Shared Book Reading

Lesson Plans (30 points) –

·
1:
Shared Book Reading Lesson Plan (15 points) due October 20th Sunday 11:59pm: Plan a book reading lesson that aligns with one or more oral language standards/indicators from the GELDS or GaDoe Kindergarten (at least one age group/ developmental stage specific
oral language (receptive/expressive language; speaking and listening; vocabulary acquisition and use) standard from the

GELDS Communication, Language, and Literacy domain
or

Kindergarten Georgia Language Arts Standards
is required). Create a whole-group or small-group lesson. 

· Specific instructions for your
Shared Book Reading Lesson Plan:

· Select a book and read it prior to creating the lesson. Think about what target words will be the focus of the lesson and determine what topics should be discussed during the reading. Read pages 53-60, Recommendation 7, of the

IES Practice Guide
for tips on how to develop your lesson.

· What to include in the
step-by-step teaching plan section for your
Shared Book Reading Lesson (see all lesson plan sections below on page 3):

· Include a list of target vocabulary words

· Include a
pre book reading prompt. This is a question/prompt that is used to prepare children for listening and discussing content of the book before engaging in the read aloud. (See page 56 of Recommendation 7 for examples)

· Include at least 3 open-ended questions that can be asked during the reading to engage children in conversation about the book. Include the page number for each page of the book that the reader should stop to ask one of the open-ended questions. (See pages 56-57 of Recommendation 7 for question examples)

· Include a
post book reading activity. This is an activity that will reinforce the vocabulary and content learned from the book reading. (See page 58 of Recommendation 7 for activity examples)

· Include detailed steps that are easy for an educator other than yourself to also follow.

·
2:
Print and Phonological Awareness Lesson Plan (15 points) due November 17th Sunday 11:59pm: Plan a print and phonological awareness lesson that aligns with at least one print awareness and one phonological awareness standard/indicator from the GELDS or GaDoe Kindergarten (one age group/ developmental stage specific
print awareness standard and phonological awareness standard from the

GELDS Communication, Language, and Literacy domain
or

Kindergarten Georgia Language Arts Standards
is required). Create a whole-group or small-group lesson. 

· Specific instructions for your
Print and Phonological Awareness Lesson Plan:

· Select 1 letter and associated letter sound to focus on during the lesson. Consider the age group that your lesson is for and select your target letter sounds based on the developmental stage of that age group. For example, if your lesson is for younger preschoolers you might want to focus on letters that have “continuous sounds” rather than “stop sounds” (see Chapter 3 of

the course textbook
for teaching tips).

· What to include in the
step-by-step teaching plan section of your
Print and Phonological Awareness Lesson (see all lesson plan sections below on page 3):

· Include a target letter and a list of target words that include that letter and letter sound

· Include an example of what an educator should say to introduce the target letter and its sound. (See pages 47-48, Recommendation 6, of the

IES Practice Guide
for tips)

· Include an activity that allows children to practice identifying target letters and sounds. (See pages 49-50 of Recommendation 6 for examples)

· Include a way to connect the target letter to the print that the child may see in their classroom environment. (See pages 50-51 of Recommendation 6 for ideas)

· Include detailed steps that are easy for an educator other than yourself to also follow.

You will prepare and create two lesson plans this semester that are due on different dates (see above). Each lesson plan should be no more than 2-3 pages long (single or double spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font).

Each lesson plan will include the following sections:

Your name:

Teaching Topic:

· List the literacy-focus and content-focus of the lesson. Example: “Oral language, Zoo animals” would be the appropriate topic for a lesson that is focused on a book reading about a trip to the zoo. “Print and Phonological Awareness, beginning letter sounds” would be appropriate for a lesson focused on discussing the beginning letter sound of words.

Age group:

· Select a target age group between 3-5 years old (preschool – Kindergarten).

1.
Teaching objectives:

· Describe, specifically, WHAT you want to teach in this lesson

2.
Teaching rationale:

· Describe, clearly, WHY your teaching objective is important for children to learn

· For example, how is the content mentioned in the objective important for general knowledge, life-long skills, and/or academic development?

3.
Teaching standards:

· Find at least 1 standard that aligns with your Topic and Objective (you are welcome to include as many relevant standards as needed)

· Write out the age/grade specific standard code and full standard description or indicator (example:
CLL6.4c Isolates the initial (beginning) sounds in words with adult guidance.;
ELAGSEKRF2.d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.) )

· The following websites can be used to find relevant GA standards by age/grade

· Preschool-PreK:

· Kindergarten:

4.
Step by step teaching plan:

· Clearly organize your plan in chronological order (step 1..step 2.. step 3…)

· See pages 1-2 of this document for specific instructions to follow when developing the teaching plan for each lesson plan

5.
Assessment

· How would you know what children have learned?

· For example, what will you observe during the lesson to understand where children are on the developmental progression? What questions would you ask that require children to think out loud and describe their knowledge?

6.
Materials

· List all materials you plan to use

You may copy and paste the following table to use as a template for your lesson plans:

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