Direct Instruction Lesson Plan

Topic: Verbs
Lesson Type:
#4 in a series
New Material
Isolated
Re-teaching
Review

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Performance Level:
Below
On
Above

BYU-I Student Name: Bethany Bennett

Group Size:
Whole
Small
Individual

CCSS: L.K.1 Language Conventions of Standard English Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard
English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. B. Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
Blooms: Comprehend/Understand
DOK: Recall/Reproduction
Objective: Students will be able to come up with 2 sentences that contain verbs. They will be able to correctly name
the verbs in the sentences. They will be able to do this with 75% accuracy.
Assessment: After the lesson I will pull the children aside one by one and ask them to give me a sentence that
contains a verb. Once they come up with a sentence I will ask them to name the verb in that sentence. I will then ask
them to give me another sentence and tell me the verb in that sentence. They will receive 1 point for giving me a
sentence with a verb in it and another for naming the verb for a total of 4 points.
Vocabulary terms and definitions:
Verb-a word used to describe an action.
Action-the fact or process of doing something
Materials:
Projector
Verbs
Accommodations: Verbally ask the questions for the assessment. Help some of the children with the acting out of words.

Management
Behavioral Expectations:
Explain to the students the attention
signal and do a few practice rounds.
Tell the students that during the lesson I
will need them to raise their hand if they
want to answer a question or ask a
question.
Explain to the students that I will whisper
to them the verb they will act out. I will
also be the one that calls on the
students who are sitting quietly with
their hands raised.
Attention Signal (Regain Student Focus):
Clapping a rhythm for the students to

Transitions
There will be no transitions.

Fast Finishers
There will be none during our whole
group lesson. The assessment will be
given verbally during centers.

Material Management:
I will manage all of the materials.

Grouping:
This will be a whole group lesson.

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Time

Sequence of Lesson

2
minute
s

Anticipatory Set: Show the children the storybots video https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=2S2WmgPKIi0.

2
minute
s
2
minute
s

Accessing Prior Knowledge: Ask the students if they know what an action is?

2
minute
s
5
minute
s
2
minute
s
5
minute
s

Materials
Projector

Input & Modeling:

Explain that a verb is an action. Like the StoryBots were jumping on the bed the action was they were
jumping. Talk about the alphafriends and how we do an action with each of the letters. A verb is an
action. A verb is something that we do.
Check for understanding: Ask the children to give examples of verbs.

Guided practice: Play charades with the students. I will have actions on a piece of paper and then I will
whisper to them the actions for their peers to guess.
Closure/Summary: Ask the students what they learned about verbs today.

Independent practice: Ask the students individually to give a sentence with a verb and name the verb.
Ask them to do this two times.

Verbs

Verbs

Drink
Drive
Jump
Eat
Cry
Clap
Dance

Run
March
Sleep
Laugh
Knock
Yawn
Tie

Spin
Wave
Pull
Push
Skip
Swim
Walk