BeckyWeir

Mrs.Hadden
3rdGrade
ReadingELA

Tuesday,March24,2015
Time:9:45a.m.10:30a.m.

Theme10Lesson2
LessonEssentialQuestion:
Whatistheauthorspurposeforwriting?
Standards:
RF.3.2,RF.3.1,&RF.3.2

LearningObjectivesandAssessments:
Objectives

Assessments

SWBATdescribetheauthorspurpose
byusingdetailsinthestoryto
determinewhytheauthorwroteit.

Studentswilldiscussthereadaloudfromyesterdayand
addadetailtosupporttheirideaoftheauthorspurposeon
apostitnoteandplaceitintheirinteractivereaders
notebook.

SWBATdefineandillustratetheme
vocabularywords.

Studentswillwritethenewvocabularywordsintheir
vocabularynotebookandcreatesentencesordrawingsto
explainthemeaning.Studentsrecordthedefinitiongiven
bytheteacherintheirnotebookentries.

Materials:
LBDtextbookspg.328331
InteractiveReadingNotebooks
PostitNotes
AssortedChildrensLiterature
PriorKnowledge:
Studentshavediscussedthepurposeforreading/listeningandwhatanauthorspurposeforwritingastory
mightbe.Studentshaveusedinteractivenotebookstofocusonreadingskillsandvocabularynotebooks.
Hook/Engage:
Teacherwillaskstudentstoclosetheireyesandthinkofonewordthatrelatestoatopicwediscussedin
yesterdaysreadingclass.Studentswillcompleteathink,pair,shareaboutwhattheyrecallfromyesterday.Volunteerstudents
willsharesometopicsandideastheyhadwiththeirpartners.
InstructionalPlanning:
Timetable&Transitions
1. (0:050:20)
Theteacherwilldiscusswiththeclasswhatisanauthorspurposeisforwriting?Thestudentswilltakeout
theirinteractivereadingnotebooks.TheteacherwillaskthestudentswhatTololwaM.Mollelspurposewasforwriting
MyRowsandPilesofCoins
?
a. Studentswillcreateanewpagefor
AuthorsPurpose
.Theteacherwillposttheentrythatstudentswillrecord
withintheirnotebooksonthesmartboard.
b. Groupcaptainswillpassout2postitnotestoeachmemberoftheirgroup.Onthefirstpostitthestudentswill
writetheirideasoftheauthorspurposeforthestoryinthebookandadetailtosupporttheiridea.Onthesecond
postitnotethestudentswillthinkofabooktheyarereadingandsharetheirideafortheauthorspurposeof
writingthebookandusedetailstosupporttheiridea.
2. (0:200:30)
Theteacherwilltellstudentstotakeouttheirvocabularynotebooksandputupapowerpointwiththeme10
week1vocabularywords:strategy,decorate,income,payment,anderrand.

a. Theteacherwillintroduceeachword,oneatatime.Thestudentswillcopyeachwordontoablankpage.The
studentswillfirstwritedowntheirthoughtsaboutthevocabularywordandmaydrawanillustration.
b. Theclasswillsharetheirideasandthentheteacherwillsharetheaccuratedefinitionforthestudentstorecord.
Thiswillberepeateduntilallvocabularywordshavebeendiscussed.
c. Whenstudentsarefinishedtheywillclosetheirvocabularynotebooks.
3. (0:300:35)
Theteacherwillinstructstudentstotakeouttheirliteracybooksandopentopage328.Theteacherwillread
thestoryasthestudentsfollowalong.Theteacherwillaskthestudentsiftheyknowwhatthey

thinktheauthorspurpose
forwritingis?Howdoesitrelatetothereadaloudfromyesterday?
4. (0:350:40)
Studentswillworkwithapartnertocreatealistofreasonsanauthormightwanttowriteastory.Volunteers
willsharesomeoftheirideas.Studentswillputawaytheirliteracymaterials.

Differentiation
Theteacherwilltakeasideasmallgroupthatishavingdifficultywiththematerialorincludeaclassdiscussion
aboutfrequentquestionsthestudents.Teacherwillprovidepromptingforanystrugglingstudents.

Questions
Whatisanauthorspurposeisforwriting?
Whatdetailscanyoufindtosupportyouridea?

ClassroomManagement:
Studentswillbeexpectedtoobeyclassroomrules.Ifthestudentshaveanydifficultytheteacherwill
referbacktotheclassruleschart.Studentswillberemindedthatbathroomuseisnotpermittedduringalesson.
Closure:
Thelessonwillbeconcludedwithansweringanyquestionsthatthestudentshaveaboutfindingtheauthorspurposefor
writingandthenewvocabularywordsgiven.Nohomeworkisgivendaily,butstudentsarerequiredtocompleteareadand
respondentryintheirnotebooksbyFriday.