GR: Ellen Ochoa

Name Leila Lester Title of Text & Level Ellen Ochoa: Reaching for the Stars (T) Date Taught 11/16/17
Materials Graphic organizer (6) Overview Students will discuss relevant parts of text, focusing on discriminating Grade 4th
PDF Book between essential information and details of text.
Resources Guided Reading (Fountas & Pinnell) Context This book was introduced at the end of last week's session and Duration 20 min
students are expected to have finished it by this session.
This group meets weekly and does a significant reading
independently.

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2 Content Goal Students will be able to apply what they have learned about Ellen Ochoa's
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; life to ask a relevant question about her life.
summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 Process Goal Students will be able to summarize the topic of an informational text
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical based on details.
text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Students will be able to explain events in an informational text.

Assessment (student) Student questions about Ellen Ochoa

Assessment (teacher) -Is it relevant to her life?
-Is it based on information in the text?
-Is it answered somewhere in the text already?
Vocabulary
Anticipating student
ideas
Making content JP- providing 3 of questions before we discuss
accessible to all
students

Lesson Plan
Time Protocol Instructional Moves Explanation/Considerations
Transition □ Student have their books, reading binder and pencil
□ Students gathered at table
□ Camera is on and recording
Introduction Today, we are going to talk about what big ideas were in Review group conversation expectations
the book we read. It is ok if you haven't finished reading  Don't yuck my yum- Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion
yet. We will talk more about finishing the reading at the  One mic, one voice- One person talking at a time
end of our lesson.  Step up, step back- If you aren't contributing as much make sur you add your ideas to
the group. If you are talking a lot, let everyone else have a chance
Remember last week, I pointed out the places where *everyone answers
Ochoa's words were in this text. Ochoa is not the author,
the author's name is Claire Daniel.

Why did Claire Daniel include Ellen Ochoa's own words

(quotes and interview)?*

What kind of informational text is this? biography

What things did Ellen Ochoa accomplish in her life?
If you could interview Ellen Ochoa what would you ask?* *everyone answers

Possibly look up answers to their questions for Tuesday's check in.

What is the main idea of the text? What does the author
want you to take away from the text?
I know everyone has not finished the book yet and that is
ok. We will have a quick check in on Tuesday next week
because we won't be in school Thursday for Thanksgiving.
As you finish reading or reread if you need to, I want you to
use this graphic organizer to identify the four most
important things in this text. I want you to work on this
independently.
Word Work Hard work helped Ellen become a brilliant inventor,
adventurer, and discoverer. p. 7

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 What does inventor mean? Adventurer? Discoverer? A person who (blank); they are all nouns for people
What do you notice about these three words?
Inventor (invent- verb)
Did you invent that dance you're doing?

Adventurer (adventure-verb/noun)
They had adventured into the forest.
We set off on an adventure across the country.

Discoverer (discover-verb)
I want to discover a new way of teaching nouns.
-er/-or added to words (mostly verbs) to turn into a noun
that is a person who does that word
Closure What questions do you have?

When we read about people and their lives, we can think

about what important things happened and what questions
we still have.

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