EDU 250

UNIT PLAN - LESSON # ___1______

NAME:

__Angelene Dixon-

Green________________________________________
CLASS/SUBJECT:

______3rd grade /

Reading_______________________________________
___The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

TOPIC:

___________________________
LESSON FORMAT

TODAYS LESSON

TIME
ALLOTTED

Focus/Review:
a. Focus (getting
started/warm-up activity)

b. Review (related to
prior learning)

This week we are going to be reading

on our IPad tablets. We will identify
and describe the characters of the
story The Giving Tree.
Last week we learned all about
helping.
What story did we read? The Helping
Hand.
Lets brainstorm the things we
learned.

5 minutes

INSTRUCTIONAL TECH

Whiteboard

NCDPI Standard

R.L.3.3 - Describe characters in a story (e.g., their

traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their
actions contribute to the sequence of events

Introduction/Statement
Learning Objective:

At the conclusion of this lesson, the student will be

able to identify and describe the characters of the
story The Giving Tree.

LESSON
FORMAT
Scaffolded
Instruction:
1. Teacher
Input:
(delivery of
lesson whole
class)

TODAYS LESSON

Have students take turns reading the story out loud to

the class.
Students will orally identify each new character.
Teacher will write it on the whiteboard.
Whole class will to a graph to demonstrate the
relationship of the characters one to another.

TIME
ALLOT
TED
15 min

Main
Charact
er

INSTRUCTIO
NAL TECH
2. Guided
learning/pra
ctice:
(Teacher/Stud
ent)

INSTRUCTIO
NAL TECH
3.
Collaborativ
e
Learning/Pract
ice
(student/stud
ent)

Ipads
Smart Panel
Word Smart Art
The students are going to create a list (individually) of
the characters and their personal traits. They are
going to create a grid on their IPad.
Character 1
Character 2
Uncle Paul old, white, grumpy,
lives alone
Character 3
Character 4

IPads

Each student will ring their grid to their group. The groups
will then be assigned a specific character. Each group will
detail how the traits and characteristics of their character
affected the story. Students will present to the class in order of
the characters introduction to the story.
Students will upload their IPad information to the class
SmartBoard to contribute to our sequence. (Use Smart Art)
Uncle Bobby
Things about
Uncle Boby

Character #2

Exit ticket:
Have students respond on the IPads to the Class Blog
on Weebly:

10

Prompt:
How do you give of yourself to others throughout the
week?

INSTRUCTIO
NAL TECH

IPads
Smart Panel
Smart Art
VISUAL HIGH
4. Independent
5 days
ONE PER UNIT
Learning/Practice
(student centers)

VARK
Visual
Audio
Read
Kinesthetic

Day 1 - Focus

VISUAL
MEDIUM
5 days

Movie about
what we have
learned in the
whole unit.
It will be
completed day
by day.

Movie about
what we have
learned in the
whole unit.
It will be
completed day
by day.

Include audio,
music,
graphics/pictures
.

Include audio,
music,
graphics/pictu
res.

Upload entire
finished movie
to:
Pathbrite
Youtube

Upload entire
finished movie
to:
Pathbrite

Student will
personalize the
SLO.
At the conclusion
of this lesson, the
student will be able
to identify and
describe the
characters of the
story The Giving
Tree.
Student
Modification:

Student will
personalize
the SLO.
At the
conclusion of
this lesson, the
student will be
able to identify
and describe
the characters
of the story
The Giving
Tree.

VISUAL LOW
5 days

Prepackaged PPT
for them to fill in
what they have
learned.
1. Characters and
their Traits
2. Characters
traits contribute
to action of story.
Upload entire
finished PPT w
audio to:
Pathbrite

Student will
personalize the
SLO.
At the conclusion of
this lesson, the
student will be able
to identify and
describe the
characters of the
story The Giving
Tree.
Student
Modification:

At the conclusion
of this lesson, I can
identify and
describe the
characters of the
story The Giving
Tree.

Student
Modification:
At the
conclusion of
this lesson, I can
identify and
describe the
characters of
the story The
Giving Tree.

At the conclusion of
this lesson, I can
identify and
describe the
characters of the
story The Giving
Tree.