TEXAS TEACHERS LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE for 700.5PBP
INSTRUCTIONS: Fill out all portions of the lesson plan. Within the Instructional Steps, note the
following items as indicated below to facilitate identification of the required elements. Answer the
reflection questions that follow the plan
Create at least 6 formative questions you will ask throughout the lesson and highlight them in green.
NAME: Emily Reese SUBJECT: Language Arts and Reading/ Kindergarten
TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS (Copy these word for word. This must include the grade
level, number, and letter of competency)
(2) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and
thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through
phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.
The student is expected to:
(B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
(i) identifying and matching the common sounds that letters represent;
LEARNING OBJECTIVE(S):
The student will be able to recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet, and say
the sound each consonant makes.
ASSESSMENT/PERFORMANCE MEASURE:
I will use informal assessment during the review and dictation portion of our lesson to see who has
gained the knowledge of the previous lessons and the one we are covering today. After we have
finished I will formally assess the students during my small groups to see who has the letter names and
sounds mastered and which students need further help to master this skill.
MATERIALS and SETTING For this lesson, the materials that we need will be a
What materials do you need for this whiteboard, expo marker, eraser, and a mirror
lesson? What is the setting? Are
students in pairs, groups, stations, We will start at the carpet in front of our smartboard and
floor, library, science lab? then go to their seats on their independent practice
KEY VOCABULARY and ACADEMIC consonant, vowel, uppercase, lowercase, sounds
, LANGUAGE
What vocabulary terms must students
know to understand the concept being
taught?
FOCUS ACTIVITY/ANTICIPATORY SET We will first watch and sing a fun song practicing the sounds
What activity will students engage in of the alphabet and a focus video on the letter K from
that will pique their interest about the Youtube like a Jack Hartman video or Miss Molly video.
upcoming lesson? Think of this like a
preview for an upcoming movie –
something that ignites curiosity
CONNECTION TO PRIOR LEARNING OR Ok friends, we see the letter K and hear the sound /k/ all
REAL WORLD around in stories. This will be the last letter that we will be
This is what you say to students about learning about but not the last new sound.
what they have already learned and
how it prepares them for what they
are about to learn; review what they
have learned to prepare them for the
upcoming lesson.
OBJECTIVE STATEMENT (be sure to With this lesson we will be able to say that I can recognize
include the performance measure) and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
This is what you say to students about You will be able to show this by being able to tell me all the
what students will learn today, and names of the letters of the alphabet. We will also be able to
how they will show they have learned say each sound that each consonant makes.
the content (that is the performance
measure)
PURPOSE OF LEARNING We need to learn the letter K and its sound to help us read
Why do students need to learn this words with that letter in it. It will help us when we read
today? This should be written in what stories and write our stories.
you will say to students and should
include both why it is important to the
content and why it is relevant in their
lives.
INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS ● Instructions:
- We will first start with our phonological
Include:
awareness, of me, saying three words and
Step by Step Instructions
the students telling me which two rhyme ex:
Key Points
bed, head, rat; jam, bag, ham; mom, dog,
Directions to give
log
Questions that you will ask – at least
6, highlighted in green. - “Listening to these three words who can tell
INSTRUCTIONS: Fill out all portions of the lesson plan. Within the Instructional Steps, note the
following items as indicated below to facilitate identification of the required elements. Answer the
reflection questions that follow the plan
Create at least 6 formative questions you will ask throughout the lesson and highlight them in green.
NAME: Emily Reese SUBJECT: Language Arts and Reading/ Kindergarten
TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS (Copy these word for word. This must include the grade
level, number, and letter of competency)
(2) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and
thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through
phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.
The student is expected to:
(B) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
(i) identifying and matching the common sounds that letters represent;
LEARNING OBJECTIVE(S):
The student will be able to recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet, and say
the sound each consonant makes.
ASSESSMENT/PERFORMANCE MEASURE:
I will use informal assessment during the review and dictation portion of our lesson to see who has
gained the knowledge of the previous lessons and the one we are covering today. After we have
finished I will formally assess the students during my small groups to see who has the letter names and
sounds mastered and which students need further help to master this skill.
MATERIALS and SETTING For this lesson, the materials that we need will be a
What materials do you need for this whiteboard, expo marker, eraser, and a mirror
lesson? What is the setting? Are
students in pairs, groups, stations, We will start at the carpet in front of our smartboard and
floor, library, science lab? then go to their seats on their independent practice
KEY VOCABULARY and ACADEMIC consonant, vowel, uppercase, lowercase, sounds
, LANGUAGE
What vocabulary terms must students
know to understand the concept being
taught?
FOCUS ACTIVITY/ANTICIPATORY SET We will first watch and sing a fun song practicing the sounds
What activity will students engage in of the alphabet and a focus video on the letter K from
that will pique their interest about the Youtube like a Jack Hartman video or Miss Molly video.
upcoming lesson? Think of this like a
preview for an upcoming movie –
something that ignites curiosity
CONNECTION TO PRIOR LEARNING OR Ok friends, we see the letter K and hear the sound /k/ all
REAL WORLD around in stories. This will be the last letter that we will be
This is what you say to students about learning about but not the last new sound.
what they have already learned and
how it prepares them for what they
are about to learn; review what they
have learned to prepare them for the
upcoming lesson.
OBJECTIVE STATEMENT (be sure to With this lesson we will be able to say that I can recognize
include the performance measure) and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
This is what you say to students about You will be able to show this by being able to tell me all the
what students will learn today, and names of the letters of the alphabet. We will also be able to
how they will show they have learned say each sound that each consonant makes.
the content (that is the performance
measure)
PURPOSE OF LEARNING We need to learn the letter K and its sound to help us read
Why do students need to learn this words with that letter in it. It will help us when we read
today? This should be written in what stories and write our stories.
you will say to students and should
include both why it is important to the
content and why it is relevant in their
lives.
INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS ● Instructions:
- We will first start with our phonological
Include:
awareness, of me, saying three words and
Step by Step Instructions
the students telling me which two rhyme ex:
Key Points
bed, head, rat; jam, bag, ham; mom, dog,
Directions to give
log
Questions that you will ask – at least
6, highlighted in green. - “Listening to these three words who can tell
