Literacy Lesson Plan

Literacy Lesson Plan for Beginning Reader:

The student I am creating this lesson plan for is a beginner reader at reading level E. She has concept of word
and cannot read silently on her own. Read alouds are going to be the primary source of comprehension work,
and comprehension will make up twenty percent of the childs reading diet. Fluency will be the largest portion
of instructional time coming in at forty percent of reading diet. Finally, word study and writing will each be
twenty percent of instructional time as well.

Diet:
Fluency
Learning Objectives:
Objective
To develop the childs (a) oral
reading accuracy, (b) comfort with
reading out loud, and (c) reading
rate.
(Objective is from PALS 1-3
fluency)

Standard of Learning
1.6 The student will apply phonetic
principles to read and spell.
1.7 The student will use semantic
clues and syntax to expand
vocabulary when reading.

Materials needed:
o Book: Dont Panic! By Helen Depree

Time for this part of lesson:

o 12 minutes will be spent on portion

Procedure:

Assessment
Assessment will be done by
listening to the child rereading the
book and keeping a running record.

o Teacher and child will do a picture walk through the book, initially, allowing the child to discuss
what they think is going on by only looking at pictures.
o Then, the child will read the book on their own. The teacher can provide help with words, if
needed. The teacher should take notes during this portion.
o Finally, the child will read the book a second time on their own without help from the teacher.
The teacher will take notes on what they see.
o Afterwards, the teacher will discuss any issues the child has with words or concepts in the book.
Word Study
Learning Objectives:
Objective
The student will be able to
recognize and recite sight words as
they come across them in their
activity.

Standard of Learning
Virginia SOL
1.6 The student will apply phonetic
principles to read and spell.
d) Use short vowel sounds to
decode and spell single-syllable

Assessment
The teacher will take notes on
words the child has issues
remembering, or the teacher will
note, if the child has to sound out
words as well.

words. e) Blend beginning, middle,

and ending sounds to recognize and
read words.
h) Read and spell commonly used
sight words.

Materials needed:
o The game Jenga
o List of sight words
o Sharpie

Time for this part of lesson:

o 8 minutes

Procedure:
o The teacher will purchase the game Jenga. On each block, the teacher will write a sight word.
When the word study portion of the day starts, the teacher will pull out this sight word version of
Jenga. The children will set the game up, and they will begin pulling blocks out of the tower.
When they pull a block out of the tower, they are given the opportunity to read the sight word.
The teacher should make note on her running record about the words the child knows
immediately and the words the child hesitates on.

Comprehension (read aloud)

Learning Objectives:
Objective
The child will be able to recite the
beginning, middle, and end of the
story. The child will also be able to
state who the characters are in the
story as well as the setting.

Standard of Learning
1.9 The student will read and
demonstrate comprehension of a
variety of fictional texts.
f) Identify characters, setting, and
important events. g) Retell stories
and events, using beginning,
middle, and end.

Assessment

Materials needed:
o Book: Dollys Drama Queen Day by Rus Buyok

Time for this part of lesson:

o 5 minutes

Procedure:
o The teacher will use a jar with strips of paper in it. On each piece of paper, the teacher will write
beginning, middle, end, characters, and setting. The child will pull a strip out of
the jar one at a time and respond to the strip of paper. If the child pulls the character paper,
they will say the characters in the story. If the child pulls the end paper, then they will say
what happened at the end of the story. The child will continue to pull the pieces of paper out and

place them to the side until every paper has been picked. The teacher will keep a running record
of what the child says to each strip of paper.
Writing
Learning Objectives:
Objective
The student will show an
understanding of how sentence are
structured and how words are
spelled phonetically.

Standard of Learning
1.12 The student will print legibly.
a) Form letters accurately. b) Space
words within sentences. c) Use the
alphabetic code to write unknown
words phonetically.
1.13 The student will write to
communicate ideas for a variety of
purposes. a) Generate ideas. b)
Focus on one topic. f) Use correct
spelling for commonly used sight
words and phonetically regular
words in final copies.

Assessment
The teacher will check the students
writing for correctly spelled sight
words, capitalized first letters,
punctuation, and complete
sentences.

Materials needed:
o Dont Panic! By Helen Depree

Time for this part of lesson:

o 5 minutes

Procedure:
o After finishing the running record, the student will write one to two sentences about a thing that
make them panic. If the child has time to draw an illustration to add to the writing, then the
teacher will allow them to utilize the rest of the time for drawing.
References

Virginia Department of Education. (2015). English Standards of Learning Grade One. Retrieved from:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/english/stdsk-8/stds_english1.pdf