Isabel Sucha

LESSON
PLAN #6
Small Group Reading
Grade 1
SPIDERS
by Esther Cullen
Illustrated by Sadie Pascoe and Suzanne Pasco
Learning Targets
CC Standard(s):
RI.1.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.5: Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text.
RI.1.7: Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key details.

Learning target:
Students will know what non-fiction text features are and how to use them.
Students will be able to find details in the text that answer their questions.
Students will be able to use illustrations/diagrams to clarify meanings or unfamiliar words.

Kid-friendly target:
I can read a non-fiction book and answer questions about it.
I can explain what some non-fiction text features are and how to use them.

Assessment Evidence
I will know students have met the target(s) if: they have answered their own questions after reading
Spiders and can explain the use of different non-fiction text features.

Instruction and Formative Assessment Plan
Materials/Resources/Digital Media Needed:
*Student Materials: *Teacher Materials:
-one Spiders each -a copy of Spiders
-Whiteboard/marker
Lesson Progression Formative
Assessment
Opener/Introduction:
o I will introduce the book by asking about previous knowledge as well
as new learning that the students hope to come away with.
I have chosen this book today because it contains a lot of


-Gauge interest/
information about spiders. What do you know about
spiders?
What would you like to know about spiders?
Write these down to discuss after reading
Activity:
o Go over non-fiction text features. Students should be familiar with
these They include the contents, index, headings, labels, and
illustrations.
o Read the text.
Remind students to use the labels and illustrations to figure
out what new words mean (such as spinnerets and/or silk
glands as seen on page 5).

Closer:
o Direct students to the list of questions that they had before reading.
Work through them to see how many the book addressed. Answer
them using the books help.

Extension/Follow up lesson:
o If time, ask each student to tell me what the most interesting they
learned was and on what page they found it. Discuss different
items/features on the page.
o Could write the fact and draw a diagram with labels to share.
previous
knowledge by the
questions they ask.

-What are the text
features they
know? Do they
remember how to
use them?
-Listen to students
read. How do they
deal with
unfamiliar words?

-How well did they
retain new
information? Can
they answer their
own questions?