Week #1
Lesson Plan - Appreciating Literature
Common Core Standards Addressed:
RL.2.1.Ask and answer such questions aswho, what, where, when, why, andhowto demonstrate understanding of key details in a text
RL.2.3.Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
RL.2.4.Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
SL.2.2.Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Students will be able to:
· Identify and read repetitive phrases from the story
· Identify the main character, setting, and problem in the story
· Infer from illustrations how the bear solves the problem
· Develop an opinion about whether they liked the ending of the story
Materials:
1. I Want My Hat Back by John Klassen
2. Sentence strips with phrases “OK. Thank you anyway.” and “Have you seen my hat?” written in black and “No. I haven’t seen your hat.” written in red.
3. Smart document with t-chart with headings “How do you predict bear will solve his problem?” and “How bear really solves his problem.”
4. Smart document with t-chart with headings “In my opinion, I like how the story ends” and “In my opinion, I do NOT like how a story ends.”
Procedure:
1. Ask students to think of one special item they have that they would be very sad to find was missing. After 5 seconds of thinking in their heads, they should turn-and-talk to a partner.
2. Introduce the book I Want My Hat Back by John Klassen and begin reading. Stop after a few pages to fill in Main Character, Setting, and Problem on smart board. While reading, encourage students to read repetitive phrases chorally. Use sentence strips to provide visual support.
3. Just before the surprise ending, ask students to predict how the bear is going to solve the problem. Record a few ideas on t-chart.
4. Read surprise ending. Discuss what happens. They will need to infer the ending based on the illustration. Refer to the t-chart and write (or reveal) the real solution.
5. Then ask students to develop an opinion about whether they like the way the story ended and why. Think for 30 seconds and then turn-and-talk with a partner.
6. Then, one at a time, students come to the board to vote for either “In my opinion, I like the way the story ends.” or “In my opinion, I do NOT like the way the story ends.”
7. If time permits, play “Have you seen my hat? Game” (source: www.candlewick.com “Read to Us! Story-Hour Kit”, Fall 2011). Model this activity after the well-known game “Hot Potato.” Find an object to represent bear’s hat. It could be something in the shape of a triangle or any item that is red. Have children sit in a circle. Begin by giving one child the item. Explain that the child with the item should turn to the person on his or her right and ask, “Have you seen my hat?” The other child should respond, “No.” The first child should say, “Okay. Thank you, anyway” and hand the item to the child who said “No.” Have children continue this routine until you say, “Stop.” The child left holding the item when you say “Stop” must sit in the center of the circle. At the end of the next round, the child left holding the “hat” should take his or her place in the center of the circle, and the process is repeated until the game is over.