Home Again!
Title: Home Again!
Subject: English/Language Arts
Grade Level: K
Overview:
This lesson will focus on being happy with who we are and what we have. The Kindergarten students will retell the story of The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown. The students will use an Inspiration template and a flannel board to sequence the story.
Approximate Duration: 3 -30 minute lessons
Content Standards:
Standard 1
Students read, comprehend, and respond to a range of materials, using a variety of strategies for different purposes.
Standard 4
Students demonstrate competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning and communicating.
Benchmarks:
ELA-1-E1
gaining meaning from print and building vocabulary using a full range of strategies (e.g., self-monitoring and correcting, searching, cross-checking), evidenced by reading behaviors while using the cuing systems (e.g, phonics, sentence structure, meaning); (1,4)
ELA-1-E4
identifying story elements (e.g., setting, plot, character, theme) and literary devices (e.g., figurative language, dialogue) within a selection; (1,4)
ELA-4-E3
telling or retelling stories in sequence; (1,4)
Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs):
Grade K
5. Read books with predictable, repetitive text and simple illustrations (ELA-1-E1)
8. Identify basic story elements, including simple plot sequences, setting, and simple character descriptions, in a favorite story using pictures and/or oral responses
(ELA-1-E4)
36. Relate an experience or creative story in a logical sequence(ELA-4-E3)
Interdisciplinary Connections:
Science : Life Science
The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment.
Educational Technology Standards:
Use technology tools (e.g., publishing, multimedia tools, and word processing software) for individual and for simple collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities for a variety of audiences.
Objectives:
1. TLW listen and respond to a story.
2. TLW sequence the story events.
Lesson Materials and Resources:
Rubric to assess sequencing activity
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Flannel board
Flannel board characters
Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Printer
Software:
Inspiration
TimelinerWebsites:
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/maskcrafts/rabbit/index.shtml
Background Information:
The students should be familiar with sequencing stories; however, they will not have experience sequencing with Inspiration.
Lesson Procedures:
Day One
1. Assess prior knowledge of the students by asking the students a simple sequencing question, "What did you do this morning before you came to school?"
2. To motivate the student, use a bunny puppet. Tell the students they need to help him solve a problem.
3. Next, read the book The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown.
4. The students will orally restate the sequence of the story.
Day Two
1. Students will work in cooperative groups in centers to sequence the story.
2. Group A will sequence the story using a flannel board and flannel board characters.
3. Group B will sequence the story using Inspiration software (with teacher's help) . The students will go to the computer and open the teacher made template.
Day Three
The students will take a field trip to Black Bayou Lake refuge. While there, the students will see if they can spot the runaway bunny. The teacher will stress the sequential order of events while on the field trip. Back at school, the teacher will use Timeliner to aid the students in sequencing the day's events at Black Bayou Lake refuge.
Assessment Procedures:
The teacher will observe the children.
A rubric will be used to assess the student's participation in Inspiration.
Accommodations/Modifications:
We will use peer tutoring for exceptional students.
Students who need one on one can work with the tutor.
See Individual IEPs for additional modifications.----- written by Ernestine Head
Reproducible Materials:
Inspiration Sequencing Template
Inspiration Sequencing Word Processing Template
Bunny Hop Rubric
Explorations and Extensions:
This activity could be used to develop the concept of ordinal numbers. Students would enjoy creating a rabbit mask craft. Teachers could use this site for ideas in creating a bunny puppet.
Lesson Development Resources:
GLE-Related Material
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/saa/1914.htmlEnchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/maskcrafts/rabbit/index.shtml
Rabbit Mask Craft
Contact Information:
Ernestine Head
ernestine.head@mcschools.net
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