Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Outline

Integrated Instruction Plan Content Area: Reading Comprehension
Grade: Fourth grade
Lesson Theme: Reading of the Story: When I was in San Juan
Length of Plan: One week (Mon-Fri)
Objectives: During the reading of the tory the students will:
a)identify the definitions of the vocabulary words in context
b)analyze if their prediction
Standards of Excellence English Program Department of Education of Puerto Rico 4.3, 4.5

Components of Plan:
1. Content specific vocabulary:

rooster, travel, night, fort, parade, airport, historical, buildings, tourists, city Vocabulary introduced by using: pictures, drawings and games

2. Materials: Textbook: Story Town, flashcards of vocabulary words, pictures of places mentioned in the story, students’ journals, recorder, handouts of the summary of the story, radio, CD with Puerto Rican music
3. Strategies for developing higher order thinking skills:

 Before the reading: predict what will happen in the story just by looking at the pictures
 During the reading: Analyze if what they predicted was right
 After the reading: Make a summary of the events of the story; change the ending; answer: If you were one of the characters, would you do the same thing? Why?

4. Multicultural education strategies:

 Provide the opportunity to talk about diverse culture
 Explain what is culture (brain storming, definition)
 Name some elements of cultures: food, traditions and customs
 Talk about the importance of respecting others people culture and points of view

5. Learning strategies:

 Audio-Lingual Method
 Use recording to hear the story
 Silent reading
 Group reading
 Socialize discussion
6. Personal experience:

Ask the students to write in their journal if the lived an experienced related to one in the story

7. Procedures

Early Production

8. Parent support activities:

Make an interview to their parents (or grandparents) with some guided questions about places they might have visited:
1-What are some of their customs?
2-Which are some of their typical food?
3-Which type of music do they hear?
4-Name some of their traditions
5-Include pictures of that place

9. Evaluation:

Students’ journals, rapid response questions, debates about customs and traditions, descriptive paragraph about the story, drawings of a part of the story