Language Arts Lesson Plan
Language Arts Lesson Plan
Language Arts Lesson Plan
3rd/4th Grade
Literacy: Read Aloud
Essential Questions: What do you wonder about when you look at the world?
Adaptations for EL: Students can engage in a small reading group to participate in feeling,
seeing, and reading I Wonder. Also, by either drawing pictures while I read aloud to help their
understanding and by making connections to the pictures in the book.
Adaptations for Students with Special Needs: I want the students to stay engaged while I read
the book out loud. When reading “I Wonder”, students can participate in small groups if needed
in the hallway or another quiet room. When distributed in drawing time, have the students be in a
buddy system. Watching their peers can help them see what is going on around them. Interacting
with the student’s personal “I Wonder Drawings” is key and letting them have the opportunity to
do that enforces the concept more.
DAP:
- The guide incorporates multiple areas of the curriculum (integrated learning).
- New understandings are built on prior knowledge (zone of actual development).
- The guide brings real world problem solving into the classroom.
- Hands-on experiences are central to the design of the guide.
- Students from a wide range of abilities are able to participate successfully throughout.
- Accommodations are made to include all students.
Phase One:
1. Explain to the class that we will be discussing two vocabulary words and I will read
aloud the book called “I Wonder.” Then, once the class and I complete the book the
students will then explore their own “I Wonder drawing.”
2. Explain what each vocabulary word means throughout the book. There will be several
stops throughout the book where I will ask the class what is happening and what main
ideas are appearing throughout the reading, so everyone can understand on the same
level.
Transition to Phase 2:
1. Review concepts and vocabulary taught in Phase I.
2. Show the students the sketch paper they will be using.
3. Explain what can be put on their paper and explain what their drawing represents.
4. Model how to draw on their paper on the board.
5. Ask a student or two to explain what the assignment is.
6. Scaffold as needed until most of the group demonstrates enough understanding to be
successful in phase 2.
Phase 2:
1. Students will be working alone or in pairs while sketching their I wonder drawing.
2. Walk around the room to make sure that the students understood the directions. If not, go
back to Phase 1 and clear things up.
3. Roam the room scaffolding in individual zones of proximal development.
Transition to Phase 3:
1. Explain to the students what their daily activity might look like and give them of an
example of a sketch that could be put in a diary.
2. I want them to go home and try this experiment after school and/or before they go to bed.
3. I want them to write down each thing that pops up into their head and sketch their results
in the diary I gave them in the previous lesson.
4. Model to the class how to choose the things to write about.
5. Review concepts taught in phase 1.
6. Clarify any questions about the homework.
Phase 3:
1. With the raise of hands, students can come up to the front of the class and show what
their I wonder drawing looks like.
2. After discussing with the class about their homework, I will be assessing the students by
them turning in their complete I wonder sketch paper.