Go Blue Lesson Plan- Geena’s Project:

Teacher____Aja Harvey_____________ Grade Level_______1st__________

I. Content and Standards:

CC.1.1.1.E Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

CC.1.3.1.A Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate

understanding of their central message or lesson.

CC.1.3.1.B Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CC.1.3.1.C Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using

key details.

CC.1.3.1.G Use illustrations and details in a story to describe characters,

setting, or events.

CC.1.3.1.K Read and comprehend literature on grade level, reading

independently and proficiently.

CC.1.4.1.C Develop the topic with two or more facts.

CC.1.4.1.F Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of

standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

II. Prerequisites:

CC.1.1.1.B Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features

of print.

CC.1.1.1.C Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and

sounds (phonemes).
 CC.1.1.1.D Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in
decoding words.

CC.1.4.1.B Identify and write about one specific topic.

III. Essential Questions (provide a framework)

a. What is the purpose of this book? (Shows procedure)

IV. Instructional Objective:

a. Students will be able to recognize and apply various strategies when

reading independently.

b. Students will be able to read the book Geena’s Project for the first time and
demonstrate understanding of grade-level appropriate phonics

c. Students will demonstrate comprehension through writing responses that

illicit text-to-self connections.

V. Instructional Procedures:

a. Students will be shown contractions and possessive noun to learn to

recognize the difference in comprehension.

b. Students will preview the book

i. Fiction or non-fiction?

ii. Review quotation marks.

iii. Make predictions

iv. Set purpose for reading

c. Students will echo read the story first, and then reread in partners.
 d. Students will discuss the details read in the book

i. What does this text tell us? (How to complete the project)

ii. What’s the important part of giving instructions?

e. Students will write their own instructions to a project or activity they have
done before.

VI. Materials and Equipment: the book Geena’s Project, writing prompt sheet.

VII. Assessment/Evaluation:

a. Student fluency performance during 2nd partner reading

b. Student writing pieces

VIII. VII. Differentiation: Individualized Activities: N/A

IX. Technology: N/A

X. Self-Assessment: Student engagement, student responses to questions,

student reading performance, and student writing pieces will be assessed and
compared to the lesson objectives to determine effectiveness of the overall
lesson.