Duration Class: Practicum. Unit: 2.

6(D) Teacher: Saiz 2nd grade Length of lesson

55min.

Reading
Topic: Comprehension Skills.
TEK(S) (2.6) The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen
comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: (D)
create mental images to deepen understanding;
Learning objective Students will be able to create mental images about what they are reading in
a text.

Essential Guiding • Why is it important for you to develop comprehension skills?

Question(S) • How can you apply comprehension skills by just listening to a book
being read?
Learning Target I can create mental images about what I am reading in a text.
Resource/ Materials • KWL Chart.
• Index cards
• Markers.
• Book: Nigel and the moon.
Anticipatory set • Have the students make an inference about the book just by looking
10 min max. at the cover.
• Students will use a “what do you think” index card and write down
two ideas on what they think the story is about.
• Why is it important to create mental images? Visualize
Teaching: Modeling • I will start off by introducing my lesson by having the students look at
the cover of the book “Nigel and the moon” and they will write what
they may know or think about the book. Next, I will read the book to
the class without showing the pictures, to get the students to create
their own mental images as I read. I will also pause to ask questions
over specific words and what they mean.
Teaching: Checking for • Pausing to ask questions
understanding • What do you think the word hues means?
• How are you and Nigel alike?
• What themes can you draw from the story?

Instructional delivery • Teach: Visualization

method • I will use a graphic organizer
10 min max
Guided Practice After reading to the class:
10 min • I will write down what the students will discuss about the different
emotions the character was feeling in the story.
Independent practice After reading the book, students will create an order of events timeline by
15min illustrating a picture from that listed event.
Closure After re-reading the book, students are to receive another index card and
5 min will write what they have learned and put it on the KWL chart.
Assessment Students will get an exit ticket and will write what the theme of the story is
15 min max. and a picture to match their theme.