“Dining Your Way into Reading” - Polk County Public Schools

“Dining Your Way into Reading”

n PROGRAM OVERVIEW Dining Your Way into Reading

is a unique program designed for middle school students with Intellectual Disabilit ies that gives non-reader students an opportunity to see the importance and need for reading. Students learn words found on restaurant menus in clusters and use those words to create a menu, order food from a waiter, and work as a waiter. The hands-on approach creates motivation and a need for reading.

First, I teach the new words using Edmark Functional Word Series – Fast Food/Restaurant Words Program by Pro-Ed Inc. After students have learned all the words in the cluster, students use the words they have learned to create a themed menu (Ice Cream Parlor). As a culminating activity, students take turns running the restaurant as waiters taking food orders, and also enter the restaurant as customers, ordering food from the menus created earlier in the week. Waiters and cooks must read the new words as they take orders; and customers must read the words correctly to order food they would like to eat.

This program takes two weeks to teach, with 4 separate lesson plans. The first lesson plan is repeated for each new sight word. I have taught restaurant reading vocabulary in isolation and

For further information contact…

Elizabeth PhillipsLakeland Highlands Middle School

740 Lakeland Miriam Dr Lakeland, FL 33813

Route D(863)648-3500

[email protected]

2014 - 2015 IDEA CATALOG OF EXCELLENCE

with this program and students always respond best when I use Dining Your Way into Reading. Students also begin to increase reading skills in other programs when they see how reading works and how important it is in life through this program.

n OVERALL VALUE Dining Your Way into Reading is

all about getting non-readers interested in reading. By presenting about a cluster of related words at a time, students are able to identify words and understand their power immediately by using them in a mock restaurant setting. It gives students the ability to identify, read and write new words that impact their world. By giving students understanding about the importance of reading, they soon turn their motivation to other reading programs and are on their way to becoming readers.

n LESSON PLAN TITLES• New Sight Words• Menu Creation• Taking Orders• Ice Cream Parlor

n MATERIALS Materials for each lesson are listed

with each lesson plan. Overall materials budget including pricing and vendors follows the lesson plans.

n ABOUT THE DEVELOPERElizabeth Phillips has a B.S. in

Elementary Education and an M.A. in Intellectual Disabilities Education, both from the University of South Florida. She has also earned National Board Certification.

Elizabeth has taught in 3 middle schools, 2 elementary schools and a special education center for a total of 19 years of teaching experience. For an additional 5 years, she served as the Intellectual Disabilities Facilitator in the ESE county office assisting teachers with students with Intellectual Disabilities and serving as the District Alternate Assessment contact, trainer and organizer.

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~ A Returning Developer ~

“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsLesson Plan No 1: New Sight Words

n SUBJECTS COVEREDReading

n GRADES6-8 ESE-InD

n OBJECTIVES Students will…

… identify, read and match words to pictures of the following words: chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, ice

cream, sundae, hot fudge, cone, milkshake.

n COMMON CORE/NGSSS STANDARDS

Access Points: LA.6.1.5.Su.aLA.7.1.5.Su.aLA.8.1.5.Su.a

Read text with high frequency sight words and phonetically regular words with accuracy.

n MATERIALS• Edmark Functional Words

Series – Fast Food/Restaurant Words Program

• Chocolate• Strawberries• Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry

Ice cream• Hot fudge• Cones• Milk• Chocolate syrup• Strawberry syrup

n DIRECTIONS 1. Introduce new word (chocolate)

by showing the written word, have students repeat the word, show the food and have students sample the food.

2. Complete each direct instruction lesson in Edmark Functional Words Series – Fast Food/Restaurant Words Program with individual students.

3. Use worksheets that come with Edmark Functional Words Series – Fast Food/Restaurant Words Program to review the new words and previously learned words by circling words, matching words and matching words to pictures.

4. Repeat this lesson each day with a new word (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, sundae, hot fudge, cone, milkshake) until all 7 words have been learned.

n ACCOMMODATIONSStudents that have difficulty re-

taining the new word in one sitting will review words by classroom available resources (flashcards, card reader, PowerPoint, etc.)

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT

Grade worksheets for mastery level.

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“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsLesson Plan No 2: Menu Creation

n SUBJECTS COVEREDReading, Writing

n GRADES6-8


… use new sight words to create a theme based menu for ‘Ice Cream Parlor’.


