Lesson Plan: Informative Writing


Story: Tadpole to Frog
Author: Fay Robinson
Grade: 1st Grade
Objective: To construct an informative sentence based on the reading Tadpole to Frog.
Standards and Grade Expectation:
L/S: 1.1, 1.3, 1.5
R: 1.3
W: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

Integration with: Science and Art

Materials and/or Technology

-Textbook (Tadpole to Frog from Reading Take a Closer Look 1.2)
-Pictures
-Drawings
-Flashcards
-CD of Story
-CD player
-Construction Paper
-Notebook
-Worksheet
-Crayons
-Scissors
-Markers

Day 1

1) Students will review title of the story.
2) Students will listen to the story (CD).
3) Students will read vocabulary words.

Day 2

1) Teacher will activate prior knowledge about the story.
2) Teacher will ask what was the author’s purpose of writing the story.
3) Teacher will ask what they learned about tadpoles and frogs.

Day 3

1) Students will be asked to think about what they learned about tadpoles.
2) On the chalkboard, teacher will write frog and tadpole facts using a web diagram.
3) Teacher will tell students that Tadpole to Frog is a story that gives the reader information about a real animal. By letting students know this, they can understand that it is a nonfiction story.

Day 4

1) Students will recall aloud some of the things they learned about tadpoles and frogs.
2) Teacher will tell students these are facts and they give us information.
3) Teacher will put some words on the flashcard holder with which the students can use to write their information on frogs and tadpoles.
4) In their notebook, students will write a fact about tadpoles or frogs.
5) Students will take turns to read their sentences out loud to the class.

Day 5

1) Teacher will tell students that today they will receive a construction paper and they will write their informative sentence on the paper.
2) Students will illustrate their sentence.
3) At the end, all pictures will be collected by the teacher and a class book will be formed for the reading center.

Day 6

1) Students will receive a frog activity sheet.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/tadpole.pdf
2) Students will complete the sheet as a closing activity.