Lesson Plan

Teacher: Mrs. Salonus

Date: Monday, November 24, 2014
Age/Grade Range; Developmental Level(s): Kindergarten
Anticipated Lesson Duration: 30 minutes

Lesson Foundations
Pre-assessment (including cognitive and noncognitive measures): Do students know
what tools are? And if so, what kinds of tools do we use everyday?
Curricular Focus, Theme, or Subject Area: Tools We Use; Listening comprehension
State/District Standards: CCSS RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer
questions about key details in a text. RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading
activities with purpose and understanding.
Learning Objectives: To recognize characteristics of informational text; Connect big
book to weekly concept. Weekly concept: Tools We Use
Adaptations for ELLs, Students with Special Needs, and/or Struggling Readers:
Struggling readers will be placed close to the teacher. All students will have had the
opportunity to look through the book before the lesson.
Perspective(s) addressed in this lesson (Interactive, Critical, and/or Response):
Interactive and Response
Texts: The Handiest Things in the World by: Andrew Clements, an informational text
Other Materials/Technology/Equipment/Resources: Mimio Interactive Whiteboard,
Grouping structures (one-on-one, small group, whole class): Whole class

Lesson Sequence
Learning Activities
Introduction/Anticipatory Set
Introduce the weekly concept of Tools We Use
Display Reading/Writing big book, pages 6-7
and discuss the picture.
Building/Applying Knowledge and Skills
Define Vocabulary words tools and discover
Display big book, The Handiest Things in the
World discuss book handling and directionality
read from left to right and top to bottom.
Discuss tools we can use
Set a purpose for reading title, author,
photographers name. Have students listen and

Assessment Opportunities
Students use prior knowledge
(schema) to discuss the tools the girl
is using in the picture.

Do students know the way to handle

a book? Ask questions about a book
and how it is to be handled, as well
as the title, author and
illustrator/photographer.

find out how they can use their hands or tools to

do many useful things.
Synthesis/Closure
Ask and answer questions about the book,
before, during and after the reading.
Respond to reading what did you learn about
things we can do with our hands?
Write about tools we can use.
Writing prompt I have a (name of tool).
Students draw a picture and write a
sentence
about a tool they can use.

Writing prompt can students pick

a tool to write about? Are students
able to connect the book with their
own personal experiences?

Extension/Enrichment/Transfer of Generalization of Knowledge: Have different

kinds/types of tools and books available for students to use and explore during
learning centers.