Scaffolded Reading Lesson Plan
Scaffolded Reading Lesson Plan
Scaffolded Reading Lesson Plan
Text Set Topic: Animal Behavior and Interactions with the Environment
Text: "Big Talkers"
Source:
http://kennysclassowls.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/2/4/26240474/toolkitlesson21t
alkers.pdf
Grade Level: 4
Before you read, let’s take a look at some of the words and ideas in
this text:
Component Planning and Anecdotal Notes
Comprehension (Preview In this article, we are going to learn
content or concepts that may about elephants and how they
be challenging for students to communicate with each other. What do
understand in this text; or ask you already know about elephants? The
students to apply a title of this article is "Big Talkers" and
comprehension strategy,
the subheading says "Earth's largest
framework, signpost, structure,
graphic organizer, or discussion
land animals have a lot to say--even
protocol you modeled previously) when they don't seem to be making a
sound." Let's talk about what that
means.
Communicating
Infrasound
Spectrograph
Translating
Matriarch
Appetites
Extinction
Poachers
Conservationists
Fluency (As applicable… Discussion on how to use headings,
preview novel punctuation subheadings, bolded print, and
marks, explain a complex captions.
dialogue, describe how to read
bold or italicized words, etc.)
Infrasound
Pitch
Spectrograph
Translating
Matriarch
Odors
Sound waves
Extinction
Poachers
Habitat
Conservationists
DURING READING:
Today I want you to read by (choose how you want students to read, e.g., silently to
themselves, by whisper reading, taking turns reading each page with a partner, choral
reading, etc.).
AFTER READING:
Discussion (“Literate talk”) Let's share out what you chose as the
main idea of the article, one
Let’s follow up on your reading supporting detail, and your overall
job… summary of the article.
What did you learn from what Is there anything else you would like
you read today? to share about the article? What did
you learn?
Other ideas to discuss from the
text/discussion questions
Next Steps and Closure: The next time we meet, we will read another
article about a different animal that uses a specific type of
communication to interact with other animals and the environment!