Lesson Plan : Sequencing A Story
Teacher Name: | Andrea Groppetti |
Grade: | Grade 2 |
Subject: | Language Arts |
Topic: | Reading Comprehension |
Content: | Sequencing of a story |
Goals: | The student will write a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. |
Objectives: | Students will understand that sequencing means remembering directions or the events of a story from the beginning to the end. Understand why sequencing is important in everyday life. Sequence events or directions, either by using pictures or with written words. |
Materials: | Writing Paper Pencils Drawing Paper Crayons |
Introduction: | Begin the lesson by reading aloud the story ........ |
Development: | After reading, use the graphic organizer to challenge students to recall the order in the story. Write the sentences from the book, in sequence, for children to see. Introduce to students the term sequencing. Explain to students that they have listed the order, or sequence, in which they appear or happen in the story. Explain that by doing that they have "put the story back together in the right order from the beginning to the end." They will need to remember the order of the story to do their next activity. |
Practice: | Give each student a piece of drawing paper. Have them divide the paper into thirds, one section each for the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Ask the students to draw three pictures showing the beginning, middle and the end of the story. |
Accommodations: | For students who had little understanding of sequencing. Provide copies of pictures from the story. Each picture has a space below it where students can write a sentence about what is happening in that picture. Students assemble the pictures in the correct order from beginning to end. When they have completed this activity, staple their pictures together to make a small booklet. |
Checking For Understanding: | Students will be informally evaluated during the guided practice part of the lesson. The work that is completed by the students during activity time will be used to determine which students understand the concept of sequencing. Another lesson will follow tomorrow to reinforce sequencing skills. |
Closure: | After finishing the writing, give students a chance to break of into pairs and share their writing with a peer. |
Evaluation: | |
Teacher Reflections: | Lesson #2 to follow up understanding of sequencing. As a class, have students practice another sequencing activity. Give an everyday example of something they do in which sequencing is important. For example, brushing their teeth. Ask students to tell the order in which they do things as they brush their teeth. Write each step on a sentence strip. You might have already prepared sentence strips for this activity that include the following steps: --- Unscrew the cap from the tube of toothpaste. --- Spread toothpaste on the toothbrush. --- Run the toothpaste and toothbrush under the water. --- Brush all your teeth. --- Rinse your mouth. --- Put your toothbrush and the toothpaste back in their places. Then mix up the sentence strips and have students re-assemble the strips in the correct order. |
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