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WGU Task Objective Number: 602.8.5
GENERAL INFORMATION
Lesson Title & Subject(s): Making Words Topic or Unit of Study: Phonics – Word Identification
Grade/Level: 3rd
Instructional Setting:
-3rd grade classroom next to a playground
-27 students (15 boys, 12 girls)
-14 Caucasian, 13 other nationalities represented (Vietnamese, Eastern Indian, Philippino, Swedish, Spanish)
-Seating arrangement: 3 pods of five students, and 2 pods of six students
-Literacy time (11:15 – 11:55) after a P.E. lesson
-Two parent volunteers are assisting with the lesson
STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES
Your State Core Curriculum/Student Achievement Standard(s):
Washington 3rd Grade EALR 1:
1.1. Use word recognition skills and strategies to read and comprehend text.
1.2. Use vocabulary (word meaning) strategies to comprehend text.
Lesson Goals:
Students will use their listening skills and manipulatives (letter cards) to create words for their weekly spelling list.
Lesson Objective(s):
Given a set of letter cards, and verbal directions from the teacher, students will spell and write down multisyllabic words for their weekly spelling list.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Instructional Materials:
All students will need:
-Pencil
-Spelling notebook/writing journal
- Set of “letter cards” * 70 total letters
(uppercase and lowercase set of a-z, and two cards for all vowels and the letters r, s, t, l. Also, there are five blank cards for students to write in their own letters)
-Pocket dictionary
-Small pad of sticky notes
-Computer cart (14 computers)
Resources:
R.E.W.A.R.D.S. (Reading Excellence Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies) Teacher sourcebook
- Source for multisyllabic words
INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN Sequence of Instructional Procedures/Activities/Events (provide description and indicate approximate time for each):
1. Identification of Student Prerequisite Skills Needed for Lesson: (4 minutes)
a. The teacher