Week 6

Mary needs an intervention to enhance her reading ability. From the results of her reading assessment, I decided to give her extra lessons 30 minutes per day for the following weeks (Three weeks would be enough for the instruction).

For the first week, I will work together with her doing some share reading, and generate some questions related to main ideas and details to assess her understanding after reading. For the second week, I will teach her some methods for better generalization and summarization of the article (both main idea and details). For the last week, I will let her read independently and give out some assessment at the end of the intervention.

Mini Lesson Plan

Topic: Reading with Tools

Level: Grade 3

Objective:

1. Students will learn to obtain both main idea and details from an article.

2. Enhance students' ability of reading comprehension. 

3. Students will learn to use tools for better comprehension and memorizing.

Procedure:

1.      Present Mary with the topic. Ask some questions before reading to assess Mary’s precious knowledge about the article.

2.      Let Mary read the whole article and record her reading process.

3.      Provide a table of the main content for Mary to fill in the details.

4.      Go back to the article and implement the details in the table.

5.      Have Mary retell the story and ask questions from the sheet.

Standards:

NY- New York State Core Curriculum

Subject: English Language Arts

Grade Range: Grades 2–4

Strand: Reading

Core Performance Indicator: Identify purpose for reading

Core Performance Indicator: Use decoding strategies, such as sounding out words, comparing similar words, breaking words into smaller words, and looking for word parts, such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes

Core Performance Indicator: Use self-monitoring strategies, such as rereading and cross-checking

Core Performance Indicator: Apply corrective strategies, using classroom resources, such as teachers, peers, and reference tools

Core Performance Indicator: Recognize the difference between phrases and sentences

Core Performance Indicator: Recognize and discriminate among a variety of informational texts

Core Performance Indicator: Read aloud at appropriate rate

Core Performance Indicator: Maintain a personal reading list to reflect reading goals and accomplishments

Assessment:

A small question form will be given to assess Mary’s understanding.

Reading Material:

Assessment: