Lesson Plan Using The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Essay

Charlie is a kid who hasn't read a full book ever. He has his friend Timmy tell him the '' important stuff" in the book in exchange for an ice cream sandwich. But when Timmy raises the amount Charlie stops asking.

This learning activity has the students looking more deeply into their chosen book using a more critical mind rather than just enjoying the book for its basic story line. It has them taking note of what is happening at each stage of the book and why these events are taking place, then taking this information they have gathered and developing a written report to convey their thoughts and ideas in the book along with developing the skills necessary to produce a piece of writing that is easy to read and understand for the reader. This activity also has a lot of hidden features to the task, such as using the correct grammar, development of sentence structure and use of creative thinking to make the piece interesting to the reader.

There are many IT tools available that can assist learning. Within my place of employment we have Target Tracker software to manage and track pupil progress and learning, subject specific software such as Smart Learning and a fully implemented Virtual Learning Environment for the entire school.

Incorporating technology in the classroom is a leading trend among educators in the 21st century. Teacher use classroom websites, technology tools, and online web assessments to keep parents and students informed, improve instruction, and individualize learning. Using technology to support communication helps keep both students and parents informed on what is happening in the classroom and the students’ academic progress. Integrating technology in the classroom helps increase student engagement and participation. Students use technology tools to help reinforce instruction and teachers may use it as a form of remediation. Technology can also help with differentiating instruction with the use of online assessments. Incorporating technology in the classroom can increase students’ success in the classroom and beyond.

The students will be able to gather the information in the story, solving the word problem using their tools provide by the teacher.

In this book I have discovered many interesting facts that are in the book and how they are demonstrated in the classroom, and the lab. The book as though at times can be very dry to read, but is also in many ways have very interesting topics that can be used in daily life. The lab portion of the class showed us many ways to cook with many local foods, and keep the ingredients fresh and nutritious.

In a previous lesson, the teacher demonstrated a “Think-Aloud” strategy with Gary Soto’s short story “Seventh Grade,” to teach students the elements of a plot. The teacher read the beginning of the story and then stopped to ask the students to identify information about the characters, the setting, and the background information that establishes the exposition of the plot. She repeated this process with the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. The students recorded notes and observations in a graphic organizer.

The book uses a combination of short and long sentences to create interest. There are also only a small amount of words on each page. This book works really effectively to be read aloud to an audience, as it creates images and ideas for the students in which makes them think about the issues and themes.

Semester B Unit 1 Lesson 4 Introduction and Objective As you read a story, characters struggle with conflicts as events unfold. No matter the conflict that occurs in a story plot, the character typically goes through changes. The changes could be good to bad, but usually bad to good. Today's lesson objective is: • Students will be able to describe how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

As a special education teacher I realize that not every student will learn the same way, each of my students will have their own way of learning some might pick things up quickly while others might take some time. In my classroom I can use the SmartBoard to help in many different types of lessons from math through science and even English. My students can use the computer to play fun and instructional games that can help with speech and language and even math. In conclusion, Universal design has opened up so many different doors for teachers in and outside of the classroom.

Students’ attention will be directed back to the anchor chart and we will orally piece together the events of the story in sequential order as a team. We will review what it means to retell the events in a story and how we can remember to do so using the “High

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The standards and objectives will be discussed in accessible language prior to instruction and displayed during the lesson. The teacher will also model and review reading strategies that the students can use if they face difficulty with the text. Students will work with a partner or, depending on their needs, in a small group. ELL students will be placed with bilingual students who may collaborate with them to understand the text and participate in the class discussion.

Scout presents her intelligence to the new teacher Miss Caroline by being literate and being able to read in the first grade. Any teacher would agree for her to move on to the next

Essential Question(s): What words signal the reader to go beyond what 's written to what is implied in the text? How do readers infer the meaning of unknown words? How do readers determine the main idea when it is inferred? How do readers use text clues to make inferences in an assessment passage? How can inferring and summarizing help readers identify the main idea and relevant details?

1. Today we are going to learn how to support details of main idea from the reading text in class. It's very important to read the text and have good understanding to find the information of the reading. The