Post by Samuel Lowry on Nov 20, 2008 10:13:27 GMT -5
Date: Friday, 24th October, 2008.
Subject: Reading
Topic: Comprehension
Grade: 6
Age: 11-12 years
Ability: Mixed
Time: 9:05-10:40
Sex: 8 girls and 7 boys
Major Outcomes
Learning Outcomes: Students should be able to:
Constructing Meaning: read given passage silently for information
Strategies and Skills: make predictions about the passage
Consult passage to justify predictions
Attitudes and habits: develop a positive attitude towards reading
Self-regulation and Self-monitoring: relate previous knowledge to new information.
Strategy: DRTA
Preliminary Preparations: Prepare comprehension passage
Instructional Materials: students’ text
Previous Knowledge: Children can relate to the passage and can pronounce words correctly.
Introduction: Write title of the story. Have students discuss title and relate to their experiences. Guide students to say what the story is about.
Developmental Activities
Step 1: Distribute parts of the passage and let students read quietly. Have them compare predictions to those give before. Allow students to confirm or reject predictions by discussing them.
Step 2: Question students about what they think would happen next.(Why were the larks frightened?). Record predictions on the chalk board and guide students to read them. Have students choose which predictions they think is most probable. Let students read another portion of the passage to evaluate predictions.
Step 3: Let student compare their evaluation with the predictions on the chalkboard to prove and test them. Allow them to identify the predictions that were correct and those that needed rethinking. Have student find evidence in the selection to justify the correct response.
Step 4: Repeat steps 1 to 3 with other parts of the passage. Ask students more question to elicit predictions (Why did they have plenty of time. Do you think the neighbors came?).Guide student to discuss predictions and confirm or reject.
Closure: Student will put the entire passage together and reread it silently.
Application
Write a paragraph to give the story your own ending.
Evaluation.
More Short Stories for Kids
The Larks in the Cornfield
There was once a family of little Larks who lived with their mother in a nest in a cornfield. When the corn was ripe the mother Lark watched very carefully to see if there were any sign of the reapers' coming, for she knew that when they came their sharp knives would cut down the nest and hurt the baby Larks. So every day, when she went out for food, she told the little Larks to look and listen very closely to everything that went on, and to tell her all they saw and heard when she came home.
One day when she came home the little Larks were much frightened.
"Oh, Mother, dear Mother," they said, "you must move us away to-night! The farmer was in the field to-day, and he said, `The corn is ready to cut; we must call in the neighbors to help.' And then he told his son to go out to-night and ask all the neighbors to come and reap the corn to-morrow."
The mother Lark laughed. "Don't be frightened," she said; "if he waits for his neighbors to reap the corn we shall have plenty of time to move; tell me what he says to-morrow."
The next night the little Larks were quite trembling with fear; the moment their mother got home they cried out, "Mother, you must surely move us to-night! The farmer came to-day and said, `The corn is getting too ripe; we cannot wait for our neighbors; we must ask our relatives to help us.' And then he called his son and told him to ask all the uncles and cousins to come to-morrow and cut the corn. Shall we not move to-night?"
"Don't worry," said the mother Lark; "the uncles and cousins have plenty of reaping to do for themselves; we'll not move yet."
The third night, when the mother Lark came home, the baby Larks said, "Mother, dear, the farmer came to the field to-day, and when he looked at the corn he was quite angry; he said, `This will never do! The corn is getting too ripe; it's no use to wait for our relatives, we shall have to cut this corn ourselves.' And then he called his son and said, `Go out to-night and hire reapers, and to-morrow we will begin to cut.'"
"Well," said the mother, "that is another story; when a man begins to do his own business, instead of asking somebody else to do it, things get done. I will move you out to-night."
Samuel Lowry
Subject: Reading
Topic: Comprehension
Grade: 6
Age: 11-12 years
Ability: Mixed
Time: 9:05-10:40
Sex: 8 girls and 7 boys
Major Outcomes
Learning Outcomes: Students should be able to:
Constructing Meaning: read given passage silently for information
Strategies and Skills: make predictions about the passage
Consult passage to justify predictions
Attitudes and habits: develop a positive attitude towards reading
Self-regulation and Self-monitoring: relate previous knowledge to new information.
Strategy: DRTA
Preliminary Preparations: Prepare comprehension passage
Instructional Materials: students’ text
Previous Knowledge: Children can relate to the passage and can pronounce words correctly.
Introduction: Write title of the story. Have students discuss title and relate to their experiences. Guide students to say what the story is about.
Developmental Activities
Step 1: Distribute parts of the passage and let students read quietly. Have them compare predictions to those give before. Allow students to confirm or reject predictions by discussing them.
Step 2: Question students about what they think would happen next.(Why were the larks frightened?). Record predictions on the chalk board and guide students to read them. Have students choose which predictions they think is most probable. Let students read another portion of the passage to evaluate predictions.
Step 3: Let student compare their evaluation with the predictions on the chalkboard to prove and test them. Allow them to identify the predictions that were correct and those that needed rethinking. Have student find evidence in the selection to justify the correct response.
Step 4: Repeat steps 1 to 3 with other parts of the passage. Ask students more question to elicit predictions (Why did they have plenty of time. Do you think the neighbors came?).Guide student to discuss predictions and confirm or reject.
Closure: Student will put the entire passage together and reread it silently.
Application
Write a paragraph to give the story your own ending.
Evaluation.
More Short Stories for Kids
The Larks in the Cornfield
There was once a family of little Larks who lived with their mother in a nest in a cornfield. When the corn was ripe the mother Lark watched very carefully to see if there were any sign of the reapers' coming, for she knew that when they came their sharp knives would cut down the nest and hurt the baby Larks. So every day, when she went out for food, she told the little Larks to look and listen very closely to everything that went on, and to tell her all they saw and heard when she came home.
One day when she came home the little Larks were much frightened.
"Oh, Mother, dear Mother," they said, "you must move us away to-night! The farmer was in the field to-day, and he said, `The corn is ready to cut; we must call in the neighbors to help.' And then he told his son to go out to-night and ask all the neighbors to come and reap the corn to-morrow."
The mother Lark laughed. "Don't be frightened," she said; "if he waits for his neighbors to reap the corn we shall have plenty of time to move; tell me what he says to-morrow."
The next night the little Larks were quite trembling with fear; the moment their mother got home they cried out, "Mother, you must surely move us to-night! The farmer came to-day and said, `The corn is getting too ripe; we cannot wait for our neighbors; we must ask our relatives to help us.' And then he called his son and told him to ask all the uncles and cousins to come to-morrow and cut the corn. Shall we not move to-night?"
"Don't worry," said the mother Lark; "the uncles and cousins have plenty of reaping to do for themselves; we'll not move yet."
The third night, when the mother Lark came home, the baby Larks said, "Mother, dear, the farmer came to the field to-day, and when he looked at the corn he was quite angry; he said, `This will never do! The corn is getting too ripe; it's no use to wait for our relatives, we shall have to cut this corn ourselves.' And then he called his son and said, `Go out to-night and hire reapers, and to-morrow we will begin to cut.'"
"Well," said the mother, "that is another story; when a man begins to do his own business, instead of asking somebody else to do it, things get done. I will move you out to-night."
Samuel Lowry