The document outlines a classroom lesson plan focused on vocabulary building and spelling, including specific activities such as reading, writing, and word definition exercises. Students will engage in word drills, individual participation, and homework assignments to reinforce learning objectives, which aim for 80% proficiency. The plan includes instructions for classroom behavior and organization at the start and end of the session.

1. Just Words
Maria Angala, NBCT
Jefferson Academy, Washington DC

2. FIRST FIVE!
O 1. Come in quietly and take your
seat
O 2. Place materials on desk
O 3. Take out HW assignment
O 4. Write down HW assignment in
agenda book
O 5. Begin “JUST START!”

3. JUST START! (5 min)
- 1. Student
WORD: ban
Notebooks,
Demonstration Words
MEANING: to make a
page ___. formal statement to
- 2. Copy the word, stop something
meaning, and SENTENCE: When did
sentence you ban gum in class?
- 3. Make an illustration
of the sentence the
way you understand it

4. PRIDE scholars, hit it!!
O Vocabulary,
vocabulary how many
words do you know?
O We’ll have power to
read in Just Words
class
O Here we go!!

5. OBJECTIVES:
O By the end of the lesson, SWBAT:
O - read, tap & spell 5 words with welded
sounds and/or bonus letters.
O …80% of the time as measured by
quick checks.

6. Let’s review!!
O We will have a quick
drill of the sounds of
letters so that you
become automatic with
them!!
O Volunteer please –
O Say: letter-keyword-
sound
O Let’s go!!...

7. Teacher Build Words hide
O WORD: ban O Let’s try this with
O How do you define
this word?
words:
O Great, how do you O ham
tap this word? O sand
O Excellent! Can you
tell me the welded O ramp
sound? O slam
O Why is this a welded
sound? O champ
O How do we use this O plant
word in a sentence?

8. Time for Word Talk! hide
O Let’s tap these words O Who wants to
and read them: volunteer to tap each
O call word? How many
O mall letters? Sounds? Tap.
O squall What is the bonus
O stall letter? What is the
O small vowel before the
O shrill bonus letter?
O spill O What does it mean to
O skill you? Can you use it
in a sentence?

9. Student Build Words hide
O Let’s try some
O Can I have a nonsense words:
volunteer on the
O Spell the word-
board?
O Our team leader will O swell
make a sound, and O drill
those of you in your O bluff
seats will find the
letter on your O staff
magnetic journal. O spill
Ready?
O AWESOME!! Here’s 3
Trojan bucks!!

10. DICTATION
O hide
O /ind/, /ink/, /ing/
O cross, squall, cramp
O where. have, they
O how to swing
O had some drink
O come and stand
***Trojan bucks!!

11. HOMEWORK
O 1. Write these
words three times,
and
O 2. Use these words
in a sentence:
O who to thank
O was how long
O who to dunk
O had some drink
O when to toss

12. DID WE MEET THE
OBJECTIVES?
O By the end of the lesson, SWBAT:
O - read, tap & spell 5 words with welded
sounds and/or bonus letters.
O …80% of the time as measured by quick
checks.

13. YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
O You deserve a
Chimpan-CHEER!!!

14. LAST FIVE!
O 1. Homework in homework
folder
O 2. Notes in folders
O 3. Materials put away
O 4. Clean desk and area
O 5. Line up when instructed