Lesson #1 : Watch Me Move

Rationale

The purpose of this lesson is for the children to cultivate a love for reading and to expose them to the different purposes of the internet and its online tools (YouTube for this specific lesson plan). As stated before, many young children are exposed to some type of digital media in their home environment, however, it has been found that their understanding of how the internet works is very minimal. They are unable to recognize that retrieving information or using it as a means of communication was also an aspect of the internet (Dodge, Husain & Duke, 2011). Therefore, they will explore different types of books in their library center and will be introduced to books online as well. They will use and appreciate books and other texts through different medium. The children should be able to retell stories and recount details from theses informational texts. They will also learn how to make connections to the characters in the books to real life scenarios.

Curriculum Areas

Language and Literacy

Suggested Frameworks

TEA (Texas Education Agency) State Standards:

Motivation to read skills:

*Child enjoys being read to and knows when a favorite story has a part left out.

*Child enjoys looking at books and telling a story from the pictures or from memory.

Comprehension and Text Read aloud skills:

*Child interacts with a story as it is being read aloud.

*Child interacts with books by describing what is seen/read in the book.

*Child asks and answers age appropriate questions about the book.

ISTE Standards:

3) Knowledge Constructor

c) Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifact that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

1. List all the animals that they read in the book.
2. Recall the colors of the animals and the alphabets the name of each animal begin with.
3. Discuss how the animals move and compare the movements to their own movements.
4. Dramatize the various ways animals move.

Vocabulary

Movement, Action, Difference, Similarity, Sit, Walk, Run, Jump, Leap, Fly, Swim, Lick

Preparation and Prerequisites

• Have the children do some stretching exercises.
• Sing the alphabet song and go over the alphabet chart.

Time Needed

• 60-minute session

Material and Equipment

• The physical book of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle (see Appendix A)
• Amazon Fire tablet to view YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaDDsT9IAWc Brown Bear, Brown Bear (text to music with book art) by Timothy Ryan (see Appendix B)
• Alphabet chart (see Appendix C)
• Pictures of the animals from the book (see Appendix D)
• Cutouts of the animals from the book (see Appendix E)
• Flash cards of the words: Sit, Walk, Run, Jump, Leap, Fly, Swim, Lick (see Appendix F)
• Homework worksheet connecting letters to the animals (see Appendix G)
• Letter magnets
• Pencils

General Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Gather the children on the reading mat and have them sit down. Explain to the children that they will be reading a book two different ways. First by using a physical book and then by ‘reading’ the same book online through music.
2. Explain that they will be learning about the different animals in the book and the colors and movements portrayed.
3. Ask them to observe any letters that they may recognize in the book.
4. Encourage them to observe the picture in each page and anticipate what might happen next.
5. First read the physical book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? out loud.
6. Explain to them that the internet is being accessed to look up another version of the book online and that there are different ways to read a book. Then use the tablet to view the YouTube video of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, (text to music with book art) by Timothy Ryan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaDDsT9IAWc
7. Encourage the children to sing along with the music.
8. Ask them what they liked about reading from the book and reading the book online.
9. Introduce the children to the two learning centers they will be participating in:
10. Letter-sound recognition (Animals): One teacher here will show the pictures of the various animals and have the children sound out what letter they begin with. The children can use the letter magnets for assistance.
11. Letter-sound recognition (Colors): One teacher here will ask the children to color the pictures of the animal cut outs and ask to sound out the letter the colors begin with. The children can use the letter magnets for assistance.
12. After completing the activities in the two centers, gather the children back to the reading mat and ask them if the activities were easy or difficult and allow for a brief discussion.
13.  Introduce the following words: Sit, Walk, Run, Jump, Leap, Fly, Swim, Lick using the flash cards.
14.  Ask for student volunteers to demonstrate each of the verbs.
15.  Ask them if they remember which animal performed which action and if each animal can perform more than one action.
16.  As them which movements are similar to what they do in their every day lives and what is different.
17.  Make all the children at the same time dramatize each movement and other actions not portrayed in the book.
18. Place homework worksheets in each child’s bag for practice.

Assessment

Formative assessment:

In their learning centers, check to see if each child is able to sound out the letters that correspond with the the pictures of the animals and colors. Notate who is having any difficulty and correct them immidiatley. Check to see if they are able to comprehend the words ‘Sit, Walk, Run, Jump, Leap, Fly, Swim, Lick’ and mimic the actions.

Summative assessment:

Provide the children worksheets for homework to write which letter corresponds to the animal they read about in the book. Assess the homework the following week when they are returned.

Proceed to Lesson #2

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