Lesson Plan - Vocabulary
Miss Nelson is Missing
Grade 4
Claudia
Richardson
NE
Standards:
4.1.2
By the end of
fourth grade, student will acquire and use correctly an advanced reading
vocabulary.
4.1.4
By the end of
the fourth grade, students will locate, access, and evaluate resources to
identify appropriate information.
4.2.1
By the end of
the fourth grade, students will identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the
structure of the English language and Standard English conventions for sentence
structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
4.4.1
By the end of
the fourth grade, students will gain information or complete tasks by
listening.
Objectives:
·
Given a list
of vocabulary words the students will predict how the words are used in the
story.
·
The students
will determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word by using a dictionary.
·
The students
will predict what the story is about by observing and discussing the cover of
the book.
·
The student
will demonstrate their understanding of synonyms by brainstorming a list of synonyms
for the given vocabulary words.
Materials:
Miss
Nelson is Missing By Harry
Allard
Dictionaries
List
of vocabulary words
Chart
for vocabulary words (Categories:
Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution, and Ending)
Procedures:
Anticipatory Set: Show
the class the cover of the book. Have
the children look carefully at the picture.
Where do they think the story takes place? What clues in the picture help them decide? How is the picture of the classroom
different from what their classroom looks like? Ask the children to predict who Miss Nelson is and why she is
missing. Record their predictions on a
large sheet of paper.
Vocabulary:
|
rude |
ugly |
secret |
gobbled |
|
spitballs |
rapped |
detective |
squirmed |
|
hissed |
refused |
change |
swarm |
|
discouraged |
|
closest |
|
Activities:
1. Distribute the given list of vocabulary
words and prediction chart.
2. Divide the class into small groups.
3. Have the students work together and predict
which category (characters, setting, problem, solution, ending) they think each
word will apply to in the story. If
they have no idea what the word means they can use a dictionary. Make sure the students can give reasons to
justify their thinking.
4. Read the story aloud.
5. Have the groups evaluate their chart of
vocabulary words and make adjustments for how the words were actually used in
the story.
6. Next, have the children brainstorm synonyms
for appropriate vocabulary words.
7. Post the chart on the wall listing the
words and their synonyms. Encourage the
children to add to the list as they read other materials.
Provisions
for special needs: A list of definitions could be provided to
help the student with special needs with the prediction chart. The group activity will benefit the needs of
the special child.
Closure:
Have
the students create "Missing" or "Wanted" posters for a
character in the story. The students
must illustrate and write a detailed description of the character using the
list of vocabulary posted on the wall. These posters could then be placed on a
bulletin board.
Assessment: Observe
how the students work in their groups on the vocabulary activity. Assess the chart for correct placement of
the vocabulary by discussing with each group why they placed the word in a
given place. Assess the posters for use
of descriptive vocabulary.
References:
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry
Allard
Reading Beyond the Basal: Miss Nelson is Missing by Victoria
Valdez
Reflection: