Intern Name: Samantha Sherman

Topic/Title of Lesson: Day Two of Moose on the Move: Compare and Contrast
Length of Lesson: Roughly 50 minutes
Date Taught: To Be Determined
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson The class will read Moose on the Move
then work together to complete a venn diagram comparing
Overview and contrasting two animals from the story.

Virginia Alternate 3E-RW 2

(SOL 2.6)
Assessment 5E-CN 1
Program (SOL5.6)
What does this story teach readers about the connection
between similarities and friends?
Essential Question

Students will be able to

Complete a venn diagram by finding the similarities
Objectives and differences between two things.

I can complete a venn diagram with the help of one of my

Learning Target classmates.
New concepts: the venn diagram itself, comparing and
Key Vocabulary or contrasting have already been introduced.
Concepts
Promethean board, pencils, venn diagram
worksheet projected onto the board as well as
Materials individual copies for each student, vocab review
activity on board, listening ears, open eyes, closed
mouths, and ready to learn students.
Show the students two hats and ask them to point out the
Introduction/ similarities between the two. (This is also an informal
assessment to see how well they can compare and contrast
Hook already to help determine how much time should be spent
on that part of this weeks lesson.)
 1. Ask students what they recall from the book
introduced last class.
2. Vocab Review Activity
3. Read the book as a class.
4. Once the book has been read, the class will pick
two animals from the story to compare and contrast.
After passing out the venn diagrams I will call on
Instructional each student for suggestions and write them on the
Activities board as we go and the students will write them
down on their individual sheets as well.
5. For practice the class will divide into two groups
and pick up a bag with two objects inside of it and
complete a venn diagram comparing and
contrasting the two things.

Reading the book out loud as a group, allowing more time

Accommodations to write, pre-determined groups.
Tell me a similarity or difference between you and a
Closure Activity classmate.
(Mentioned in hook.) Summative assessments at the end of
Assessments the week.
Resources Reading A-Z