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Tutor Lesson 7
Tutor Lesson 7
Basic Information:
Session #: 7
10/26/15
Tutor: Cassie Mayer
Tutees/Grade/s: Jennifer and Jaquelyn / Grade 3
Date:
Support for ELs: In order to support my ELs I will teach the meaning of
site words.
RICA connection: RICA Competency 6 Phonics and Site Words: Instruction
and Assessment pg. 53
Support for Learning Challenged Student: For my struggling reader I
will focus on key phonics skills and high frequency words. The words chosen
for my tutees are sorted by difficulty using colors.
RICA connection: RICA Competency 6 Phonics and Site Words: Instruction
and Assessment pg. 52
Introduction: After asking if either of my tutees need water or to use the
bathroom we will review what we did last week. We will then go over what
we will be reading, what our word study is, and what our writing will be. We
will end the session with Readers Theatre.
Lesson
Focus
Description of Activities
Fill in rationale, standards, objective,
and procedure for each activity. List
possible questions, words to be used,
etc.
Titles of Books,
Materials
Needed,
Notes/Reminde
rs, Sources,
etc.
Time
Read To
/with
Beware of the
Storybook Wolves
by Lauren Child
15 min
RICA
Connection
s or other
class
readings
RICA Ch.
10 pg. 76
Vocabulary
and
Reading
Comprehen
sion
you of from a
different fairytale?
What does
doormats mean
in this sentence?
How can we tell
the wolves are
embarrassed
My goal is to get the students to
focus on main ideas and the
characters that guide the story.
Word
Study
High frequency
word list, timer,
markers, cougar
coutos, white
boards and
markers.
15 min
RICA
Competenc
y 5 pg. 41
Phonics
and site
words:
Terminolog
y and
Concepts;
Competenc
y 6 pg.
47Phonics
and site
words:
Instruction
and
Assessment
Writing
15 min
RICA Ch.
12 Pg. 91
Inferential
Comprehen
sion
Reader
s
Theatre
Read
by
Which Shoes Do
You Choose? by
Aaron Shepard
Closing: We will discuss what we did during the lesson and I will explain
that next week we will begin writing our Final Drafts of our opinion pieces.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Reflection/Notes: (Please type and attach comments to lesson plan)
At the end of each tutoring session, write comments about the session
regarding the following areas:
1) your reaction to the session
2) your tutee(s) reaction to the session
3) what you plan to focus on for the next tutoring session
SLOTH
3 of 4
OVERVIEW
It's a good thing sloths don't have to go to school. They'd never make it on time. These drowsy
tree-dwellers sleep up to 20 hours a day! And even when they are awake, they barely move at all.
In fact, they're so incredibly sluggish, algae actually grows on their fur.
Sloths live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. With their long arms and shaggy
fur, they resemble monkeys, but they are actually related to armadillos and anteaters. They can
be 2 to 2.5 feet (0.6 to 0.8 meters) long and, depending on species, weigh from 8 to 17 pounds
(3.6 to 7.7 kilograms).
There are two main species of sloth, identified by whether they have two or three claws on their
front feet. The two species are quite similar in appearance, with roundish heads, sad-looking
eyes, tiny ears, and stubby tails. Two-toed sloths are slightly bigger and tend to spend more time
hanging upside-down than their three-toed cousins, who will often sit upright in the fork of a tree
branch. Three-toed sloths have facial coloring that makes them look like they're always smiling.
They also have two extra neck vertebrae that allow them to turn their heads almost all the way
around!
Some scientists think sloths developed their slow-motion lifestyle so they would be less
noticeable to predators such as hawks and cats, which rely heavily on their eyesight when
hunting. The algae that grows on sloths' fur also helps them avoid predators by letting them
blend in with green leaves. They rarely come down from the trees. About once every week, they
descend to go to the bathroom, slowly moving about by digging their front claws into the dirt and
dragging their bodies. If they are caught by a predator, sloths turn from sluggish to slugger, biting
fiercely, hissing, slashing with their claws, and shrieking.
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Bradypus variegatus
FAMILY NAME
Bradypodidae
ENDANGERED STATUS
LEAST CONCERN
CLASSIFICATION
Mammal
LIFE SPAN
10 years
DIET
Herbivore
HABITAT
Forest
RANGE
8 - 17 lbs
500 lbs
2 - 2.5 feet
37 feet