Week 8 Assignment 3

Your name: Jiaye Yao

Grade Level: 5^th grade

Title of the lesson: “The Phantom Tollbooth”

Length of the lesson: 45 min  

Central focus and central technology of the lesson (The central focus should align with the CCSS/content/ISTE standards) 1.     Understanding the text 2.     Identify main ideas of the text Key questions: ●      What do you want your students to learn? 1.     Learn how to read complex text 2.     Learn how to quote from a text to explain its main ideas ●      What are the important understandings, core concepts, and skills you want students to develop within the learning segment? Skills to develop: using textual evidence to support their own ideas; flexible communication and collaboration

Knowledge and skills of students to inform teaching (prior knowledge/prerequisite skills and personal/cultural/community assets) Key questions: ●      What do students know, what can they do, what are they learning to do? 1.     Asking students to share what they have already known about the text.

Common Core State Standards/Content Standards/ISTE Standards (List the number and text of the standard. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the relevant part[s].) Common Core Learning Standards for ELA and Literacy) Speaking and Listening: Flexible Communication and Collaboration Supporting and Idea with textual evidence CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Support literacy (traditional literacy, domain specific literacy, or new literacy) development through language (academic language) “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster

Learning objectives 1.     Understanding the text 2.     Identify main ideas of the text

Formal and informal assessment (including type[s] of assessment and what is being assessed) 1.     Test their understanding of the text by retelling 2.     Test their ability to quote by re-writing

Instructional procedure 1.     Class discussion about what they have already known about “The Phantom Tollbooth” 2.     In-class reading 3.     Asking students to retell the main idea of the text 4.     Asking students to write on Google Doc about their opinions and share with each other

Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Co7UZ02_0

Reflection ●      Did your instruction support learning for the whole class and the students who need great support or challenge? Almost. More assistance may be given to students in struggling. ●      What changes would you make to support better student learning of the central focus? Increase the group discussions to make sure everyone is on the track. ●      Why do you think these changes would improve student learning? Support your explanation from evidence of research and/or theory. The group discussions allow students who have difficulties in reading and comprehension opportunities to learn in a group (http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/coopcollab/index_sub3.html)