Teacher: Allison Simons Date: 10/22/2018

Lesson Plan Title: Volcanoes Lesson Plan Topic: Ask and Answer
Questions about
Volcanoes using
proper terminology

Estimated Time: 110 minutes

1. State Standard(s):
a. RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and
the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when,
why, and how key events occur).
b. RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text,
referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
2. Teaching Model(s):
a. Student Directed: Discussion
b. Collaborative: Centers
3. Objective(s) :
a. I can ask questions about literary text referring to specific details.
b. I can answer questions about a literary text using explicit references to support
their answer.
c. I can find evidence within a literary text to support an answer.
d. I can refer to text to support my conclusions.
4. Materials and Resources:
a. Learning about Landforms: Volcanoes
b. Volcano Powerpoint
5. Instructional Procedures:
a. Motivation/Engagement:
i. TW say, “As volcanoligists it’s important to have a strong
knowledge of how volcanoes are formed and what causes them.
Since we are scientists it is important to use scientific terms.
Today’s workshop we will be reveiwing the vocabulary terms of
volcanoes along with how they are created and what causes them.
To measure the amount of knowledge we acquire over the series of
volcano workshops, we will begin this lesson by filling a KWL chart.
At the end of the week we will fill in the “L” section of the chart ot
compare our knowledge before and after.”
ii. Fill out the KWL chart
b. Development Activities or Learning Experience:
 i. Volcano Powerpoint
ii. Read Aloud:
1. Learning about Landforms: Volcanoes
iii. Discussion:
1. SW share what they have learned about volcanoes
iv. Centers:
1. Word Work: Volcano Vocabulary
a. Listen to Reading:
1. Know It Alls! Volcanoes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBKlzUE1zw
2. Magic School Bus Blows It’s Top:
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
OcBKlzUE1zw
2. Read to Others: Volcano Informational Texts
3. Work With Teacher: Review of skills (cause and effect, asking and
answering questions, quotation marks) through volcanoes
4. Work on Writing: Volcano book printouts and accompanying
graphic organizer
5. Read Aloud (Chapter Book): I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii

6. Closure:
a. Discussion:
i. SW share what they have learned about volcanoes
v. Assessment and Evaluation of Learning:
1. Formative: Volcano Field Study Packet- to be collected on Friday
2. Summative: None
vi. Homework Assignment: None:
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