| Lesson Plan ID: |
6594 |
| Title: |
The Grouchy Ladybug |
| Overview/Annotation: |
The students will thoughtfully listen to a story read aloud and comprehend the sequence of events. This lesson will culminate units completed in science and math and will incorporate literature, science, and math. |
| Content Standard(s): |
| MA(1) | 11. Identify the hour using analog and digital clocks. | | SC(1) | 4. Describe survival traits of living things, including color, shape, size, texture, and covering. | | ELA(1) | 4. Read with comprehension a variety of first-grade narrative and informational texts, including recalling information and retelling a story with beginning, middle, and end. | | TC2(K-2) | 7. Use digital tools to access and retrieve information. |
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| Primary Learning Objective(s): |
Students will listen to a story and identify different types of animals encountered in the story. Students will orally discuss and then illustrate the sequence of events of the story. |
| Additional Learning Objective(s): |
Students will use the Alabama Virtual Library with teacher assistance to locate information. |
| Approximate Duration of the Lesson: |
61 to 90 Minutes |
| Materials and Equipment: |
Multiple copies of text or the Big Book, The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle;
Time Graph (see web address under background/preparation);
crayons |
| Technology Resources Needed: |
Computer with Internet access, printer |
| Background/Preparation: |
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| Procedures/Activities: |
1.)Introduce and set purpose for the story.
2.)Read the story aloud.
3.)Discuss different animals that the ladybug encounters.
4.)Discuss the time that the ladybug encountered each animal.
5.)Distribute a graph to teach student and explain that they are to draw and color the animals that the ladybug beside the corresponding time from the story. Students may refer back to the Big Book or the multiple copies on their desks.
6.)Assist students individually at the computer in searching for information about their favorite animals from the story while others complete their graphs. ( Alabama Virtual Library: Searchasaurus) Assist students in going to the Alabama Virtual Library, clicking on "Searchasaurus" and then on "General Encyclopedia" and typing in the name of a favorite animal to look up.
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| Assessment Strategies: |
The teacher will check the graph for correct sequence of events. At a later date students will share one fact that they learned about a favorite animal from the story. |
| Extension: |
The students could complete a talents activity, for example: "I felt grouchy like the ladybug when ......." or additional ladybug art activities. |
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Each area below is a direct link to general teaching strategies/classroom
accommodations
for students with identified learning and/or behavior problems such as: reading
or math performance below grade level; test or classroom assignments/quizzes at
a failing level; failure to complete assignments independently; difficulty with
short-term memory, abstract concepts, staying on task, or following directions;
poor peer interaction or temper tantrums, and other learning or behavior problems.
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| Attention |
Using Groups and Peers |
| Assisting the Reluctant Starter
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Dealing with Inappropriate
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Be sure to check the student's IEP for specific accommodations. |
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