Lesson Plan Template (SIOP)

Topic:

Grade Range:

Writing- Organization

First Grade

Time Frame:
Week 6 in a 9 week
writing unit
4 consecutive lessons

Common Core Standards:

(Domain, Standard, Cluster)

Domain: Writing
Standard: Text Types and Purposes
Cluster: 3. Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details
regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

Learning Objective/Outcome: (What do you want students to know and be able to do?
What is the intended learning?) Students will identify beginning, middle and end in a read aloud story and
sequence their own written work.

Key Vocabulary:
Beginning, middle, end, setting

Materials:

Red Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley

ISBN: 0-590-87176-5
Smart Board lesson Red Eyed Tree Frog
Paper
Writing supplies- pens, pencils, markers
Mix and Match Bold Beginning printable
Choose the Organization printable
Tree Frog Organization Map printable
Tempra Paint and brushes
Samples of fiction and non-fiction picture books with strong
endings
Student Friendly Rubric for Organization

Higher Order Questions:

Day 1: What is a bold beginning? Did I get the readers attention right away? Will the reader want to keep reading?
Did I let the reader know whats coming?
Day 2: Is the writing easy to follow? Do my details fit together logically? Do I speed up or slow down to show whats
important?
Day 3: Did I end at the logical place? Did I wrap up all of the details? Does my writing feel finished?

Lesson Activities:
Building Background/Motivation: (Hook?

Why are students learning this material? What is the real-

world connection?)

Organization Song (from the Trait Crate) OR Organization song

www.metadot.vigoco.k12.in.us/public/6-traits%20songs.pdf OR see the attached songs

Careful Organization slide from 6 Traits Power Point Presentation

Writing is an authentic and 21st Century skill that all children need to master.

Presentation: (How is the new material being introduced? Strategies? Scaffolding? Steps in lesson)
Day 1: Introduce Organization song and review 6 traits power point. Refer to the Smart Board Red Eyed Tree Frog
lesson. Discuss with students the key qualities of organization-beginning, middle and end. Read students the title Red
Eyed Tree Frog. Ask students if there was a movie that they knew right away that they would or wouldnt like by
watching the first few minutes. What happens in the movies or television shows that gets your attention right away?
Display the Key Qualities of the Organization Traits Smart Board slide. Read the Red Eyed Tree Frog to the students.
Reread the introduction and ask students if they like the beginning and why. Tell students that identifying a specific
time of day in a setting is one way to begin a story. Record students ideas of time of day and settings on the smart
board. How could we mix and match the times of days and settings to create a bold beginning?

Day 2: Students will explain what the key qualities of the Organization trait (beginning, middle, end). Tell them that
the book that they are going to read and the writing they will be doing will help them master the mighty middles. Have
students tell you some facts that they know about red eyed tree frogs. Display the Developing the Mighty Middle
smart board slide and discuss what a mighty middle is. Students will add the facts from the book to our list of facts
about the red eyed tree frog that we created.
Day 3: Students will work with a partner to review a variety of fiction and nonfiction books. They will notice how
authors choose to end their work other than the end! (be sure to include in the end, finally, at last) Ask students what
they notice about ending. Do they like surprise endings, suspense or a favorite ending? Students will generate a list of
endings from the picture books. Display the Smart Board slide Crafting an Excellent Ending. Students will listen
carefully for the ending while you read Red Eyed Tree Frog. Discuss how this is a circle story-it ends at the same place
that the story began.
Day 4: Students will create a written piece of work.

Student Activities: (Meaningful activities, interactions, structures/strategies, practice and application,

feedback)
Day 1: Student will complete the Mix and Match Bold Beginning printable. The students will share their ideas with a
partner and choose the one they like the best.
Day 2: Students will work in pairs to complete Part 1 of the Choose the Organization printable. They will share their
responses with the class. The partners will then work together to complete Part 2 of the printable.
Day 3: Hand out the Tree Frog Organization Map. Read each box as a group to support students. More advanced
students can work independently and struggling students can refer to the Smart Board slide for support.

Review and Assessment: (Review of objectives and vocabulary, assess learning, measurement tools)
Day 1: Display the Starting with a Bold Beginning slide and discuss the rewards and challenges of writing with a
bold beginning.
Day 2: Review the Think About Developing a Mighty Middle smart board slide and discuss what how to add
interesting, accurate details to the middle.
Day 3: Review the slide Crafting an Excellent Ending. Ask students to compare the ending of their day with the redeyed tree frogs ending. Do they have a bedtime routine? Do they find a soft leaf to sleep on? Give students paper,
paint and brushes and ask them to do a wash of colors that they associate with going to sleep. After it dries have
students draw themselves sleeping in their bed at home. Students should write three things that help them fall asleep.
Day 4: Use the Smart Board Organization Assessment
Interventions/Extensions: (How are you reaching every learner?)
Day 1-3: Intervention-Teacher will work with students that need more one-on-one guidance to complete the given task.
Day 1 : Extension: Encourage students to add a detailed rich middle and an satisfying ending to their setting and
illustrate their piece.
Day 2: Extension: Encourage students to write their own beginning and ending rather than using the ones provided.
Day 3: Extension: Encourage students to create a new ending for Red-Eyed Tree Frog. Allow students time to plan
and rehearse their ending. Students can perform for classmates using friends if necessary.

It is recommended that you purchase the Trait Crate for the additional resources that we
think would benefit your writing instruction.
Songs written by Ruth Culham

6-Trait Songs
THE ORGANIZATION SONG

(sing to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Writing has a good beginning,
strong conclusion,
and builds bridges.
Writing has a good beginning.
The order just makes sense.

Beginner
I fill a paper with whatever I
want.

Borrower
I can make a picture and a
story that goes together.

Experimenter
I use words and pictures to
create a clear message.

Meaning Maker
My writing express
with more meaning

I can tell the order of how to

do something.

Creates layout with more

purpose/balance

My writing has lots

sentences with deta

I can name the beginnings and

endings of stories read to me.

I can use more than one

picture to go with my story.

My writing has a message that

is clear with complete
sentences.
I can create pictures that tell a
story
I write many sentence that are
about the same topic

My picture has deta

fingers, toes etc.

I can read my story to

someone.

My reader can unde

story.

I can create different types of

writing: Poems, notes, labels,
lists
I can tell the main idea and
give details about my story.

I can read my story

someone.

I can predict what will happen

next in a piece of writing

I choose my writing

My writing looks good

I can make predicti

others writing

I know the title is the

beginning of a piece of
writing.
I know THE END is the end
of a piece of writing.

My picture matches
writing.

I have a collection
that I wrote.