Name Traci L Schwartz

Date 2/5/16

LESSON PLAN
GENERAL INFORMATION
Lesson Title:

Junior Achievement lesson 1

Subject(s) or Topic:

Am I an Entrepreneur? New Vocabulary

Grade/Level:

Fourth

STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES

State Standard(s) Addressed:
Orally read grade-level appropriate or higher texts smoothly and accurately, with
4.RF.5
expression that connotes comprehension at the independent level.

Lesson Goals:
Students will read aloud, with new vocabulary, fluently. They will comprehend,
and be able to use, the words Entrepreneur, Innovation, Invention, Trait.
Lesson Objective(s):
Students will read aloud to learn about personal traits. They will then identify,
and share, some of the positive traits they possess within themselves, which
could help them to be entrepreneurs.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Instructional Materials:
Junior Achievement key cards (a-d), My Traits Inventory Cards, Entrepreneur
Poster, Challenge Posters set (1-4), Entrepreneur Eraselets
Resources: Classroom chalkboard to hang posters, my husbands legal
trademark, and product.

Name Traci L Schwartz

Date 2/5/16

INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN
Sequence of Instructional Procedures/Activities/Events (provide description and
indicate approximate time for each):
1.

4.RF.4.6
2.

Identification of Student Prerequisite Skills Needed for Lesson:

Students must be able to read, understand all sound correspondences.

Use knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and m

affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context.

Presentation of New Information or Modeling:

My husband is an entrepreneur, and innovator. Show picture, legal trademark,

and product, the Anti-Goat Curse Cubbie bell.
3.

Guided Practice: Can you say this big word?

Lets do it togetherEntrepreneur
Why is my husband an Entrepreneur? They respond individually.

4.

Independent Student Practice: Students will read aloud their

entrepreneurial traits, after thinking carefully.

5.

Culminating or Closing Procedure/Activity/Event:

What makes someone an Entrepreneur? Give away Eraselet
entrepreneur bracelet, say Entrepreneurs erase their mistakes and
try again

Pedagogical Strategy (or Strategies):

Children come to understand new vocabulary, (entrepreneur, innovation, traits,
and invention) by identifying their own positive traits.

Differentiated Instruction: If a student has trouble reading aloud from the traits
card, (or cannot read at grade level) I will help that student to sound out the
word, or I will repeat the word, and they can then say it, too. All students who
want to share will be able to do so.
Assessment: (Type of assessment, rational for choosing specific assessment and how it will be used
to gauge student learning and instruction) Attach assessment piece to lesson plan.
Students will demonstrate the ability to Orally read grade-level appropriate or higher texts aloud, which
will be documented upon completion by notation of each child to read accurately unfamiliar multi-

syllabic words in context within my records/gradebook.

Name Traci L Schwartz

Date 2/5/16

InTASC Standard Four: Content Knowledge

The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and
structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning
experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and
meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.

Name of Artifact: Lesson Plan/Journaling for Junior Achievement

Date: April 28, 2016
Course: EDUC 250: Educational Psychology

Brief Description: A descriptive account of planned, implemented, and reflected

on material for Junior Achievement service learning.
Rationale: Engaging students effectively sometimes requires modifications, or
supplementation of materials to integrate culturally relevant content to build on
students backgrounds. Evolving content knowledge is fostered with appreciation of
multiple perspectives within the educational discipline

Name Traci L Schwartz

Date 2/5/16