Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidate: Alexis Zemaitis

Unit Title: The Song Makers Go to Salem

Date: 11/7/12
Subject: Reading/Writing

Grade Level: 3rd

Lesson
Title/Number

The Song Makers Go to Salem by Sharon Franklin

Lesson #4

Common Core
Standards

Reading: Literature
3.RL.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to
the text as the basis for the answers.

21st Century Skills

3.RL.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing
literal from non-literal language.
21st Century Skills: Working in pairs, based on communication and collaboration to
enhance learning and understanding.

Lesson Objectives

1. Students will be able to recognize and understand the meanings of words that
are used in the story The Song Makers Go to Salem
2. Students will be able to sit quietly while listening and comprehending the story.

3. Students will be able to write their responses and answers to questions based on
the story to enhance their learning and comprehension.

Acceptable
Evidence

1. Students will be able to place vocabulary words with its meanings by using
paper dominos.
2. Students will be able to provide answers to the questions I ask while reading the
story and be able to express their thoughts and opinions throughout.

3. Students will be able to complete a handout using the vocabulary words and the
main ideas of the story. After the students are done and finish early enough, I
will give them a Create a Story worksheet to complete.

Procedure
1. The students will match vocabulary words with their meanings by using paper
dominos.
2. I will introduce the story, The Song Makers Go to Salem and will have the
whole group read out loud altogether, and I will also ask questions to check for
understanding.
3. We will discuss about the story after and I will give out a Reader Response
worksheet for the students to complete.
4. If the students are done early enough, I will give the students a Create a Story
worksheet to work on.

Assessment/
Evaluation

The Reader Response worksheet and the Create a Story worksheet will provide us
as teachers with the information we need to see which students comprehended and
understood the parts of the story corresponding with the main ideas of the story.
Formative Assessmenthow well the students understand throughout instruction.

Technology

Closure

Accommodations
and/or
Interactions with
Co-Teachers
and/or Support
Staff

I will close the lesson by asking the students what they got out of and learned from the
story.

Resources/
Materials

Time Required

The book The Song Makers Go to Salem by Sharon Franklin

Reader Response Handout
Create a Story Worksheet

20-30 minutes

Name: ______________________________

Date: ___________________

Reader Response
The Song Makers Go to Salem by Sharon Franklin

Directions: Please answer the following questions by restating the question and answering it completely.

1) What do Tabithas actions tell about her personality?

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2) Please put the following vocabulary words in complete sentences.

Anxious
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Concentrate
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Relieved
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3) What would you do if you left something valuable in your desk at school, and after recess it was
missing? Explain.
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4) What did you learn from the story? Explain.

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Name: __________________________________________

Date: _________________

Create a Story
Directions: Please write a short story using your imagination and using the vocabulary words. The
vocabulary words are anxious, concentrate, erupted, frantically, relieved, solution and suspect.
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