Lesson Plan for Verbal-Linguistic

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Targeted Grade Level: 3 Grade

Lesson Topic: Teaching Grade-Level Appropriate Vocabulary Words using Howard Gardner’s

Verbal- linguistic Intelligence

Common Core Standard: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific
words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic of subject area.

Learner Background:
o Reread Thank You Mr. Falker as a group.
 (This would be the 2nd time hearing the story)

Student Learning Objective: Students should be able to learn the meaning of new words from
Thank You Mr. Falker

Focus Question:
 How can we use Thank You Mr. Falker and a dictionary to help us learn new words?

Materials:
 Worksheet to fill out with words and definitions
 A copy of Thank You Mr. Falker
 A dictionary
 Pencil

Sequence:
Initiation  Students will have successfully Duration: 5 minutes
finished reading Thank You Mr.
Falker. Seating: students will be
 Before we begin the lesson, I will at the rug
explain what they will be doing in their
small groups
Development  The class in small groups will find 8-10 Duration: 30-40 minutes
vocabulary words in Thank You Mr.
Falker. Seating: Student will sit
 Once they select the words they do not at their tables in their
know, students will work together to small groups.
define them. Students will first use a
dictionary to define the words.
 Once the student has their words and
definitions, they will work alone to
create a sentence or two using each of
the new words.
Closure  Students will all come back together Duration: 10-15 minutes
and discuss the new words they
 learned, and some students will share Seating: Student will be
the sentences they created. on the rug

Vocabulary Work Sheet for Thank You Mr. Falker

*Make double sided to have a total of 12 boxes*

Vocab Word & Page #: Vocab Word & Page #:

Definition: Definition:

Own Sentence: Own Sentence:

Vocab Word & Page #: Vocab Word & Page #:

Definition: Definition:

Own Sentence: Own Sentence:

Vocab Word & Page #: Vocab Word & Page #:

Definition: Definition:

Own Sentence: Own Sentence: