Megan Meyer

Elementary Lesson Plan

Author Megan Meyer
Title of Lesson Fall Poems
Subject/Course Information Literacy/Poetry
Grade Level 2nd and 3rd Grade
Duration ~40 minutes
Essential Question How do speakers employ language and utilize resources
to effectively communicate a message?
Model Curriculum Competencies  Add drawing or other visual display to
presentation to clarify ideas, thoughts, and
feelings.
 Add drawing or other visual displays to
presentations to emphasize or enhance facts or
details.
 Record stories or poems aloud to demonstrate
reading fluently and at an understandable pace.
 Record stories or poems in an engaging manner.
 Demonstrate proper care of technology and
equipment.
AASL Standards I.B.3. Learners engage with new knowledge by following
a process that includes generating products that illustrate
learning.
I.D.3. Learners participate in an ongoing inquiry-based
process by enacting new understanding through real-
world connections.
VI.A.1. Learners follow ethical and legal guidelines for
gathering and using information by responsibly applying
information, technology, and media to learning.
Instructional Objectives SWBAT:
 Listen to all the autumn poems and identify what
words are associated with the fall season and then
arrange a select group of words into their own
poem about autumn before recording themselves
reading the poem aloud
Content Specific Vocabulary Autumn – the third season of the year
Imagery – visually descriptive or figurative language,
especially in a literary work
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Materials/Resources/Equipment
Instructional Procedures
Formative Assessment
Assignment
Accommodations
Poems – a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of
both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical
Poetry – literary work in which special intensity is given
the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of
distinctive style and rhythm
SeeSaw – a platform for student engagement that inspires
students to do their best using creative tools to take
pictures, draw, record videos, and more
Upload – transfer from one computer/application to
another
 IPads/Chromebooks
 SeeSaw
 Headphones
Greet students at the library doors.
 Have them sanitize their hands and then sit in a
seat above a sit spot.
Introduce today’s lesson and activity.
 Have them grab IPads or log into their
Chromebooks.
 Go into SeeSaw.
 Walk them through the directions of listening to
fall poetry and then creating their own.
 Grab them their headphones.
 Send them off to work.
End class.
 Have them pack up and line up.
Create an autumn poem and record themselves reading it
after listening to several of the poems attached to the
SeeSaw activity.
Listen to the autumn poems posted in SeeSaw and then
create their own using the words in the template and
record themselves reading it aloud.
Hard of Hearing – Check-in with Owen to make sure he
hears alright and understands the directions and what he’s
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doing.
Extra check-ins with Jameson, Chase, and Rylan to make
sure they stay on task and are following along okay.