Ÿ        Books for read aloud: My Teacher’s Secret Life

Ÿ        Journals

Ÿ        Writing utensils

Illinois State Standards:

State Goal 1: Read with understanding and fluency

Ÿ        B. Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.

-         1.B.1a: Establish purposes for reading, make predictions, connect important ideas, and link text to previous experiences and knowledge.

-         1.B.1c: Continuously check and clarify for understanding (e.g., reread, read ahead, use visual and context clues, ask questions, retell, use meaningful substitutions).

State Goal 2: Read and understand literature representative of various societies, eras and ideas.

Ÿ        B. Read and interpret a variety of literary works.

-         2.B.1c: Relate character, setting and plot to real-life situations.

State Goal 3: Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.

Ÿ        C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes.

-         3.B.1b: Create media compositions or productions which convey meaning visually for a variety of purposes.

State Goal 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.

Ÿ        B. Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society.

-         18.B.1a: Compare the roles of individuals in group situations (e.g., student, committee member, employee/employer)

Goals: Students will recognize teachers as community helpers.

Behavioral Objectives:

Students will:

Ÿ        state why teachers are important in the community.

Ÿ        draw a picture in their journals of something they believe the cooperating teacher or I do after school.

Ÿ        Prepare building materials

Ÿ        Date stamp and prepare journals

Instruction:

Ÿ        Read My Teacher’s Secret Life.

Ÿ        Discuss text with students – what kinds of things did the student believe the teacher did after school?  What did the student see the teacher doing? 

Ÿ        Journal – Draw what the cooperating teacher or I might do after everyone leaves school for the day.

Closure:

Ÿ        Review discussion.

Evaluation or Assessment:

Ÿ        Journal – students will be assessed on how well they followed the parameters of the assignment – i.e. did they draw cooperating teacher or me (or both of us)?  Ideas can be creative – like the ones in the book – or realistic.