Lesson Plan

Name: Roxanna Alma Taya Date:

Elementary Secondary Grade 2nd

Lesson Topic: Language Arts- Compare and Contrast Disability: ADHD

Materials needed: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, Pencils, and Venn diagram

Objectives: Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the compare and contrast strategy
using the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

Anticipatory Set (Background Knowledge): Students will know the four seasons and should be familiar with
the concepts of weather that includes clouds, rain, snow, wind, storms, and tornadoes. Students must also be
able to recognize the foods referred to in the story and reviewed if necessary.

Teaching (Input): Reduce irrelevant stimuli as much as possible. For students with ADHD, create a systematic
schedule of activities for each child for virtually every minute of each day or at least as much of the day as
possible. Also, for students who are highly distractible, use cubicles to reduce extraneous stimulation.

Teaching (Model): Teacher will read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs out loud to the students. Questions
will be asked periodically during the reading regarding the weather in the town of Chewandswallow. Before the
students are asked to brainstorm ideas to compare and contrast Chewandswallow and a real town, a mini-lesson
discussing the concept of compare and contrast will be taught using a chart by the teacher. Explain to the
students that they will now list all the characteristics that are the same about the towns and all the
characteristics that are different on a Venn diagram.

Check for Understanding: Students responses to the book that was read aloud in class. Observation of
students expression of ideas comparing and contrasting two towns. -Childrens ability to correctly identify and
label illustrations and sentences as a fantasy or realism.

Guided Practice: Teacher will model activity using a comparison between apples and oranges and resource
teacher will be available for extra assistance

Independent Practice Students will answer the questions: What do you think it would be like to live in a place
where food really did come from the sky? Would you like to live in a place like this? Why or why not? How is
the town of Chewandswallow different from our town?

Accommodations Needed Decrease the length of the task by breaking the task into smaller parts to be
completed at different times or assign fewer tasks. To decrease difficulty at the beginning of tasks increase
the structure of the tasks and highlight the important pasts and write down instructions as well as give them
orally clearly stating the standards for acceptable work.

Cite your sources why these accommodations are best practice

Hallahan, Daniel P., James M. Kauffman, and Paige C. Pullen. "134-141." Exceptional Learners: An
Introduction to Special Education. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
"View a Plan." HotChalk Lesson Plans Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2015.
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Contrast Chart

Venn Diagram