Lesson Plan

Alabama Course of Study

EN(2) #4. Read material across the curriculum by applying appropriate strategies.

Objective

The students will:

* Identify cause and effect relationships.

* Develop their letter writing skills.

* Develop their knowledge of theme.

Methods of Assessing Objective

The teacher will observe that the students correctly identify cause and effect in the story. She will also check to make sure each student completed writing their letters of advice.

Beginning Motivating Activity/Focus

The teacher will call students to the carpet. She will ask the students if they have ever had a bad day. The students will respond with "Yes!" She will ask a few students to tell about their bad day experiences.

Instruction

1. Teaching/modeling

The teacher will show the children the cover of the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Vorist. She will then read the title and discuss what the story might be about. The teacher will read the story aloud. After reading she will discuss with the children their own experiences of bad days. The teacher will have the children recall the problems that Alexander encountered and discuss what he did that caused those problems (i.e. woke up with gum in his hair, fell asleep with gum in his mouth). She will then introduce the idea of cause and effect. The teacher will explain to the children that every problem he encountered was because of a choice and action he made. The teacher will discuss what he could have done to stop it.

2. Guided Practice

Students will go to their seat. The teacher will model a sample letter of advice written to Alexander on chart paper or sentence strips. She will demonstrate and explain correct letter writing skills in her example letter.

3. Independent Practice

The students will write their own letter of advice to Alexander on how he could have