EDU 250

UNIT PLAN - LESSON # ___5______

NAME:

__Angelene Dixon-

Green________________________________________
CLASS/SUBJECT:

______3rd grade /

Reading_______________________________________
___The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

TOPIC:

___________________________
LESSON FORMAT

TODAYS LESSON

Focus/Review:
a. Focus (getting
started/warm-up activity)

b. Review (related to
prior learning)

On today, the teacher will post

pictures on Smart Panel that resemble
the characters in the story The Giving
Tree. Students will be asked to come
to the Smart Panel (if called upon) and
write the name of the character as
well as a distinct trait/characteristic of
that character.
On yesterday, the students was

TIME
ALLOTTED
5 minutes

able to explain the logical

connection between particular
sentences and paragraphs in a text
(cause/effect).
INSTRUCTIONAL TECH
NCDPI Standard

Introduction/Statement
Learning Objective:

LESSON
FORMAT
Scaffolded
Instruction:

1. Teacher
Input:

Smart Panel
R.L.3.3 - Describe characters in a story (e.g., their
traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their
actions contribute to the sequence of events

At the conclusion of this lesson, the student will

demonstrate their mastery of all the elements of this
unit via their Unit Project:
Cause and effect of a story
Main idea of a story
Identify characters of a story
Describe the traits and characteristics of the
characters, and discuss their relevance to the
storys sequence (plot)
TODAYS LESSON
TIME
ALLOT
TED
15/60
Teacher will create a Venn diagram on the Smart
min
Panel.
Students will be asked to compare and contrast
The Giving Tree to the previous story, The
Helping Hand.

(delivery of
lesson whole
class)
INSTRUCTIO
NAL TECH
2. Guided
learning/pra
ctice:
(Teacher/Stud
ent)

3.
Collaborativ
e
Learning/Pract
ice
(student/stud
ent)

INSTRUCTIO
NAL TECH

Students will be called upon to make a

contribution to the activity orally.

Smart Panel

1. Have students watch the Flipped PPT prepared

by the teacher.
2. Students will use their IPads for individual
completion of task.
3. They will submit their work to their Pathbrite
portfolio.
IPad/Tablet
Internet
Teacher will select 4 movies from the students Pathrite
Unit Projects to present to class (2 high, 2 medium)
They will be shown to the class on the Smart Panel.
Teacher will select 4 PPTs from the students Pathbrite
Unit Projects to present to class (4 low)
Students will vote for the best movie using their Smart
Phones.
Students will vote for the best PPT using their Smart
Phones
The selected movie and PPT will be uploaded to the
class Weebly website.

Smart Panel
Internet
Smart Phones

10/60
min.

4. Independent
ONE PER UNIT
Learning/Practice
(student centers)

VARK
Visual
Audio
Read
Kinesthetic

Day 5 - Focus

VISUAL HIGH
5 days

VISUAL
MEDIUM
5 days

VISUAL LOW
5 days

Movie about
what we have
learned in the
whole unit.
It will be
completed
day by day.

Movie about
what we have
learned in the
whole unit.
It will be
completed
day by day.

Prepackaged
PPT for them to
fill in what they
have learned.

Include audio,
music,
graphics/pictu
res.

Include audio,
music,
graphics/pictu
res.

1. Characters
and their Traits
2. Characters
traits
contribute to
action of story.
Upload entire
finished PPT w
audio to:
Pathbrite

Upload entire
finished movie
to:
Pathbrite
Youtube

Upload entire
finished movie
to:
Pathbrite

Student will
personalize
the SLO.

Student will
personalize
the SLO.

Student will
personalize
the SLO.

At the
conclusion of
this unit, the
student will be
able to discuss
the
characters,
plot, setting,
and make
inferences
from the
information
found in the
story The
Giving Tree.

At the
conclusion of
this unit, the
student will be
able to discuss
the
characters,
plot, setting,
and make
inferences
from the
information
found in the
story The
Giving Tree.

At the
conclusion of
this unit, the
student will be
able to discuss
the characters,
plot, setting,
and make
inferences from
the information
found in the
story The
Giving Tree.
Student

Modification:
Student
Modification:

Student
Modification:

At the
conclusion of
this lesson, I
can discuss
the
characters,
plot, setting,
and make
inferences
from the
information
found in the
story The
Giving Tree.

At the
conclusion of
this lesson, I
can discuss
the
characters,
plot, setting,
and make
inferences
from the
information
found in the
story The
Giving Tree.

At the
conclusion of
this lesson, I
can discuss the
characters, plot,
setting, and
make
inferences from
the information
found in the
story The
Giving Tree.