Title: Who am I
Grade: 2nd
Objectives: To learn more about the students and to understand and explain synonyms and antonyms of things they like and dislike in a format that requires students to listen, speak, read, draw, and write.
Standard:
Reading. 1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development.
Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.7 Understand and explain common antonyms and synonyms.
Writing Applications. 2.1 Write brief narratives based on their experiences: a. Move through a logical sequence of events.
ELD Standard - Writing Strategies & Applications. Write simple sentences appropriate for language arts and other content areas
Listening and Speaking. 1.1 Determine the purpose or purposes of listening (e.g., to obtain information, to solve problems, for enjoyment). 1.4 Give and follow three- and four-step oral directions.
ELD Standard – Listening & Speaking. Ask and answer instructional questions using simple sentences. Listen attentively to stories/information and orally identify key details and concepts using both verbal and non-verbal responses.
Materials: Paper, pencils and crayons, poster board picture of a flower and weeds with all student names, and a kush ball.
Intro: Intro: Start out speaking in a monotonous voice. What is wrong with the way I speak and write?
1. My speech was boring because I did not change the sound of my voice or manner in which I said the words. Very boring.
2. When I described my wife and son. How much did I tell you about them? Not much.
Lets start over:
Describe myself, my wife and my son. Include details on both, for example my son is in first grade. He loves to play hockey, box and play with bakugan.
Ok, now it’s your turn to tell me something about yourself. But guess what? You are going to tell me about you and your family without speaking or writing. How are you going to do this?
Have them turn their paper over for the drawing.
Show them from my son’s perspective how to draw their family. If they live with their grandparents and their parents live in another house they should draw two houses.
Guided Practice: Now turn your paper over and I want you to tell me about 2 things you like and 1 thing you don’t like. Write a synonym for at least one of the things you like and an antonym for the thing you do not like. Show them examples of synonyms and antonyms for my likes/dislikes. When you finish please raise both of your hands so I can collect your paper and then you can help others at your table complete their sentences. When your entire table is done all at the table should raise both hands. After that we are going to play a game.
If one team finishes early you can begin putting the likes and dislikes of each student on the large drawing. Each of you will then be asked to read another students story and select a synonym and antonym of something that student likes. You will then select the next student to select synonyms and antonyms by tossing a sock to another student.
Independent Practice: The students should write synonyms on their papers of things they like and antonyms of things they dislike.
Closure: Assemble all the kids in a circle so they can see a picture of a flower and weeds. Randomly throw a soft kush ball to one child and have him/her read another students likes and dislikes. Ask that student who wrote the paper to name a synonym for something they liked and an antonym for things they dislike. Let the kids randomly throw the ball to one another to select the next speaker.