LESSON PLAN FORMAT

The following is a sample of the lesson plan format used by the University.
Lesson Topic/Focus:

The Little Red Hen - Comprehension

Date:

26/11/14

AusVELS Domain(s):

English

Year level(s):

Foundation

AusVELS strand (s):

Reading and viewing

Lesson duration:

40min

AusVELS sub-strand(s):

Literature

AusVELS Dimension(s) or
Religious Education
Guideline:

Learning Standard(s)/Outcome(s)/Objective(s):

Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text
identifying some features of culture related to characters and events in literary texts, for
example dress, food and daily routines
listening, responding to and joining in with rhymes, poems, chants and songs

At the conclusion of this lesson, the students will know/understand that:

Build on comprehension knowledge through reading and discussing a story.
At the conclusion of this lesson, the students will demonstrate the skills/strategies of:
Answering questions through reading a story/ finding where the event may have occurred.
Assessment:
Teacher roves around room and determines how students are progressing offering additional support where
required.

Assessment criteria for analysis:

Students can answer questions in relation to the story read

Students can identify where to find information throughout text
Students can create their own sentences in relation to a part of the story

Teaching focus:
Teaching skills that the pre-service teacher would like to personally develop.
- Instructions are clear and everybody understands the task to complete.

Background to the learning:

A.
References for teacher background knowledge
AusVels
Sunshine Online
B.
Identify students current knowledge
Sunshine Online Story
Lesson resources:

Worksheet
Writing pencils
Workbooks
Sunshine Online
The Little Red Hen Story Book

Lesson content:
A.
Introduction
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B.
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C.
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D.
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Students will revise the story read previously and recall and share (put hand up) to
explain what happens in the story.
Speak about front cover and what each element might mean in relation to story.
Development

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Students will be read the little red hen (Sunshine Online) on the interactive whiteboard
Questioning and prompting ideas their heads throughout reading.
Story will be read again, with students reading along together teacher pointing to the
words.
Further questions will be asked after reading the story to see how much the students
understood (comprehended).
Teacher will explain the instructions of how to complete the comprehension worksheet
giving an example from the first question Questions will gradually become harder.

Consolidation, practice, extension

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Students will go back to their tables and receive a work sheet of questions to complete.
If students are struggling they may work with a partner to help answer difficult questions
Teacher will assist with spelling etc, this may be written on the whiteboard.
If student are finding the task very difficult teacher will provide a little support group on the
floor and questions will be completed together.
Extension: Those who finish early will be provided with another task (attached)

Closure

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Students will glue their sheets into their red dot books. Teacher will choose 2-3 students
to share their answers everyone will tidy up and the tidiest table will get their fruit first
for fruit break.