Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

Reading
Instructional Strategy: Setting Objectives * Providing Feedback

Days: Quarterly Goal

Objectives: By the end of each quarter the students will have met or exceeded their self-selected Accelerated Reader goal and read from at least two of the self-selected genres by signing a contract.

Links to Standards: LA 4.1.6

Anticipatory Set: Any one know what a contract is? A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do an act, which is enforceable in a court of law. It is a binding legal agreement. That is to say, a contract is an exchange of promises and if you don’t fulfill your part of the contract you will be in big trouble. You keep your end of the contract and it proves you are responsible. What do I want from you in 4th grade?-- to get smarter. And how are you going to do that? You’re right! READ! We’re going to sign a contract to help you get smarter. You will promise to read and I’ll promise to help you by giving you suggestions on books to read and teaching you reading strategies to help you understand what you read.

Assessment: When students have read their book and taken an AR test, they will review the bar graph that shows them the % of completed points earned to meet their goal.

Learning Connections: My two focus words for 4th grade are responsibility & stamina.

Learning Activities or Tasks: students will complete the following contract:
I will earn _______points during the ____quarter.
I will read at least one book from the following genres. (circle 2 (two)
• Realistic fiction
• Historical fiction
• fairy tale
• narrative nonfiction
• biography
• expository nonfiction
• fantasy
• poetry
• science fiction
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student signature

I will help select books of interest, at the correct reading level, and suggest reading strategies to making reading successful and fun.

Mrs. Baker


Teaching Strategies: integrated technology, discussion, introduction

Adaptations/Modifications/Enrichment: NA

Materials & Resources: contract, books at appropriate reading levels, Computer

Reflection: I have not consistently encouraged students to set reading goals. This year, with the contract it will make that job easier. The genre selection (http://pbaker.lakesidecentral.k12.ne.us/genre.html at this site list the characteristics of each and give a couple examples) will help students broaden their reading background.
Lesson Evaluation: To be completed when lesson has concluded.






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Instructional Strategy: Providing Feedback-

Monthly Project – Genre Reading

Objectives: The students will complete a monthly book project. Students will finish the assignment using a rubric.

Links to Standards: LA 4.1.6

Anticipatory Set: This month the book project requires you to read _______genre. Does anyone know the characteristics of this genre?

Assessment: (http://pbaker.lakesidecentral.k12.ne.us/project.html) This site lists my projects with directions and a rubric to follow when completing the project. Students share their completed project with the class while I conference with the student, using the rubric, for a final grade.

Learning Connections: In lower elementary reading is about learning to read, but in fourth grade is about studying various genres and refining our reading as helping us learn and become smarter.

Learning Activities or Tasks: See website with projects and rubrics.

Teaching Strategies: Discussion, introduction, modeling

Adaptations/Modifications/Enrichment: NA

Materials & Resources: Books from specific genres, supplies from home or school

Lesson Evaluation & Reflection: To be completed when lesson has concluded.
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Instructional Strategy: Student Feedback

Day of spelling test

Objectives: Students will monitor and record their spelling test grade in order to increase or decrease their focus in this language arts area.

Links to Standards: LA 4.2.1

Anticipatory Set: A sign on my room overhead reads: Spelling Counts! When we start our first spelling class for the year I stress the fact that people may consider how smart you are my how you spell. Therefore it’s important to want to do your best. Some of us are just born good spellers while others have to put forth a lot of effort.

Assessment: final spelling test

Learning Connections: Spelling is a skill that, whether fair or not, people may use to judge one’s intelligence.

Learning Activities or Tasks: Students record the number correct on the chart that is inside spelling notebooks along with the lesson focus.

Week 1

Short vowels vccv Number correct Correctly write 2 words missed:
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Week 2
Long a & i

Teaching Strategies: modeling, discussion, introduction (at the beginning)

Adaptations/Modifications/Enrichment: word list may need to be lengthened or shortened

Materials & Resources: chart, spelling notebook (students write their words in it every week and it never goes home)

Lesson Evaluation & Reflection: To be completed when lesson has concluded.