Lila Yoder

South Brookley

Teaching Strategy:  shared reading

Date:  November 17, 2003

Grade Level:  5th

Time Required:  15 minutes

 

I.             Concepts – similes

II.          Behavioral Objectives – The student will be able to pick out similes from the poem.

III.      Alabama Course of Study

8 – Read grade-level aloud and silently with fluency and comprehension.

33 – Apply figurative language found in literature to enhance written and oral expression. 

IV.         Materials – poem written on chart paper

V.             Teaching/Learning Procedures

a.     Motivation

I will ask who has ever carved a pumpkin in the fall.  I will ask what happens to it after it sits around for some time.

b.     Instructional Procedures

1.     I will explain that we will be reading a poem about a pumpkin that has been around for a long time.  I will tell them to listen for similes when they read because they will be given a chance to point them out later. 

2.    We will read the poem together, and if it goes smoothly we will continue on to the next step.  If it is a little rough, we will read it again.  After we read, I will tell them to think about similes they read in the poem.  I will tell them to think, but to make sure they don’t say anything yet.  I will then have the children say the words they found. 

3.    I will then ask what other similes would work for this poem if we wanted to replace them with a different word.  I will allow them to share ideas they have.

c.     Closure

We will read the poem together one more time. 

VI.         Evaluation

I will evaluate the students by participation in our reading, and when we identify similes, and create new similes.

VII.      Professional Reflection

The students really enjoyed thinking of similes.  I felt like the lesson was rushed due to time restraints, but I think the review of similes was helpful for them.  I’ve never seen or done a shared reading, and I thought our students did well for not having shared readings in our classroom on a regular basis.  I think a different poem with more similes in it would have been a little better, even though the students really did like this poem.