Learning-Focused Strategies Extending Refining Lesson Plan: EATS

Name: __Amanda, Baylee,Leila,Cristina____________Date:___ Feb 21,2019___

Grade Level: _____3rd-5th_______

Topic: ___Writing a Pen-Pal Letter_____________________________

Context:____Writing____________________________

ESSENTIAL
QUESTION:
● Students will be able to organize, plan, and write
What is the most friendly letters.
important concept in this ● Students will be able to use commas in the heading,
lesson? What skills greeting, and closing of a friendly letter.
should the students ● What is a friendly letter?
master? ● Why do we write friendly letters?

What is the key question

for this lesson?

ACTIVATING
STRATEGY: ● We will activate prior knowledge by asking if any of
the kids have ever written a letter to a friend, or if they
How will you activate have ever received a letter in the mail.
your lesson, link to prior
knowledge, and promote ● We will also connect this lesson to the book “Extra
knowledge of key Credit” by talking about the pen pal relationship
vocabulary words? between Sadeed and Abby

(Examples: KWL, a
word map, a word
splash, etc.)
TEACHING
STRATEGIES:
What instructional
strategies will you use in
your lesson?
(Examples: graphic
organizer, distributed
guided practice,
distributed
summarizing,
collaborative pairs, etc.).
SUMMARIZING
STRATEGIES:
How will students
summarize what they
are learning during the
lesson and at the end?
(Examples: Ticket out
the Door, 3-2-1, etc.)
Answer the EQ.
● We can pair students to practice writing letters to each
other.
● We can try to pair with another class to trade letters
between students.
● The students will be given graphic organizers to sort
out their ideas for the letter.
I do: The teacher will introduce what a “pen-pal” is. She will
provide a representation of the graphic organizer and go over
each section of the organizer, making sure the students
understand the parts they are filling in.
We do: The teacher and students will go through and fill the
graphic organizer out together. The teacher will have a copy of
the graphic organizer on the smart board, big enough for all the
students to see.
You do: Students will write their own letter to a pretend pen-
pal.
● The students will choose a pen pal in another
classroom to write a letter to. They will be able to
organize the letter correctly, use proper punctuation,
and plan what they will send.
● The students will summarize the purpose of a friendly
letter with a ticket out the door.
REFLECTION ● As a re-teaching strategy, we will write responses to
How well did the the letters that they receive back to re-emphasize the
student grasp concepts lesson.
in this lesson? Will you
use a re-teaching ● The students can proof-read the letters they received.
strategy after this
lesson?