Access Points: LA.6.1.5.Su.aLA.7.1.5.Su.aLA.8.1.5.Su.a Read text with high frequency sigh

words and phonetically regular words with accuracy.

LA.6.1.6.Su.aLA.7.1.6.Su.aLA.8.1.6.Su.a Use new vocabular y that is

introduced and taught directly.LA.6.3.1.Su.aLA.7.3.1.Su.bLA.8.3.1.Su.b Identify the purpose and intended

audience for writing.LA.6.3.2.Su.a Organize the ideas according to the

purpose.LA.6.3.5.Su.aLA.7.3.5.Su.aLA 8.3.5.Su.a Prepare wr i t ing in a format

appropr iate to audience and purpose.

n MATERIALS• Sample ice cream menus or

Smartboard to project sample menus.

• Blank circle maps with 2 circles labeled ‘flavors’ and ‘desserts’

• Construction paper• Markers

n DIRECTIONS 1. Review words with students.2. Show examples of different menus

from ice cream restaurants.3. Discuss different areas of each

sample menu: ice cream flavors, types of ice cream desser ts, beverages, prices

4. Pass out worksheet with 2 large circles, each circle will be labeled either ‘flavors’ or ‘desserts’.

5. Students will use new sight words to sort the words by writing them in the appropriate circle.

6. Review answers as a class and have students correct answers.

7. Using the board or Smartboard, develop a menu with the class, drawing answers from the students regarding how to develop a flavor section and dessert section of the menu. Discuss and complete extras such as using pictures and including prices.

8. Pass out construction paper and markers to allow students to com-plete their own menu.

Requirements:• All 7 vocabulary words must be

used at least once on the menu• Menus must be neat and readable• Menu must contain prices

n ACCOMMODATIONS• Students with organizat ional

difficulties may be given a piece of construction paper with a section already designated as ‘flavors’ and a section designated as ‘desserts’.

• Students that have difficulty writing will be given the sight words already printed and cut to paste on the circle map and a paper with the words typed out and pictures that they can cut and paste onto their menus.

• Students with low understanding of math may not be required to include prices.


See attached rubric.

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“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsLesson Plan No 3: Taking Orders


n GRADES6-8


… read restaurant sight words on menus and order tickets.





introduced and taught directly.

n MATERIALS• Student created menus• Ice Cream Order worksheets• Pencils

n DIRECTIONS 1. Post picture of Ice Cream Order

ticket on board or screen. Review the ticket as a class, reading the words together.

2. Demonstrate to students how to complete the ticket by filling in the name of the customer, checking off the flavor of ice cream they would like and which dessert they want.

3. Review the process several times, by taking different student’s orders.

4. Distribute a copy of the ticket to each student. Complete the tickets as a class by giving an order for the teacher. Do a quick check for errors and remediate if there are problems.

5. Demonstrate the language a waiter will use to take orders (Hello, My name is ___________, can I take your order?).

6. Role play with several students.7. Have students take turns with a

partner repeating the language.8. Distribute another ticket to each

student along with one of the student made menus and have students work in pairs to take each other’s order and mark the ticket appropriately. Teacher will rotate to check student work and reteach as needed.

n ACCOMMODATIONS• Use a communicat ion board

or device for students that are nonverbal.

• Use a menu with paired pictures for students that are still having difficulty with all the sight words.


Grade the completed Ice Cream Order tickets.

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“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsLesson Plan No 4: Ice Cream Parlor


n GRADES6-8


… read restaurant sight words in a mock restaurant setting.





introduced and taught directly.

n MATERIALS• Student made menus• Ice Cream Order tickets• Ice cream bowls• Ice cream glasses• Ice cream scoop• Blender• Spoons• Ice cream• Chocolate syrup• Strawberry syrup• Hot fudge• Cones

n DIRECTIONS 1. Review food words by working in

pairs and reading a student created menu to the partner.

2. Review the process for taking orders as a group on the screen.

3. Divide the class into 2 groups; one group will take orders and the other group will be customers.

4. Students acting as customers will sit at tables (2 students per table) with student made menus. Students will have 5 minutes to read the menus and make their selection.

5. After 5 minutes, the ½ of the students acting as waiters will approach the table and take the orders, checking off the appropriate food selections.

6. After the orders have been taken, the other ½ of the waiters will take the orders again, then both sets of waiters will compare orders. If they are different, the teacher will step in to declare what went wrong. If the customer placed 2 different orders, they will receive the first order. If one of the waiters checked off the wrong items, it will count against their grade.

