Halloweenadjectivelesson

Author:KelceyScannell
Datecreated:10/14/20169:20PMESTDatemodified:10/18/20166:06PMEST

VITALINFORMATION
TotalNumberofStudents

Therearetwentyfourstudentsintheclass.

Area(s)StudentsLiveIn

Thestudentsliveinsuburbanneighborhoodofasmallcity.

Free/ReducedLunch

Therearetenstudentswhorecievefreeandreducuedlunch.

EthnicityofStudents

TherearenineHispanicstudents,elevenwhitestudents,oneAsianstudent,andthreestudentsfromotherethnicities.

EnglishLanguageLearners

ThereareeightEnglishLanguageLearnersalltogther,fiveofthestudentsareintheintermediatelevel,whiletheother
threearefromtheearlyintermediatelevel.

StudentswithSpecialNeeds

Therearetwostudentswithattentionissues,buthavenotbeendiagnosedwithanyspecificspecialsneeds.

Subject(s)

LanguageArts(English)

TopicorUnitofStudy

Thetopicisbasedonadjectives.Thestudentswillbefocusingonmakingdescriptivesentencesthathaveadjectivesso
thatanimageismadewiththewords.

Grade/Level

Grade1

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KEYCONCEPTS&STANDARDS
BigIdea&Essential
Questions

Thebigideaistohavethestudentspracticewritingadescriptivesentencewithadjectives.Thestudentsarepracticing
grammarinthelargerunitandneedtolearntoconstructcohesivesentenceswithgrammarrulessuchasusingperiods
andcapitalizingthefirstletterofthefirstword.Thestudentsarepracticingspellinginalloftheirwritingaswell.

LearningOutcome(s)

1.Thestudentswillwriteasentencewithacapitalletterinthebeginningofthesentenceandaperiodattheend.
2.Thestudentswilluseatleastthreeadjectivesineachsentence.
3.Thestudentswillpickatopicthatcreatesacohesivespookysentence.
4.Thestudentswillsitontherugandlistentoastory.
5.Thestudentswillworkquietly.
6.Thestudentswillreadinfrontoftheclass.
7.Thestudentswillsoundoutwordswhilewritingwordstheyareunsureofhowtospell.

Summary

Standards

Iwillreadthestudentsastory.Iwilltalkwiththestudentsabouthowusingadjectivescreatesamoredescriptive
sentence.IwillshowthestudentsthatIwantthemtowriteonespookysentencewiththreeadjectives,aswellasto
drawapicturethatcorrespondstothesentence.Iwillhaveprobablyfivestudentsreadtheirsentencestothefrontof
theclass.

CACaliforniaCommonCoreStateStandards(2012)
Subject:EnglishLanguageArts&LiteracyinHistory/SocialStudies,Science,andTechnicalSubjects
Grade:Grade1students:
Strand:Language
Domain:
ConventionsofStandardEnglish
Standard:
1.DemonstratecommandoftheconventionsofstandardEnglishgrammarandusagewhenwritingorspeaking.
Standard:
2.DemonstratecommandoftheconventionsofstandardEnglishcapitalization,punctuation,andspellingwhen
writing.
Indicator:
1a.Printallupperandlowercaseletters.
Indicator:
1f.Usefrequentlyoccurringadjectives.
Indicator:
2b.Useendpunctuationforsentences.
Indicator:
2d.Useconventionalspellingforwordswithcommonspellingpatternsandforfrequentlyoccurringirregular
words.

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ASSESSMENTS
Assessment/Rubrics

Iwillbelookingatthestudentssentencesthattheycreateduringthelessontoseeiftheyunderstoodhowtousethe
adjectivestocreateapicturewiththeirwords.Iwanttoseethemcomeupwiththreeadjectivestodescribethetopic
theyhavedecidedon.Iwillbelookingforunderstandingthroughoutthelessonbywalkingaround,butthebiggest
assessmentwillbetoseeiftheyunderstoodthroughthesentencestheywrite.
1.Iwilllookattheirwritingtoseethattheyproperlycapitalizedandusedaperiod.
2.Iwilllookattheirwritingtoseethattheyusedthreeadjectives.
3.Iwilllookattheirwritingtoseeiftheywroteacohesivesentence.
4.Iwillvisuallyseethatthestudentsarepracticinglisteningduringstorytime.
5.Iwillwalkaroundtoseeifthestudentsareworkingrelativelysilently.
6.Iwilllistentothestudentswhoreadtheirstoriestoseehowtheyread.
7.Iwilllookattheirwritingtoseehowwelltheyarespelling.

