Micro Lesson 2

 Grade Level: 3rd Grade

Subject(s): Writing

Topic of Study:

Time Allotment:

Standards:

3.RI.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.

2.4.c Use collaborative tools to expand students' authentic, real-world learning experiences by engaging virtually with experts, teams, and students, locally and globally.

Objectives: (What do you want the students to know or be able to do?, I will be looking carefully

on how they align with your assessment)

SWBAT identify and use text features and search tools to answer questions about the given topic and explain how these tools help their understanding of the text.

Reflection: Assessing Prior Knowledge and Planning Instruction

 What do the students need to know prior to the lesson?

Students will need to have an idea of what text features are and where they are found in the text.

 How will prior knowledge and experience be assessed?

The prior knowledge will be assessed at the beginning of the lesson by asking students about a YouTube video.

 How will you use this information in the planning process?

I will use this information to find out what students will need further instruction and help throughout the lesson. I could partner with students who have high knowledge about the information with those who don’t.

 When will the lesson be taught in the course of the school year? Why?

The lesson can be taught at the beginning of the school year or in the middle to refresh students about using these features to help their understanding.

III. IMPLEMENTATION

Procedure: (Include a step-by-step description of what the students and the teacher will be doing

(i.e. walk me through the lesson)

Go on YouTube and ask students what they think certain videos are about. Ask them how they know what certain videos they are about and how they know. After grabbing students’ attention tell them that today we are going to be working on text features and search tools and how they are beneficial to us as we are reading. Explain how this is not only useful in the classroom but as we just saw using the internet as well.

After this give students a short nonfiction passage and help students find different text features and have them answer questions about the passage. Help students by reading the passage with them and trying to answer questions with them and asking for volunteers. Allow students to work with their partners to complete the worksheet. After completing the worksheet and highlighting the text features have students take their tablets out and go to the website learning farm.

Have students go to the learning farm website and allow them to explore the text features and tools lesson. Allow students to play the games after listening to the lesson. After completing the games and practicing have students complete the test mode.  

Technology Integration: (Describe how students and the teacher will use technology throughout

the lesson)

Students will see the use of technology at the beginning of the lesson and then for their practice students will go to the learning farm website and practice what they learned. Students will then complete the test mode on the website to see what they have learned.

Differentiated Instruction: Describe how you will differentiate the instruction for each of the

following:

 Gifted

Allow students to write on their worksheet how the text features help with their learning of the text.

 ELL

Provide students with additional time to work with their partners to complete the test mode.

Reflection: Designing Instruction (InTask Standards 7 and 8):

 How do the instructional methods align with what you know about best

practices (think about your methods classes)?

I think that the instructional methods align with the practices because it allows the students to work with different websites which provide them with different learning tools.

 How are you engaging students in creative and higher order thinking?

I think that I engage students in creative and higher-order thinking by using real-life examples like using YouTube an example.

IV. ASSESSMENT

Procedure: Read Assessing Student Learning (Include a description of how you will determine

the students' success in meeting the standards and objectives of the lesson (You must include

what artifacts and activities will be assessed as well as a description of the assessment process))

The assessment would be the final test mode on the website to show what students have learned and to assess those who need further help.

Instruments: (Include [or link to] any tools that you will be using to assess your students (i.e..

rubric, checklist, worksheet, test)

https://www.learningfarm.com/startSession.cfm?subID=30&topicID=101&modeID=1&randID=0.38122306821529683&CFID=134489630&CFTOKEN=6bfff127c4932fbe-765DB01B-0A38-AC60-CA9C6F6D130A4D21

IIV. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

In this section include any examples you have created for the students, resources (software, web

links, books, crafting items, etc.) and other necessary items

·       Pencil

·       Worksheet

·       Tablet

·       www.learningfarm.com

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