USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014) Name: _Laila Surani___________________________________

Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Group Size: Date of Lesson:

Kindergarten Writing 15 students March 27, 2018

Lesson Content
What Standards (national or LAFS.K12.L.1.2
state) relate to this lesson?
(You should include ALL applicable Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
standards. Rarely do teachers use when writing.
just one: they’d never get through
them all.) (For this particular lesson, students will be focusing on what punctuations to use when-period,
exclamation point, and question mark.)

Essential Understanding
(What is the big idea or essential When do we write a period, question mark, and an exclamation point?
question that you want students to
come away with? In other words,
what, aside from the standard and
our objective, will students
understand when they finish this
lesson?)

Objectives- What are you Students will be able to distinguish when we write a period, a question mark, and an exclamation point at
teaching? the end of a sentence.
(Student-centered: What will
students know and be able to do
after this lesson? Include the
ABCD’s of objectives: action,
behavior, condition, and degree of
mastery, i.e., "C: Given a sentence
written in the past or present tense,
A: the student B: will be able to re-
write the sentence in future tense D:
with no errors in tense or tense
USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014) Name: _Laila Surani___________________________________
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Kindergarten Writing 15 students March 27, 2018

contradiction (i.e., I will see her

yesterday.)."
Note: Degree of mastery does not
need to be a percentage.)

Rationale
Address the following questions: Students should be able to understand the importance of punctuation and when are we supposed to use it
 Why are you teaching this at the end of a sentence.
objective?
 Where does this lesson fit
within a larger plan?
 Why are you teaching it this
way?
 Why is it important for
students to learn this concept?

Evaluation Plan- How will you Formative:

know students have mastered I will give each student a sticky note and I will say the sentence “I am so tired today!”, students will either
your objectives? write an exclamation point, a period, or a question mark on sticky note.

Address the following: Summative:

 What formative evidence will Students will get their writing notebook, in their writing notebooks they will write a question for me.
you use to document student
learning during this lesson?
 What summative evidence will
you collect, either during this
lesson or in upcoming lessons?

What Content Knowledge is

necessary for a teacher to teach Teacher should be able to understand when to use each punctuation mark appropriately to explain to the
this material? students and why it is important to use each specific one in your writing daily.
USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014) Name: _Laila Surani___________________________________
Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Group Size: Date of Lesson:
Kindergarten Writing 15 students March 27, 2018

What background knowledge is Students should have prior knowledge of how we write a period at the end of a sentence but a question
necessary for a student to mark and exclamation point is new for them.
successfully meet these
objectives?

 How will you ensure students’

have this previous knowledge?
 Who are your learners?
 What do you know about them?
 What do you know about their
readiness for this content?

What misconceptions might Students may get confused with a question mark, period, and an exclamation point.
students have about this content?

Lesson Implementation
Teaching Methods The teaching method I will be using is I do, we do, and you do.
(What teaching method(s) will you
use during this lesson? Examples
include guided release, 5 Es, direct
USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014) Name: _Laila Surani___________________________________
Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Group Size: Date of Lesson:
Kindergarten Writing 15 students March 27, 2018

instruction, lecture, demonstration,

partner word, etc.)

Step-by-Step Plan Time Who is Each content area may require a different step-by-step format. Use whichever
(What exactly do you plan to do in responsible plan is appropriate for the content taught in this lesson. For example, in science,
teaching this lesson? Be thorough. (Teacher or you would detail the 5 Es here (Engage/Encountering the Idea; Exploring the
Act as if you needed a substitute to Students)? Idea; Explanation/Organizing the Idea; Extend/Applying the Idea; Evaluation).
carry out the lesson for you.)

Where applicable, be sure to 11:40- Teacher and First, I will show students on the whiteboard on how a period, an exclamation
address the following: 11:43 Students point, and a question mark look like. I will explain to the students how we use a
 What Higher Order Thinking period when we make a statement. We write an exclamation point to show some
(H.O.T.) questions will you ask? type of emotion, and we write a question mark when we want to ask someone a
 How will materials be question.
distributed?
 Who will work together in 11:43- Students I will have a poster with five sentences and the class will help me figure out
groups and how will you 11:50 which punctuation will be placed at the end of the sentence.
determine the grouping?
 How will students transition
between activities? 11:50- Students Students will get their writing notebooks and they will write a question for me in
 What will you as the teacher do? 12:05 their writing notebooks.
 What will the students do?
 What student data will be 1:00- Students I will say “I am very tired!” with emotion and give students a sticky note.
collected during each phase? 1:05 Students should be able to figure out that I use an exclamation point at the end of
 What are other adults in the that sentence.
room doing? How are they
supporting students’ learning?
 What model of co-teaching are
you using?
What will you do if… …a student struggles with the content?
USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014) Name: _Laila Surani___________________________________
Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Group Size: Date of Lesson:
Kindergarten Writing 15 students March 27, 2018

I will be walking around the classroom to see which students are not understanding the concept and I will
give them different examples of punctuations.

What will you do if… …a student masters the content quickly?

I will the students write a sentence with an exclamation point at the end of the sentence.

Meeting your students’ needs as If applicable, how does this lesson connect to the interests and cultural backgrounds of your
people and as learners students?

Students write daily and they should be able to understand how we use punctuation in our daily lives
when we talk to one another.

If applicable, how does this lesson connect to/reflect the local community?

Students will grasp how a conversation with each other, we use punctuations.

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional challenge during this
lesson (enrichment)?

Students will get different sentences.

How will you differentiate instruction for students who need additional language support?

See block with the master the content quickly.

USF Elementary Education Lesson Plan Template (S 2014) Name: _Laila Surani___________________________________
Grade Level Being Taught: Subject/Content: Group Size: Date of Lesson:
Kindergarten Writing 15 students March 27, 2018

Accommodations (If needed) I will have a visual of a sentence for them.

(What students need specific
accommodation? List individual (Francheska-ESOL/ Zyion-ESE)
students (initials), and then explain
the accommodation(s) you will
implement for these unique
learners.)

Materials Writing Notebook

(What materials will you use? Why Chart with sentences written on them
did you choose these materials? Pencils for students
Include any resources you used.
This can also include people!)