Suggested lesson plan for
"Farrell Roland in new school, town, and state"
Possible hard words:
Proper names: Gateway Young Achiever,
Farrell Roland, St. Joan of Arc School, Mesa, Phoenix, Arizona,
Rhodes Junior High School, Triart Camp, Rosemarie Guarino
Other words: microbiologist, liturgy,
harmonica, triathlon, sequence, vaccines
BEFORE READING: To assess how difficult
or easy this article might be for a young reader, have him
or her read the list of possible hard words. Provide help
if needed, but keep count of the number of items requiring
your assistance. If no more than three items are problems,
ask the young reader to read the article silently. If four
to six are problems, ask him or her to read the article aloud
to you. If seven or more are problems, you volunteer to read
the article aloud. In each of these instances, point out questions
will be raised after the reading.
DURING READING: For the child reading
silently, offer to help with any proper names or words if
asked for help. For the one reading aloud, supply any words
fairly promptly that appear to be impairing reading fluency.
If you read aloud, model fluent oral reading.
AFTER READING: Use questions such as
the following to assess comprehension and stimulate discussion
of the article.
