I did a shared reading lesson recently with my fifth graders and it went great! I read the classic poem "Five Little Pumpkins" to them, we practiced it together, and then they read it to me.
Reading: Fluency- We focused on using appropriate intonation and using clues from the text to figure out how to read the poem.
For example, one of the things I pointed out was punctuation and its importance when knowing whether to increase or decrease intonation. The kids and I went over question marks and how our voice intonation rises at the end of the question. I let the boys and girls compete when reading the poem aloud. They focused on intonation for punctuation marks, how the letters are spelled (all caps) and onomatopoeia's.
Language Arts: grammar- After that, we re-focused our lesson on nouns which had been introduced earlier that week. We circled all of the nouns and pronouns and then talked about the common nouns. We came up with a list of nouns that could replace the ones in the original poem and then I gave them their assignment: The students were responsible for re-writing the poem and replacing the common nouns with different nouns that they wanted to use.
The requirements were that the poem had to make sense mechanically, structurally, and grammatically. I gave them permission to use their creativity to their advantage. For some students, I included a graphic organizer that included the main format of the poem and blank areas where I expected them to replace nouns. The students were busy the entire reading block.
When they got their rough draft finished, they brought it to me, I helped them edit and revise it, and then they began a final draft on the Final Draft form I provided. When they wrote their final draft, the students went back and erased their new nouns and replaced them with pictures representing each noun.
I took their final products and put them on a bulletin board outside of the classroom.
When they walk by, the students practice reading other student's poems and figuring out what the replacement nouns were!
I had very few management issues, the students were busy, and enjoyed using their imaginations. Here are some pictures of the bulletin board and their final poems:
I have attached the lesson plan in University of South Alabama format. It includes the final draft form.
Shared Reading fifth grade lesson plan
Here is the power point I created to go along with it:
Power Point Pres for Five Little Pumpkins
*Feel free to use these resources and the idea if you like it! I chose this text because it could be read on a K-6 level, but the assignment can be simplified or added to, to make it more challenging.
Created by:
Dillon Rogers
For example, one of the things I pointed out was punctuation and its importance when knowing whether to increase or decrease intonation. The kids and I went over question marks and how our voice intonation rises at the end of the question. I let the boys and girls compete when reading the poem aloud. They focused on intonation for punctuation marks, how the letters are spelled (all caps) and onomatopoeia's.
Language Arts: grammar- After that, we re-focused our lesson on nouns which had been introduced earlier that week. We circled all of the nouns and pronouns and then talked about the common nouns. We came up with a list of nouns that could replace the ones in the original poem and then I gave them their assignment: The students were responsible for re-writing the poem and replacing the common nouns with different nouns that they wanted to use.
The requirements were that the poem had to make sense mechanically, structurally, and grammatically. I gave them permission to use their creativity to their advantage. For some students, I included a graphic organizer that included the main format of the poem and blank areas where I expected them to replace nouns. The students were busy the entire reading block.
I took their final products and put them on a bulletin board outside of the classroom.
When they walk by, the students practice reading other student's poems and figuring out what the replacement nouns were!
I had very few management issues, the students were busy, and enjoyed using their imaginations. Here are some pictures of the bulletin board and their final poems:
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| Fifth grade rebus poems: Five Little Pumpkins re-write replacing common nouns. |
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| Students used creativity to replace nouns with pictures. |
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| Students of all abilities were engaged and successful. |
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| Students wrote how they wanted others to read it! (OUT) |
Shared Reading fifth grade lesson plan
Here is the power point I created to go along with it:
Power Point Pres for Five Little Pumpkins
*Feel free to use these resources and the idea if you like it! I chose this text because it could be read on a K-6 level, but the assignment can be simplified or added to, to make it more challenging.
Created by:
Dillon Rogers
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