Students retell a story to reinforce sequencing.
Patricia Polacco's family stories provide an interesting and neutral way to begin discussions about families. Students can make connections from their own family experiences to some of her family experiences.
This 3-day activity reinforces what students have learned about animals. The activities focus on pets: cats, dogs, birds, and fish.
Students will explore five different "Discovery Buckets". These buckets will give them opportunities to practice expressing both their thoughts and feelings.
Students will begin to understand the concept of maps by describing the path that Little Red Riding Hood took on the way to Grandma's house.
Students will listen to a familiar story with repetitive lines that the children can remember. They will make puppets and retell the story in small groups with an adult volunteer or an older child.
This lesson is designed for Kindergarten students. Students will create a digital story using props and recording devices to retell a familiar story. Technology aspects of this lesson can be adjusted up or down depending on student ability. This lesson addresses the Kindergarten ELA Reading: Literature Standard 2 and 3. Title Image: Photo by Nong Vang on Unsplash
This is a fun lesson plan is meant to help students master the ability to retell a story with a beginning middle and end, and identify important characters and settings in the story. It will also help students learn the very basics of film making including story boarding, creating props and scenery, the importance or lighting and camera placement, copyright, and audio.
Students will learn about retelling and performing stories from other cultures.
This lesson is to help early readers and non readers understand and recall information from the story Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina. This lesson is primarily for preschool children, but can be used with kindergarteners. Children will listen to the story of a peddler trying to sell his caps. The peddler takes a rest under a tree and when he awaks, the caps, which he keeps on his head, have vanished. He looks around and finally realizes that it's monkeys in a tree who have taken his caps. Once the story is read, children will choose a stick out a jar, containing a question or prompt about the book. This lesson is designed for a small group (3-5) of children. There are several extensions that can be done with this lesson including acting out the story and a small art project.