Lesson Objectives Materials Instruction Procedures & Assessment

Description Techniques
Students will Basket This will take place in Students will
identify various Introduction
This lesson will Trait cards a classroom setting. We will play character complete the
characters and Pencils character trait
focus on determine their trait charades (angry,
comprehension Character trait The classroom has depressed, happy, worksheet.
traits by actions, worksheets (3) two teachers and
skills for the entire words, and excited, etc.). The
class. The lesson Notebook paper fifteen students. names will be placed Students will infer
behaviors. Book (Today I Feel what could happen
will also have a in a basket and
small group Silly and Other One teacher will students will act out next in their book
Students will infer Moods That Make demonstrate the based on the main
component that will future actions of a the trait they pick.
focus on writing. My Day) instruction of the character’s actions
character based on Books students are material. Both and traits.
their character currently reading teachers will be part of I do…
traits. White paper two small groups. I will read Today I
Colored paper Feel Silly and Other
Students will Moods That Make My
complete a creative Day. I will utilize the
writing narrative think-aloud strategy
using a character’s to explain the
specific traits. protagonist’s
character traits. I will
describe their actions,
Standards words, and thoughts
that can determine
RL.3.3 their character traits.
W.3.3.B Finally, I would use a
graphic organizer to
model how to record
trait information.

We do…
Use the smartboard
to complete the
graphic organizer.
Students will create
additional character
traits for the main
character and supply
evidence to support
Case their claim. We will Study
complete the Lesson
character graphic
Plan organizer as a class.
for Mary
Myers
You do…
Students will use a
current book they are
reading
independently to
identify character
traits of their main
character. They will
use their character’s
words, thoughts, and
actions to identify
their traits.
Differentiation
Mary Myers will be
pulled into small
group to identify two
character traits from a
chapter book we are
reading. In small
group we will make
inferences about their
actions based on
their traits.
Each student will
write at least one
paragraph.