September 11, 2015

by Sanayya Sohail

Lesson plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to answer who, when, where, how, why, and what questions to show understanding of key details in a text.

The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.

EL adjustments On Off

Introduction

(10 minutes)

Ask your students if they know what the 5 W's are. Write them on the board if they come up with the correct answer. Add the ones that they didn't come up with on the board.
Give examples of each from a story that you have recently read in class.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(15 minutes)

Ask your students to come up with a question for each of the 5 W's and write them in their notebooks.
Instruct your students to come up with a "how" question, as well. For example: How did the main character solve the conflict?
Set the timer to five minutes.
Instruct your students to share at least one question that they wrote with the class.

Guided Practice

(20 minutes)

Give your students the 5 W's worksheet to complete with a partner.
Go over the worksheet with your students as a class.
Remind your students to write their answers in full complete sentences.

Independent working time

(30 minutes)

Ask your students to read the The Ugly Duckling worksheet.
Ask your students to answer the 5 W's and "how" questions about the reading in their notebooks. For example: Who are the characters in the story? When and where does it take place? How is the Ugly Duckling different from the other ducklings?

Differentiation

Enrichment: Ask your students to complete the Fill In The Story worksheet. Instruct your students to finish the story. After that, ask them to write a question and answer for each W and "how" for the story.

Support: Ask your students about a story that they have read. Ask them the 5 W's and "how" about the story. Explain to your students that a good story always answers the 5 W’s and "how" questions. Instruct your students to pair with a partner and read any story book from the class library. Have them write questions for each other to answer.

Technology Integration

As you introduce the words, project the words and examples using a document reader or smartboard.

Assessment

(20 minutes)

Direct your students to read the Stone Soup worksheet.
After that, ask your students to take out a sheet of paper to answer the 5 W's and "how" questions about the story. For example: Where does the story take place? How many hungry men go looking for ingredients to make a delicious soup? What is the name of the soup that the two men in the story are cooking? Who do the old men meet on their way looking for food? Why did the villager give the two old men ingredients for their soup?

Review and closing

(30 minutes)

Read the Jack and the Beanstalk worksheets to the class.
Remind your students to pay attention, as they will be answering questions on their own about the story.
After you are done reading the story, instruct your students to go back to their seats.
Ask your students to complete the Jack and the Beanstalk worksheet.
Remind your students to answer questions in full, complete sentences.
Note that the worksheet contains the same content three times, so you can cut it out before you hand it to the students.

Lesson plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Learning Objectives

Introduction

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

Guided Practice

Independent working time

Differentiation

Technology Integration

Assessment

Review and closing

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