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Reading Lesson Plan The Little Pumpkin
Reading Lesson Plan The Little Pumpkin
Rev. 2013
Writing Standard W.2.3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short
sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to
signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Assessment(s) of the
Objective(s)
Use of Formative
Assessment
Objective 1
Students should be able to
write narratives in which they
recount an event or short
sequence of events in great
detail to describe actions,
thoughts, and feelings. They
should use correct grammar
and a sense of closure in their
writings. They should have a
minimum of 5 grammatical
errors to have completely
mastered this standard.
Rev. 2013
Materials: I like Pumpkins by Jerry Smith, pumpkin writing paper, pencils, crayons.
Procedures:
Grouping: Whole class
Probing Question: Can you name the four seasons? What are the characteristics of the season?
Motivation: During the fall, what do you like to do?
Procedures:
1. Have students move to the rug by tables
2. Introduce the book: title, author, and illustrator
3. Ask: What are some of your most favorite thing to do in the fall? I will then tell them that this is called recalling
information and to be able to correctly mentally recall and write down these events are very important.
4. Then, once some students have answered I will then start reading the book.
5. Once I have completed the book, I will then ask students to silently brainstorm some ideas they may have to
write about.
6. I will dismiss from the carpet those students who are most quiet and then for those who are left, I will dismiss by
groups (1, 2, and 3).
7. Then once all students are seated and ready to begin writing, I will pass out the writing sheets.
8. I will instruct them to write neatly and correctly to recall an event that they enjoy doing during the fall months.
9. Then I will set the timer for 15 minutes and instruct students to begin writing. Students will also be able to color
in their pumpkin writing sheets if time permits.
10. Students will then raise their hand and I will come and collect their writing papers for review.
Activity Analysis:
Writing page: students will demonstrate that they understand the standard objective by correctly writing a narrative to
recall a favorite activity done in the fall months.
Discussion prior to and during reading time: This will help students to better brain storm to recall events. By talking
about what is taking place in the book and what others do during the fall months, this could trigger a memory for a
student to create a narrative about.
Technology: Since this is a read aloud, no technology is needed for this lesson. I chose to not use technology because I
wanted the students to be able to look back at the book to get ideas for later use in the classroom, and it was not
necessary because I had the book in paper copy.
References:
No references were used in order to create this lesson plan.