Common Core Lesson Planner

Grade Level: ​Kindergarten Teacher: ​Diana Gutierrez

Subject: English
Select grade level appropriate standards:
1 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.1
Common Core Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which
and Content they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an
Standard(s) opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., ​My favorite book is...​).

2 What materials and resources will you and the students need for the lesson?
Materials/
Resources/ For this lesson I will need a library book for each students which will be checked out at the school library.
Lesson Students will also need paper, pencil, spacer stick, and crayons.
Preparation

What should students ​know​ and ​be able to do​ after the lesson?
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Objective(s) A) Students will be able to write about their book, and color their most favorite scene from the book to share
with their reader.

x   ☐ Level 1: Recall x ☐ Level 2: Skill/Concept

x  ☐ Level 3: Strategic Thinking ☐Level 4: Extended Thinking

Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

4 Students will be able to draw their most favorite part of the book they read.
Webb’s Depth of Students will have to summarize sections of their book and organize their writing for their reader. Students
Knowledge Level will revise their writing before turning it in, and they will also learn to cite the book they read.

 x ☐ Demonstrating independence x ☐ Building strong content knowledge

 
☐Responding to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline
  ☐ Comprehending as well as critiquing x ☐Valuing evidence

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☐Using technology and digital media strategically and capably

College and  ☐ Coming to understand other perspectives and cultures

Career Ready
Skills Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

Students will be able to demonstrate independence by composing their own opinion about the story they read.
Students will build strong content knowledge because they will read the book they have and develop their
opinion and write it onto their paper. Students will also get to value evidence by reading and taking the
information that they have learned about to make an opinion and write it out for their reader.

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 ☐ Communication ☐ Collaboration x ☐ Critical Thinking x ☐ Creativity

Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

6 Students will develop their critical thinking skills by reading and developing their opinion about the book
21​st​ Century they read. They will also grow in creativity by creating their own picture on their paper from the book they
Skills read. This will enhance their creativity by allowing them to express themselves through more than writing.

Lesson Delivery
Identify vocabulary and key terms that are important for students to know to understand the lesson:
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Opinion- view or judgment based on what you think, not facts.
Vocabulary/Key
Terms

8 Describe how you will adapt your lesson for the following learners:
Differentiated
● English Learners: ​Students will receive extra help from teacher. They will also be required
Instruction
to do 4 sentences.

● Special Needs: ​Students will be able to work alongside the teacher, and they will perform this
whichever best fits them. It could either be less sentences or even be done verbally.

● Accelerated (Gifted/Talented) ​ Students will be doing 6 sentences for this assignment.

9 Describe at least TWO different types of formal or informal assessments you will use during your
Assessments lesson to check for student learning:
I will assess my students both informally and formally for this activity.. This step is very
important because as teachers we want our students to see where students are having
the most trouble.I will also monitor to make sure that they develop great creativity. I want
them to be able to think things on their own, and create their own opinions on the book
they have read. To make sure that it is actually happening I will be observing and taking
notes. I will also be doing formal assessment by scoring their final paper.

10 Prior Knowledge, Context, and Motivation ​(How will you connect the beginning of the lesson to
Lesson Delivery what students already know and/or motivate them to learn about the topic?)
Students will be motivated by being able to go to the library and pick out their own book. This
will motivate students because it will be a class field trip to the library where students will be able
to pick out something of their liking, and they will also be able to share to their reader what they
most liked.

Describe each step of the lesson

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 Teacher will…
Teacher will take students to the library
Teacher will give directions to students about
their assignment
Teacher will check students papers for errors.
Teacher will give students instruction over final
paper
SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)
Students will…
Students will pick out a library book based on
their reading level, and own liking.
Students will develop an opinion on their book
and turn it in to the teacher
Students will re-write paper
Students will draw their favorite part from the
book they draw it on their final draft