Elementary Lesson Plan for Mr.

Lincolns Way
Name: Michelle Nguyen

Grade Level: 3rd, 4th, 5th

Subject: Reading
Lesson Title:

Talking About Respect

Materials Needed: Mr. Lincolns Way by Patricia Polacco

Standard(s):
3rd Grade:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths
from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it
is conveyed through key details in the text.
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4 Grade:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from
details in the text; summarize the text.
5th Grade:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from
details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or
how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Lesson Objective(s):
1. Objectives:
3rd Grade:
i. SWBAT ask and answer questions about the book, pointing out where they
find their answers within the book.
ii. SWBAT identify the lesson that is meant to be learned from the book.
4th Grade:
i. SWBAT identify details and examples in the book when inferring or
summarizing from the book.
ii. SWBAT determine the theme of the story, explaining what the main
character learned at the end of the story.
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5 Grade:
i. SWBAT quote from the text when inferring upon or summarizing the
book.
ii. SWBAT determine the theme of the story, explaining how the character
changed or didnt change from the beginning to the end of the story.
2. Procedure: Questions to ask throughout reading the story, in chronological order.
3rd Grade:
i. What do most of the students think of Mr. Lincoln?
ii. Why do you think Eugene doesnt like Mr. Lincoln?
iii. What does Eugene do to the other students when theyre out in the
playground? What does this make you think about Eugene?

iv. If Eugene is admiring a cardinal bird, do you think Eugene is someone

who probably really likes birds?
v. Why does Eugene tell Mr. Lincoln is the reason he likes birds so much?
vi. Why do you think Mr. Lincoln creates a bird atrium? Who do you think he
created for? And why?
vii. What does Eugene do to the two students in line? How do you think that
relates to how he treats Mr. Lincoln?
viii. What does Mr. Lincoln do after hearing what Eugene said?
ix. Do you think Eugene knew anything about Mr. Lincoln in the first placec?
Why do you think Eugene didnt like Mr. Lincoln in the beginning?
x. How do Mr. Lincoln and Eugene become friends in the end?
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4 Grade:
i. What do most of the students think of Mr. Lincoln?
ii. Why do you think Eugene doesnt like Mr. Lincoln?
iii. How does Eugene treat the other students in the playground? How would
you feel if someone treated you like this?
iv. What in the story made Mr. Lincoln think that Eugene liked birds?
v. Why does Eugene like birds so much?
vi. Why does Mr. Lincoln create the bird atrium?
vii. What do you think the racial comments say about Eugene?
viii. How do you think Mr. Lincoln is going to react to it?
ix. At the end, how is Mr. Lincolns and Eugenes relationship?
x. What does grandpa say at the end? What does that make you think?
5th Grade:
i. What do most of the students think of Mr. Lincoln?
ii. Why do you think Eugene doesnt like Mr. Lincoln?
iii. What do you think the other students think of Eugene? Why do you think
Eugene picks on the other students?
iv. Why do you think Mr. Lincoln thought that Eugene probably liked birds?
v. Why do you think Mr. Lincoln is thinking as hes inviting Eugene into his
office to look at a book about birds?
vi. Who influenced Eugenes love for birds? How do you think Eugene sees
his grandpa?
vii. Why does Mr. Lincoln create the bird atrium? How does he think this will
help Eugene?
viii. What do you think Mr. Lincoln is thinking about Eugene after hearing that
he made racial comments to other students? How do you think he connects
that to how Eugene treated Mr. Lincoln in the beginning?
ix. Who do you think influenced Eugene to do what he did?
x. Why did his grandpa say, Well see. Why would Eugene not return?
3. Assessment:
3rd Grade: Write what they learned after reading the book.
4th Grade: Write what the character learned at the end of the book (theme).
5th Grade: Write the theme of the story and how the character changed.
TOTAL LESSON TIME: __15-20 minutes___