Grade: Miss.

Rogers 2 nd Grade

Reading Lesson Plan for:

Autobiographies

Materials Needed for Unit:

Autobiography Book
Writing Utensils
Pencils/Pens

Essential
Question/
Standard:

How can the use of the word classification sort help the students understand
autobiographies better?
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring
explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Anticipatory Ask the students if they know what an autobiography is exactly? Also ask the
Set:
students do they know of any books that are autobiographies? After they answer
the question, the teacher would introduce the book called Chicken Sunday to
them and inform them that this is an example of autobiography that we will be
doing a lesson on today.
Instruction: Before the lesson is taught, the teacher will ask the students if they know what
Word Classification sorts are and what they are used for. After hearing all of the
Day One
responses from the students, the teacher will put a poster on the board of a closed
sort while explaining what the class is going to do with it. The teacher will let
them know that word classification sorts are used to sort vocabulary words terms
into different categories, which is a process that involves students in their own
learning. While reading Chicken Sunday, the teacher will explain to the students
that they will be using some of the vocabulary words from the story and
completing the classification sort with them. The teacher would provide the
categories into which the words will be sorted. The teacher should provide a list of
all of the vocabulary words and sort a few of the terms as an example. After
reading the story, the teacher instructs students to break up into five groups, with
each group containing four students each. Once in their groups, the teacher will
issue each group their own poster with the categories and a set of post-its with the
vocabulary terms on them. Once students receive their post-its, they should
collaborate with their group members to see exactly which category the term
should go in. While students are in their groups, the teacher will comb the room
offering assistance if needed and checking for understanding.
Guided &
Guided: (Word Classification Sort) Have the students classify the word sort
Independent correctly within their groups using the vocabulary terms the teacher issued from
Practice:
the Chicken Sunday book. The teacher will be guiding them through the word
classification sort and giving assistance when needed.
Independent: (Word Classification Sort) For homework, students will complete
their own word classification sort worksheet using a new set of words the teacher
issued form Chicken Sunday to become more proficient at classifying.

Closure:

To close the lesson, the teacher will ask the class to share some of their responses
for what words they put into the certain categories. This will let the teacher know if
they were getting the concept and if they are becoming proficient at classifying or
not.