Teacher: Brittany Anderson

Subject: Reading
Title of Lesson: Spy Tools

Date: Tuesday April 14th,

2015
Grade Level: 2
Lesson Length: 30 minutes

Overview of the Lesson

Lesson Summary:
In this lesson, students will understand how to analyze a piece of literature by
using comprehension strategies such as predicting and asking questions.
Massachusetts Framework Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to
support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4a Read grade level text with purpose and
understanding.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4b Read grade level text orally with accuracy,
appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4c use context to confirm or self-correct word
recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary
Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to..
Analyze a piece of literature.
Utilize different comprehension strategies.
Read with fluency and accuracy.
Discuss the piece of literature.
Identify different parts of a non-fiction text.
Materials/Equipment to be Used in Teaching the Lesson:
Spy Tools text
Whiteboard with vocab words and definitions written on it
Enduring Understandings:
Big Ideas: The students will understand that
One can make many text to text connections in order to help them make
predictions about a text they are about to read.
Concepts: text to text, predict,
Essential Questions:
What do you know about spies or spying?
What might you expect to see in this book?
Did you learn anything new about spies or spying after reading?
Content
Factual Content:
The students will learn how to analyze the assigned piece of literature and
have a discussion about the information that they read.
Vocabulary:
Tier 1:
Microphone an instrument used for amplifying or recording something
Binoculars an instrument with a lens for each eye, used for viewing far away
things

Tier 2:
Spy a person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities,
movements, and plans of an enemy
Message a verbal, written, or recorded way of communicating something to
someone
Tier 3:
Jigsaw a puzzle with a picture on it cut into many pieces of different shapes
that have to be fitted together
Critical Thinking Skills (Reading, Writing, Speech, Listening)
Students will analyze the literature.
Students will read the literature aloud.
Students will answer critical thinking questions.
Assessments (Performance Tasks/Tests/Quizzes Formative/Summative,
Informal/Formal)
I will informally assess the students by listening to each student read aloud. I
will also ask critical thinking questions and informally assess the students
based on their answers and any other discussion topics that are talked about.

Action/Instructional Procedures
Procedures:
Set up:
o The vocab words with their definitions must be already written on the white board
and visible for the students to see.

Anticipatory Set: (3 min)

o Call Lesley and Gianna over to the reading group table. Have 3 sets of Spy Tools
books for each student and myself. The teacher copy will have my post its and
notes already inside on the pages. Pass out the books to the students. Ask students
about the title, author, and genre of the book.
Step 1: (5 min)
o Make predictions about the book based on the title and photographs.
o Ask the students what they already know about spies and the tools that they use to
help them.
o Look at the index and think about what the students might learn from the book.
Step 2: (5 min)
o Go over the vocabulary words for this text (spy, camera, jigsaw, microphone,
message, binoculars, homonyms)
Step 3: (5 min)
o Take a picture walk through the book and go over the critical thinking questions.
Pg. 5 what could be some good things about having such a small
camera?
Pg. 8 how do you think the pigeons know where to go?

Pg. 12 how do you think using a coin that looks the same as other coins
could be a problem for a spy?
Pg. 14 why do you think its important for spies to keep things a secret?
Step 4: (8 min)
o Have students take turns reading each page of the book aloud.
Step 5: (4 min)
o Ask the students if they have learned anything new about spies or spying.