Instructional

Plan

By Sandeep Dhaliwal
Choose a text or
passage appropriate
to the age level you
teach.
I chose the story “The Bear Snores On”
by Karma Wilson. This story is
interesting and engaging for primary
students.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lHSs6edtlE
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List the words I selected these words as they are:
you have selected
and why?
I selected these 8 words:
 Lair 1 2 3
 divvy
Very important for Would support the Some words are
 cuddle understanding the ELLs in building their synonyms of the basic
 slumber text. comprehension of the (tier 1) words.
 cave reading.

 spark
 howl
 crawl
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Describe how you
would introduce the
words to your
students. Write the word on the
whiteboard.
Have students decode
the word
Make the students
repeat after me for
proper punctuation

Give verbal examples

Encourage the students to
Introduce a word/ Explain the word look at the picture card
and try giving verbal 4
picture card examples.
Choose 2 – 3 words from the chosen
words lair slumber
4 words that I chose are:
 lair
 slumber
 divvy
 clutter
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PICTURE/ WORD/ MEANING CARDS divvy clutter

  Use interactive journals to work on vocabulary
words

Design follow-up activities

for 2–3 of the words
chosen.
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Interactive journal worksheets for the 4 words

  Find the meaning of the word and use it in a
sentence.

Design follow-up activities

for 2–3 of the words
chosen.
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  Find the meaning of the word and use it in a
sentence. (other 3 words)

Design follow-up activities

for 2–3 of the words
chosen.
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How do they provide
opportunities for
additional exposure and
interaction?
 These activities  First introducing  It provides the learner
provide a the picture/word an opportunity to
repetition. cards and then draw the word as
Students will have having them match well. These activities
to match, find, the word to the challenge the learner
write meaning, picture provides with a deeper
and create the teacher with an processing which
sentences using opportunity to creates a much
the same word 2 – check the child’s stronger memory
3 times. understanding and trace.
provide necessary
support.

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 Video Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lHSs6edtlE
 https://explicitinstruction.org/video-elementary/elementary-video-4/.
Retrieved on Dec 28, 2018.
 https://onq.queensu.ca/d2l/le/content/251981/viewContent/1504249/
View. Retrieved on Dec 29, 2018.
 Read Aloud activities and resources by Rhonda Baldacchino

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