Lesson: The Kid in the Red Jacket

 

Date:  9-23-04

 

Grade: 4

 

Time needed: 45 minutes

 

Materials: spelling cards, Sadlier Phonic Word Study E books, 3 dry erase boars and markers, 3 copies of The Kid in the Red Jacket

 

English Standards of Learning:

4.1             The student will use effective oral communication skills in a variety of settings.

Contribute to group discussions.

Use grammatically correct language and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas.

 

4.2     Listen to and record information.

Organize information for clarity.

         

4.3     The student will read fiction and nonfiction with fluency and accuracy.

a)     Use context to clarify meanings of unfamiliar words.

 

4.4     The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction.

a)     Explain the author's purpose.

b)     Describe how the choice of language, setting, and information contributes to the author’s purpose.

 

 

Objectives:  The students will:

Recognize the sounds of –r and –s blends.

Associate these sounds with the letters that stand for them.

Read, write, and form with initial –r and –s blends, as well as ending –d, -p,  

and -t blends.

          Identify spelling words on sight and be able to orally spell some of these.

          Answer questions about a fiction text that is orally read.

 

Brain Warm-up:  Spelling review-The students will practice reading their group spelling flashcards.  Students may be asked to spell a word before they see it. (5 minutes)

 

Presentation:

Say “Look at the cover of our novel.” Ask, “Who is the author of this story?”  Tell students to turn to the first page with words.  “Here you can see publishing information about the book.  What is this page called?   From the cover, can you predict whether this story will be fiction or non-fiction?  What makes you think that?” Discuss elements of the realistic fiction genre.

 

Attention

Review what previously happened in Chapter 3. pgs. 29-38 (5 minutes)

The Jeter family has just left the motel, and the family is going to their new house.  Who does Howard see when they get there? (Molly) What kind of person is Molly?  (talkative, nosy, divorced parents, inquisitive)What does Howard think of her? (He tries to hide.  She gets on his nerves.)

          Make predictions about what you think will happen in Chapter 4.

         

Co-Construct:  (25 minutes) Students will alternate reading Chapter 4 pgs 39-46 aloud.

39- 41-What does Howard think about his new room?  Why doesn’t he like it? Do you ever imagine things like Howard?

41- 42 Would living in a two-hundred year old house creep you out?

42- 46 Howard is going to the first day at his new school.  Would you be as nervous as Howard? Why do you think the kids are acting unfriendly?  Does Howard fell better or worse after lunch?  What do you think will happen in the rest of this chapter?

Students will finish the rest of Chapter 4 for homework.

 

Extension activity: Sadlier Phonics D TE p. 11 (5 minutes)

Students will complete page 11.  Circle the correct blend.  Choose a word with an ending blend.  (Cloze procedure)

 

Listening assessment Activity: (5 minutes)

          Have students make 3 columns on the dry erase board.  Remind students that we have been studying consonant blends.  What letters are consonants? Label each box with –t, -d, and –p.  As the teacher says each word, the students will write the word into the appropriate box that ends in that blend. Students may be asked to identify the ending blend.

          Pump wild    absent crust   intend ground         hint    bold   honest          stump shrimp

 

 

 

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