7. After all orders have been verified, the teacher will set out the food for the waiters to take to the tables. Waiters will have to use their order tickets to ensure customers receive the correct food.

8. When the customers have finished their food, both sets of groups will change roles and repeat the lesson.

n ACCOMMODATIONS• Use a communicat ion board

or device for students that are nonverbal.

• Use a menu with paired pictures for students that are still having difficulty with all the sight words.

• Limit choices on the menu for students that have not learned all the words yet or have difficulty making choices. EXAMPLE: If you know the student

likes vanilla ice cream cones, limit flavor choices to vanilla and give only two dessert choices such as ice cream cone and milkshake.


See attached rubric.

n POSSIBLE ADAPTATIONS

• Focus the activity on teaching money skills by teaching how to count money, add money and compute tax leading up to the restaurant experience.

• Use different groupings of foods to have di f ferent restaurant experiences such as ‘Hamburger Haven’ using the words hamburger, hot dog, french fries, onion rings, Coke, Sprite or ‘Sandwich Store’ using the words submar ine, sandwich, turkey, ham, roast beef, lettuce, tomato, potato chips.

n ADDITIONAL WORKSHEETS

See attached pages.

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Materials Budget SUPPLIER ITEM # AND DESCRIPTION COST QUANTITY TOTAL COST

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Teacher _________________________________________

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Subtotal

Tax if applicable

Shipping if applicable

TOTALBUDGETAMOUNT

“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsLesson Plans Materials Budget


Walmart FARBERWARE 4-Speed Digital Blender

with Travel Cup, Stainless Steel 39.88 1 39.88

Zak! Ice Cream Bowls - set of 8 18.00 2 36.00

Oneida Ice Cream Scoop 7.97 1 7.97

Mainstays Swirl Dinner Spoons - 4 pack .97 4 3.88

Pro-Ed Inc. Edmark Functional Words Fast Food/

Restaurant Words 200.00 1 200.00

Party City Ice Cream Soda Cup, 11 oz. plastic 1.99 16 31.84

Publix Ice Cream (chocolate, strawberry, vanilla) 4.99 3 14.97

Strawberries 3.99 1 3.99

Chocolate syrup 1.99 1 1.99

Strawberry syrup 1.99 1 1.99

Hot fudge 1.99 1 1.99

Milk 3.59 1 3.59

Chocolate 3.99 1 3.99

Cones 2.49 1 2.49

Elizabeth Phillips

Lakeland Highlands Middle School

$354.57

22.37

20.00

$396.94

Menu Rubric

“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsRubric


4 3 2 1 0

Use newwords

Neat and

Readable

Prices

Used all 7 new words

Menu is neat and

all words are easily read

Prices are included for

each item and written in

money format

Used 5-6 new words

Menu is neat, words readable but

not neat

Prices are included for each item,

not written in money format

Used 3-4new words

Menu is disorganized, some words

difficult to read

Prices are not included

for all menu items

Student Name _______________________________________________________________

Used 1-2 new words

Menu is disorganized, many words

difficult to read

Few prices (1-3) are

included

Did not use any new words

Menu is very

disorganized, few words readable

Prices are not

included

Ice Cream Parlor Rubric

4 3 2 1 0

Takes and marks order

Delivers correct order

Orders correctly

off menu

Takes and marks order

correctly

Delivers correct order to

correct people

Orders correctly off menu

Takes order and marks one item incorrectly

-

Orders correctly, but orders differently each time

Takes order and marks both items incorrectly

Needs prompts to deliver

correct food

Orders part of the food, but not all (flavor, but not type)

Student Name _______________________________________________________________


“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsRubric

Takes order, but does not mark it onthe pad

-

Orders part, but

differently each time

Does not take order

Does not deliver food

Does not

order

Ice Cream Words

Flavors

Desserts


“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsAdditional Information

Ice Cream Orders

ICE CREAM ORDERS

Name _________________________________

Flavors: o Chocolate o Strawberry o Vanilla

Desserts: o Hot Fudge Sundae o Ice Cream Cone o Milkshake

ICE CREAM ORDERS

Name _________________________________



ICE CREAM ORDERS

Name _________________________________



ICE CREAM ORDERS

Name _________________________________




“Dining Your Way into Reading” Elizabeth PhillipsAdditional Information

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