Student Teaching edTPA Lesson Plan Template

Subject: Main Ideas Central Focus: Describe the main idea using key details from the
text.
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: RI.3.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key
details and explain how they support the main idea.
RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of
historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or
steps in technical procedures in a text, using Date submitted: 3/16/17 Date taught: 3/16/17
language that pertains to time, sequence, and
cause/effect.
3.H.2.1 Explain change over time through historical
narratives (events, people, and places).

Daily Lesson Objective:

Performance: Students will be able to identify main ideas by using key details from the text.
Condition: Independent
Criteria: Students are expected to get 80% accuracy on exit ticket to show understanding of concept.

21st Century Skills: Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Critical Thinking Vocabulary):
Describe
Prior Knowledge: Students need to be able to understand what a non-fiction biography is.

Activity Description of Activities and Setting Time

Okay class, remember how you have been discussing main ideas? Can 2-3
1. Focus and Review anyone tell me what a main idea is? minutes

2. Statement of Objective Students will be able to identify main ideas by using key details while reading
for Student the book, 100 People Who Made History.

3. Teacher Input
4. Guided Practice
Today we are going to learn about using key details to find the main idea in a
text.
5-10
Teacher will read 2-3 paragraphs about George Washington from 100 People minutes
Who Made History. After each paragraph, the teacher will ask two students,
What is a key detail from what we just read? The teacher will then ask,
Can someone tell me what the main idea of the paragraph is, based on the
details you came up with? What does the author want us to know?
Teacher will ask guiding questions:
Why do you think that is important?
What makes you think that is the main idea?

5. Independent Practice
Students will complete the Ice Cream Cone Details and Main Idea 5-10
worksheet. Students will list three key details from 100 People Who Made minutes
History about Augustus Caesar and decide what the main idea is based off of
their key details. When the students are finished, the teacher will begin a class
discussion on the students worksheet and what they wrote.
 Students will complete the Ice Cream Cone Details and Main Idea worksheet (Attached).
6. Assessment Methods of
The key details are worth 1 point each (3 points total) and the main idea is worth 2 points.
all objectives/skills:
Students who earn 3 points or less will not meet the objective.
What did we learn today? 2 minutes
So what? (Relevancy, importance, usefulness)
Now what? (How does this fit into what we are learning, how does it affect
7. Closure
our thinking?)

8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:

Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations

Materials/Technology: Worksheet, pencil, paper, 100 People Who Made History

Reflection on lesson:

CT signature: ________________________ Date: ______ US signature: ____________________________Date: ______