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MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
InstructionalMaterials
(Handouts,etc.)

IwillbeusingaHalloweenbookfromtheseriesofbooksaboutSplattheCat.Iwillbeusingsentencestripstoshow
howtheadditionofadjectivescreatesabetterimageinsentences.Iwilluseaworksheetwithlinesforthestudentsto
writetheirownsentence,aswellasablankareaonthetopsotheycandrawapicturewhentheyaredone.Iwillalso
bringmylessonplantoreferbackto.

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IMPLEMENTATION
SequenceofActivities

1.(HOOK)Iwillaskthestudentstositontherugforastory.
2.IwillreadthestudentsastoryaboutSplattheCat.
3.Iwillshowthemasentencewithoutanyadjectivesaboutthestoryandaskthemifitisasentence.
4.Iwillchooseoneofthestudentstocomeupandunderlinewhattwothingsmakeitasentence(aperiodandthefirst
lettercapitalized).
5.Iwillasktheclassifitmakesaverygoodpictureintheirmind.
6.Iwillshowthestudentsanewsentencewithoneadjective.
7.Iwillaskthestudentsifithelpsthemmakeabetterpictureintheirmind.
8.Iwillaskthestudentsifthesentencehadmoreadjectivesifitwouldbebetter,Iwillaskforthumbsup.
9.Iwillshowthemanewsentencewithtwoadjectives.
10.Iwillaskthemifthismakesanevenbetterimageintheirminds.
11.LastlyIwillshowasentencewiththreeadjectivesandwewilltalkabouthowitmakesareallygreatimageinour
heads.
12.(Transition)IwillshowthestudentstheworksheetIwantthemtowritetheirownsentenceson.Iwilltellthemthat
Iwantthemtowriteaspookysentencewiththreeadjectives.
13.Iwillaskforanyquestions.
14.(transition)Iwillaskthepaperpasserouterstopassoutthepapersandtherestofthestudentstogototheir
seatsandbegintheirsentences.
15.(progressmonitoring)Iwillwalkaroundandhelpanystudentsthatneedit,answeranyquestions,andassesshow
thestudentsaredoingontheirsentences.
16.TenminutesbeforeourtimeisupIwillringthebell.Iwillaskforfivestudentstovolunteertoreadtheirsentencesin
thefrontoftheclass.Iwillaskthepapercollectorstocollectallofthepapersofthestudentswhoarenotsharingtheir
workwhilethestudentswhoaresharingwilllineupinalphabeticalorderontherug.Iwillasktherestofthestudents
tositontherug.
17.(Collecting)Iwillhavethefiveorsostudentsshareouttheirsentences.Iwillcollecttheirpapers.
18.(closure)Iwilltellthem"thankyouforlettingmeteachthemalesson"astheyaresittingontherugandIwilltell
themthat"nowMs.Courtneywillhaveinstructionsforthem".

GroupingStrategies

Iwillreadthebooktothewholeclass.Iwillspeakwiththewholeclassaboutadjectives.Thestudentswillwork
independentlyontheirownsentence.Thewholegroupwilllistentoafewstudentsreadtheirsentences.

DifferentiatedInstruction

Forthestudentswhohaveattentionissuestherewillbesoundcancelingheadphonesthestudentscanwearduringthe
writingportionsothatthestudentscanfocusmoreontheirwritingratherthanbeingdistractedbyotherstudents.Iwill
providesentencestartersforallofthestudentswheretheywillbewritingtheirspookysentences.Thiswillbegoodfor

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allofthestudentsespeciallytheEnglishLanguageLearners.Incasethestudentshavedifficultycomingupwiththeir
ownadjectivestheycanrefertoaposterofdifferentadjectivestheteacherhasmadepriortothelesson.Thiswillbe
helpfulforallstudents,especiallytheELLstudents.
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REFLECTIONS
PriortoLesson

PriortothislessonIamquitenervousbecausethisisthefirsttimeIhaveevertaughtIlesson.Iamworriedabout
classroommanagementandkeepingeveryoneontrack.Oneofmybiggestworriesisthatthestudentswillnotbeable
tofinishtheirsentencesduringthislesson.Ithinkthatthestudentswillbeengaged.Iamconcernedthatallofthe
studentswillfinishatdifferenttimes,butevenifthatdoeshappentheycanworkondrawingapicture.Iamlooking
forwardtohavingsomeofthestudentsreadtheirsentencestotheclass,buttheremaybeacompetitionbetween
whichstudentswillgetthechancetoread.OverallIthinkitwillgowell.

PostLesson
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