Grade Level: Second and Third Grade

Content Standard (list the standard and its description): RI.2.7/RI.3.7 Explain how specific images
contribute to and describes a text; use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to
demonstrate understanding of the text. W.2.3/W.3.3 Students will demonstrate comprehension by
through writing.

Objective (this connects directly to your content standard which is your curriculum): The students
will Read and learn about water, through pictures and text by developing inferences to convey
information.

Text (link to text for the lesson): http://commoncore.scholastic.com/node/1213

Text Level (indicates the grade level of the text): 2.3

Lesson Time Estimation:1-2 Days
In pink highlight where you address reading
In yellow highlight where you address writing
In light blue highlight where you address listening
In light green highlight where you address speaking
Lesson Activities (outlined in the boxes below):
Before Link to the strategy used, Explanation of use in lesson:
reading not to a list of strategies: Students will analyze the book to give them an
strategy Pre-Reading Strategy idea of what the reading will be about. This
name: includes taking a look at the title, pictures, sub-
http://www.thereligionteac titles etc. I will tell them that the pre texts should
her.com/pre-reading- correspond with what the book is about. They will
strategies-that-increase- discuss their speculations with the students at
comprehension/ their table to describe what they see , and take
turn listening to one anothers guess .
During Link to the strategy used, Explanation of use in lesson:
reading not to a list of strategies: I will start out by reading the text, while students
strategy Pause and Reflect follow along. Students will take turns reading
name: aloud. We will take a pause at different parts in
http://www.collierschools.c the story to analyze what is happening and
om/cms/lib/FL01903251/Ce explain the main idea. While discussing the book,
ntricity/Domain/220/Literac the students will write down key points in the story
y%20Tips/Pause to help them reflect back on the literature.
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After reading Link to the strategy used, Explanation of use in lesson:

strategy not to a list of strategies: The Students will be paired in groups and will be
name: given a picture from the story to examine and
Narrative Writing create a short fictional narrative about it. They
must listen to one another to creatively come up
https://literarydevices.net/ with a setting, characters, and events etc. Groups
narrative/ must cooperatively take turns stating ideas to
include in their writing. As a team they will review
their work to look for mistakes prior to sharing
 their narrative with the class.
What level of rigor is your lesson at according to Webbs Depth of Knowledge chart?
Level l and ll

Explain, using information from your lesson, how your lesson met the Webbs Depth of
Knowledge level you identified your lesson as?

According to Webbs Depth of Knowledge chart, the students are reflecting back on the passage and
recalling the key points in the story. They are also displaying attributes of skill and concept using
context clues to predict the main idea of the story and making observations of the provided photo to
create their narratives

How will you evaluate if students are learning while your lesson is being implemented and
afterward so you can make changes as needed to ensure learning (list at least one)?

I will evaluate students by asking questions about the passage during pause and reflect. I will walk
around the classroom to chime in during their group discussions and have them explain to me their
interpretations during pre-reading. After the story is done, I will walk around again and have them
discuss if their predictions of the story were correct or incorrect and why.