Teacher: Brittany Anderson Date: Tuesday April 14th, 2015

Subject: Reading Grade Level: 2

Title of Lesson: Spy Tools Lesson Length: 30 minutes

Overview of the Lesson

Lesson Summary:In this lesson, students will understand how to analyze a piece of literature by using comprehension strategies such as predicting and asking questions.

Massachusetts Framework Standards:CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4a Read grade level text with purpose and understanding. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4b Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4c use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary

Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to..Analyze a piece of literature. Utilize different comprehension strategies. Read with fluency and accuracy. Discuss the piece of literature. Identify different parts of a non-fiction text.

Materials/Equipment to be Used in Teaching the Lesson:Spy Tools text Whiteboard with vocab words and definitions written on it

Enduring Understandings: Big Ideas: The students will understand that One can make many text to text connections in order to help them make predictions about a text they are about to read. Concepts: text to text, predict,

Essential Questions:What do you know about spies or spying? What might you expect to see in this book? Did you learn anything new about spies or spying after reading?

Content

Factual Content:The students will learn how to analyze the assigned piece of literature and have a discussion about the information that they read.

Vocabulary:

Tier 1: Microphone an instrument used for amplifying or recording something Binoculars an instrument with a lens for each eye, used for viewing far away things

Tier 2: Spy a person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, and plans of an enemy Message a verbal, written, or recorded way of communicating something to someone

Tier 3: Jigsaw a puzzle with a picture on it cut into many pieces of different shapes that have to be fitted together

Critical Thinking Skills (Reading, Writing, Speech, Listening)

Students will analyze the literature. Students will read the literature aloud. Students will answer critical thinking questions.

Assessments (Performance Tasks/Tests/Quizzes Formative/Summative, Informal/Formal)

I will informally assess the students by listening to each student read aloud. I will also ask critical thinking questions and informally assess the students based on their answers and any other discussion topics that are talked about.

Action/Instructional ProceduresProcedures: Set up: The vocab words with their definitions must be already written on the white board and visible for the students to see.

Anticipatory Set: (3 min) Call Lesley and Gianna over to the reading group table. Have 3 sets of Spy Tools books for each student and myself. The teacher copy will have my post its and notes already inside on the pages. Pass out the books to the students. Ask students about the title, author, and genre of the book. Step 1: (5 min) Make predictions about the book based on the title and photographs. Ask the students what they already know about spies and the tools that they use to help them. Look at the index and think about what the students might learn from the book. Step 2: (5 min) Go over the vocabulary words for this text (spy, camera, jigsaw, microphone, message, binoculars, homonyms) Step 3: (5 min) Take a picture walk through the book and go over the critical thinking questions. Pg. 5 what could be some good things about having such a small camera? Pg. 8 how do you think the pigeons know where to go? Pg. 12 how do you think using a coin that looks the same as other coins could be a problem for a spy? Pg. 14 why do you think its important for spies to keep things a secret? Step 4: (8 min) Have students take turns reading each page of the book aloud. Step 5: (4 min) Ask the students if they have learned anything new about spies or spying.