ELA Lesson Plan and Rationale

Imagine you are a resource ELA teacher for fifth graders. Your resource class consists of nine students who are reading 2-3 grade levels below their peers.

Review Appendix B of the Common Core Standards and select a fifth grade exemplar informational text.

Create a lesson plan using the COE lesson plan template that incorporates assistive technology, the fifth grade exemplar informational text, and a Common Core Standard on Reading: Informational Text.

Along with your completed lesson plan, submit a 250-500-word rationale supporting your instructional choices.

Here are the reading resources….
1. Assistive Technology: An Overview

Read “Assistive Technology: An Overview,” from The IRIS Center.
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/at/chalcycle.htm

 

2. Common Core English Language Arts Standards

Review the Common Core English Language Arts Standards.

English Language Arts Standards

 

3. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects- Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks

Review “Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects-Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks,” located on the Common Core State Standards Initiative website.
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf

 

e-Library Resource

1. Integrating Content Area Literacy and Assistive Technology: A Teacher Development Institute

Read pages 27-38 of “Integrating Content Area Literacy and Assistive Technology: A Teacher Development Institute,” by Puckett, Judge, and Brozo, from Southeastern Teacher Education Journal (2009).
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=40395831&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

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