Student: Nicole Infantino

Professor Wisnewski

Course: Edu 329

Date: April 19, 2016

Grade: 1

Topic: Adjectives

Content Area: English

Instructional Objective (Lesson Objective*)

After an interactive lesson about adjectives, students will be able to describe nouns using
adjectives by completing the Whats in the Mystery Bag? handout with 90% accuracy.
CCLS/ +NYS Standards: Language Standard (L.1.1)
Demonstrate the command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking; use frequently occurring adjectives.
Indicators
This will be evident when students learn what is considered to be an adjective.
Materials

Adjectives School House Rock Video

Adjectives PowerPoint

Adjectives note handouts in English and in Spanish

Words that describe me handout

Vocabulary lists for ELLs and

Mystery Bag Handout

Adjective Picture Challenge- homework

Picture of the student

Strategies (Learning Strategies*)

Group Discussion: This will be evident after the students complete the Mystery bag
handout and students will share their answers with the rest of the class.
Direct Instruction: The teacher will provide the proper information for the students to
help them understand adjectives.
Cooperative Learning: This will be evident when students are discussing the Describe
Me handout with their table members.
Independent Practice: This will be evident when the students complete Adjective Picture
Challenge worksheet.
Monitor to Gauge Progress (Direct Instruction): This will be evident when the teacher is
reinforcing what a noun is. This will also be evident when the teacher is walking around
the room while the students are completing the Describe Me handout. The teacher is
evaluating the work the students are completing.
Present New Content (Direct Instruction): This will be evident when the teacher is
presenting the concept of adjectives to the students.
Modeling (Direct Instruction): This will be evident when the teacher models how she
wants the students to answer the question How would you describe yourself?
Discussion (Indirect Instruction) - This will be evident when the students are in groups
discussing the Describe Me handout.
Motivation
Students will watch the Adjective School House Rock video. The students will get to
watch a video about adjectives in a fun and exciting way.

Developmental Procedures

1. Students will be given their appropriate handouts in regards to their impairments and
differentiation of instruction. The teacher will set up the PowerPoint.
2. Teacher will briefly reinforce what a noun is. (Can you tell me what is a noun is)?
(Monitor to Gauge Progress- Direct Instruction)
3. Students will view a PowerPoint about adjectives and they will be provided a fill in
the blank handout to follow along with. (What is an adjective?) (Can you think of
adjectives?) (Present New Content- Direct Instruction)
4. The teacher will then call on a few students to test their knowledge of adjectives. She
will ask them to think of adjectives that describe them. (How would you describe
yourself?)
5. The teacher will model an example. The teacher will say, My name is Ms. Infantino
and I describe myself as funny. (Modeling- Direct Instruction)
6. Students will take out the picture of themselves that they were told to bring in. Once
they take that picture out, the students will glue the picture on the paper on the blue
box.
7. Students will then complete the handout Describe Me. When the students finish the
handout each student will discuss the assignment with their classmates (Think. Pair.
Share.) (Discussion- Indirect Instruction)
8. Teacher will walk around the room and evaluate the students as they are discussing
their responses.
9. Once the Describe Me assignment is completed, there will be one brown lunch bag
placed on each students desk. Inside the brown bag will be three different objects.

The students must identify the object and list five adjectives that describe them. (Can
anyone tell me what an adjective is?) (Are there any questions?)
10. The teacher will walk around the room and help the students if they need it.
11. Students should be prepared to share one object and the adjectives they choose to the
class.
12. The teacher will model how the students should respond. The student will say I In
my bag, I had a toy car and it is red.
13. The teacher will hand out Adjective Picture Challenge and should be completed for
homework. (Any questions about the homework?)
Adaptations (Exceptionality*)
Hearing Impairment- Students will be seated closer to the teacher to read lips.
Visual Impairment- Students will be seated closer to the board and handouts will have
larger fonts.
Grapho-Moto Skills Impairment- Students will receive handouts with blanks filled in.
English Language Learners- Students will receive handouts and vocabulary lists in their
native language and in English.
Differentiation of Instruction
Struggling Students: Students will have all of the blanks on the notes handouts already
completed. (Red handout)
Average Students: Students will receive the notes handouts with some of the blanks filled
in. (Blue handout)
Advanced Students: Students will receive the notes handouts with empty blanks. (Orange
handout)

Assessment
Following the lesson on adjectives, students will complete the Mystery Bag handout
with 90% accuracy.
Independent Practice
Students will complete the handout titled Adjective Picture Challenge for homework.

Follow-Up Direct Teacher Intervention and Academic Enrichment

Direct Teacher Intervention: The teacher and the student, together, will complete a
handout to better understand adjectives. The handout will include a word bank of
adjectives.
Academic Enrichment: Students will partner up with another student and make a list of
adjectives that describe them.

Teacher References
LanguageStandardsK5.(n.d.).Retrievedfrom
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/pdfdocs/p12_common_c
ore_learning_standards_ela.pdf