Literacy Lesson Plan

AbiGail Maclin
Kindergarten
04/18/17
Literacy Lesson Plan for Beginning Reader:
Through the literacy assessment, Zoie demonstrated that she had concept of words, which is the key
characteristics of a beginner reader.
Diet:
Fluency: 40% of diet
Word study 20% of diet
Comprehension: 20% of diet
Writing: 20% of diet

Fluency/Comprehension
Learning Objectives:
Objective
Student will improve fluency by
choral reading (reading in unison
with an adult) while using pointer
to help guide them through the
words.
Student will be able to predict what
happens by looking at pictures.
Student will retell what
happened in the story
Gracies Nose by Beverly
Osborn
Standard of Learning
K.1 The student will
demonstrate growth in the use
of oral language. b) Participate
in a variety of oral language
activities including choral and
echo speaking and recitation
of short poems, rhymes,
songs, and stories with
repeated word order patterns.
K.9 The student will
demonstrate comprehension of
fictional texts. c) Use pictures
to make predictions. d) Begin
to ask and answer questions
about what is read. e) Use
story language in discussions
and retellings
Assessment
Student should read in unison with
an adult the book Gracies Nose
(level B book) The book has sight
words that should be recognizable
to student and repetitive sentence
structure. Mental note or jot down
which words student has trouble
on. Observe fluency of reader.
Look for student to make possible
predictions of what might happen
next in the story.
Student was able to retell the story
with considerable details of
characters, beginning middle and
end.

Materials needed: 1.) Gracies Nose by Beverly Osborn 2.) popsicle pointer

Time for this part of lesson: 19 minutes for fluency - This portion on the lesson plan is combined with
comprehension which is 6 minutes and 12 minutes for fluency
Procedure: Student should be sitting beside the adult who will partake in the unison reading. Student
will have a popsicle stick to help guide them when the time comes for them to join reading. Adult should
read the book first modeling fluent reading. Before reading ask the student what he/she may think might
happen in the book by looking at the front cover. Have the student predict what might happen
throughout the story. Then, reread the book inviting student to read along when they recognize familiar
words. Once the story has been read again, ask the student If they could retell the story. Continue to
reread the book encouraging student to read along each time. Once read several times, student should be
able to read the book independently.

Word Study
Learning Objectives:
 Objective
Student will write words (Dolch,
CVC CCVC) called out to them
on a whiteboard correctly
Standard of Learning
K.6 The student will
demonstrate an
understanding that print
conveys meaning d) Read
his/her name and read
fifteen meaningful, concrete
words.
Assessment
Check white board for spelling.
Student should demonstrate AT
LEAST the sounds that can be
heard.

Materials needed: 1.) small whiteboard 2.) dry erase marker 3.) tissue

Time for this part of lesson: 6 minutes

Procedure: Student will have small whiteboard marker and tissue. The teacher will call out a word from
their sight words list, CVC or CCVC. Student is to write the word on the board and then flip it over to be
checked by the teacher. Encourage students to try and stretch words to hear each sound it makes.

Learning Objectives:
Objective
Student will demonstrate writing to
use sound through journal entry
Standard of Learning
K.12 The student will write to
communicate ideas for a
variety of purposes. b) Draw
pictures and/or use letters and
phonetically spelled words to
write about experiences.
Assessment
Check journal to see if student used
high frequency words to develop
their sentences. Did the student use
sound to help develop words that
they may be unfamiliar with?

Materials needed: 1.) Journal 2.) writing utensil

Time for this part of lesson: 6 minutes

Procedure: Have the student open to an empty page in their journal. Instruct them to write a few simple
sentences creating a short story. Students may be prompted by asking them to talk about what they did
the previous day, what they do after school, their favorite thing to do Etc. Once the student is finished
creating their short story, have them draw a picture of what the story was about.