective: Students will read a book together as a class and fill out a chart that evaluates the characters,
setting, problems, and solutions in the story. They will be able to recognize the elements of the story and write about the
problem and solution in the story.
21st Century Skills:
Academic Language Demand (Language Function and Vocabulary):
fictional stories, character, setting, problem, solution
Prior Knowledge: what fictional stories are and the elements in all stories (characters, setting, problems, and solutions)

Activity

1. Focus and Review

2. Statement of Objective
for Student

3. Teacher Input

4. Guided Practice

5. Independent Practice

6. Assessment Methods of
all objectives/skills:

7. Closure
8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:

Description of Activities and Setting

Time

Have all of the students come to the carpet in front of the Smartboard. Ask
the students:
-Are fictional stories completely true? (Answer: No, fictional stories are
5 mins
never completely true)
-What do all stories have? (Answer: characters, setting, problem, and
resolution)
Today we are going to read a book called More Than Anything Else. We will
be using and filling in the chart as a class that you have been using for a few
1 min
days.
Hand out the worksheet with the chart on it for the students to fill in as we go.
Introduce the book by talking about the title and the picture on the front. Let
5 mins
them predict what the book could be about (based on the title and illustration
on the cover).
Start reading the book, while reading, fill in the chart with the students (allow
the students to voice all thoughts after each page). At the end of the book,
20 mins
make sure the students caught the resolution. Also make sure the whole chart
is filled in on the board and on each worksheet the students were given.
Have students go back to their desks. Students are going to write about the
problem and solution from the book just read together. They are allowed to
make connections to other stories, history they know, etc. Encourage them to
10 mins
just write, not to be concerned with spelling or mechanics. *Have them write
on the back of worksheet*
Collect the worksheets that the students filled in and wrote on the back of. The worksheets
should:
-be completely filled out (each section should have something written in it)
-match the one from the board that I filled in
-be accurate
-should be neat
Talk with the students about what they thought was interesting about the
book, and also let some students share what they wrote. Review that all stories
5 mins
have characters, a setting (or more than one), problems, and resolutions.

Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations:

Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations:

-Small group modifications- let the students work on the sheet
on their own as we read the book and then come together to
talk about it and to check everyones work.

Materials/Technology:
(Include any instructional materials (e.g., worksheets, assessments PowerPoint/SmartBoard slides, etc.) needed to implement the lesson at the end of the lesson plan.)

-worksheets for 18 students and one for teacher to reference

-book (More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby)
-Smartboard/projector to put up the chart onto for students to keep track
References:
none

Reflection on lesson:

Title of book:
CHARACTERS

SETTING

PROBLEM

SOLUTION