5E Lesson Plan Template

Your name or Tiffany Baldwin

Cooperating
teacher name
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Date(s) taught November 17, 2023

Subject ELA
Grade level 1st Grade

Materials • i-pads
• iMovie app on i-Pads
• How to Catch a Turkey by Adam Wallace
• Story map
• Drawing paper
• Crayons
• Pencils
• Parts of a Story Jack Hartmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-_nePjWXecQ

Standards ALSDE 1st Grade Standards

(State and
ELA:
ISTE
Standards for 23. Identify and describe the main story elements in a literary text.
Students) a. Describe the characters and settings, using illustrations and textual
evidence from a story.
b. Retell the plot or sequence of major events in chronological order.
Digital Literacy & Computer Science:
3. Construct elements of a simple computer program in collaboration with
others.
ISTE:
6. Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express
themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools,
styles, formats, and digital media appropriate for their goals. Students:
a. choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired
objectives of their creation or communication.

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 b. create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources
into new creations.
c. communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a
variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models, or simulations.
d. publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for
their intended audiences

Objectives Students will:

• Identify story elements from the read aloud
• Retell the plot of the read aloud
• Use digital devices and programs safely and efficiently
• Create and present a digital presentation

Differentiation ELL: Students will be grouped or partnered with a peer helper that can help
Strategies guide them through the creation of their iMovie retell. They will also receive
visual aids if it is necessary, to help them through the 5 finger retell of the plot
using the story map.
SPED: Students will be strategically placed with a peer helper that can guide
them through the project. The teacher will be there to provide cues and aid
when needed.
Gifted: Students can be challenged by providing more details about the
characters, settings, and other comprehension strategies. They can also do a
complete summary of the story using the iMovie app and present it to other
classes, or write their own story and create an iMovie.

The 5 Es

E Description

Engagement I will begin the lesson by showing the cover of the book How to Catch a Turkey by Adam
Wallace. I will guide a discussion about the title and author/illustrator by asking “What does an
author do?” and “What does the illustrator do?”.
I will then ask what they think the story will be about, just to review a previous comprehension
skill of making predictions.
After brief discussions, I will show the “Parts of a Story” video by Jack Hartmann.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-_nePjWXecQ
Then we will discuss what we already knew and what we learned from the video.
I will explain to students that we will be reading the story and then creating an iMovie with our
iPads while retelling, or summarizing, the story plot by discussing the characters, setting,
beginning, middle, end, and the major problem and solution.

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 E Description

Engagement I will assess students on their engagement by gauging their answers to the questions that I
Assessment pose, as well as their participation in the discussions.

Exploration How to Catch a Turkey by Adam Wallace will be read aloud to students. We will be stopping
and discussing things throughout the read aloud so that I can assess their comprehension. I will
ask these guiding questions:
• Who are the characters?
• What is the setting? Time of year?
• What was the problem?/Why did the turkey run away?
• What were the main events? Different rooms/places he ran to?
• What did the turkey get stuck in?
• What happened at the end of the story?
After a brief discussion, I will reiterate that we will be using our iPads to retell, or summarize, the
story through illustrations, using the iMovie app. We will discuss each component again, filling in
a story map together. Then, students will pick a partner and work together to map out the 5-
finger retell through illustrations.
After each group is finished with their illustrations, I will allow them to take pictures of each of
their components. Then, I will call them one-by-one to complete the iMovie voice over. I will
assist them with putting it all together.

Exploration I will use their illustrations and summaries on the voiceovers on the iMovie to assess their
Assessment comprehension of the story.

Explanation After each student has completed their iMovie, I will give them a chance to present them to the
class. Students can discuss with a partner (turn and talk) things about each others’ iMovies. I
will guide discussions by asking about similarities and differences in each iMovie. I will also ask
if each part of the 5-finger retell was discussed in each iMovie, if they all agree or disagree on
the characters, the setting, problem, and solution. I will be sure to ask them “why?” to have them
explain their thoughts. Then, I will explain whether they were all correct or not, and the “why”.

Explanation I will assess students’ comprehension based on their presentations and discussions with their
Assessment classmates.

Elaboration Students will complete another 5-finger retell on a different story that they have read previously.
We could do this another day for a “review”, or continue it the same day. Students can pick any
story that they have read and complete a story map (I will let them be creative and create their
own), using words or illustrations, and will summarize/discuss with a partner. They must have
these components:
• Characters
• Setting
• Problem
• Steps to the solution/solution

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 E Description

• Ending

Evaluation

References
Bybee, R.W. et al. (1989). Science and technology education for the elementary years:
Frameworks for curriculum and instruction. Washington, D.C.: The National
Center for Improving Instruction.

Bybee, R. W. (1997). Achieving Scientific Literacy: From Purposes to Practices.

Oxford: Heinemann.

National Research Council. (1999). Inquiry and the national science education
standards: A guide for teaching and learning. Washington, D.C.: National
Academy Press.

Polman, J.L. (2000). Designing project-based silence: Connecting learners through

guided inquiry. New York: Teachers College Press.

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