Showing posts with label rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rules. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Various Versions of The Three Bears
Below you will find a list of some of my favorite versions of The Three Bears. You can use the stories with my lesson, Family Rules and Jobs or a unit on fairy tales.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Family Rules and Jobs
My most recent lesson plan uses the fairy tale, The Three Bears to learn about family rules and household jobs.
ENGAGE
Ask: Who are the members in the bear family? What kind of jobs do you think each family member has?
Read The Three Bears.
List characters, actions, and reasons on a chart tablet.
EXPLORE
State: Yesterday we discussed the members of the bear family. Who are the members of the bear family again?
List the 3 family members generically at the top of a chart tablet.
Ask: Who is the authority figure in the family? Who do you think is in charge? Why?
Star the authority figures in a home.
State: I bet the bears have different jobs depending on who they are.
What kind of jobs do you think Papa, Mama, and Baby have?
Watch the YouTube Video: Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Favourite Fairy Tales. It is posted on this site under fairy tales.
Discuss the characters (animal or people in the story) and setting (where the characters are).
State: After discussing jobs in a family and watching another version of The Three Bears,
What kind of jobs do the members in your family have?
List the jobs under the appropriate heading on the chart.
EXPLAIN
State: We have been talking about various jobs different family members might have.
Ask: Why do you think jobs are important? What are some reasons for having jobs? to earn money or to provide a service
Read different version of Three Bears.
Discuss different kinds of rules that might be important within a home.
Create a web with suggested responses.
When finished ask: What are some important reasons for having rules? to provide for order, security and a safe environment. How do these rules get enforced? time out, natural consequence, grounding, etc.
ELABORATE
Read another fracture fairy tale of The Three Bears.
Create a Venn Diagram comparing two different version of this classic fairy tale.
Discuss how some of the rules or jobs might be different for the characters of the various stories.
Consider creating a chart to list some of those differences.
EVALUATE
Review what has been learned about rules and jobs within a home. Ss will draw one important rule and one important job they have at home.
Read an alternate version of Three Bears.
Refer back to the original version. Use pictures in the pocket chart to sequence the story.
Demonstrate how to assemble the story into a retelling flip book.
Ss will create flip book and practice orally retelling the story with a partner. No need to color pictures.
ENGAGE
Ask: Who are the members in the bear family? What kind of jobs do you think each family member has?
Read The Three Bears.
List characters, actions, and reasons on a chart tablet.
EXPLORE
State: Yesterday we discussed the members of the bear family. Who are the members of the bear family again?
List the 3 family members generically at the top of a chart tablet.
Ask: Who is the authority figure in the family? Who do you think is in charge? Why?
Star the authority figures in a home.
State: I bet the bears have different jobs depending on who they are.
What kind of jobs do you think Papa, Mama, and Baby have?
Watch the YouTube Video: Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Favourite Fairy Tales. It is posted on this site under fairy tales.
Discuss the characters (animal or people in the story) and setting (where the characters are).
State: After discussing jobs in a family and watching another version of The Three Bears,
What kind of jobs do the members in your family have?
List the jobs under the appropriate heading on the chart.
EXPLAIN
State: We have been talking about various jobs different family members might have.
Ask: Why do you think jobs are important? What are some reasons for having jobs? to earn money or to provide a service
Read different version of Three Bears.
Discuss different kinds of rules that might be important within a home.
Create a web with suggested responses.
When finished ask: What are some important reasons for having rules? to provide for order, security and a safe environment. How do these rules get enforced? time out, natural consequence, grounding, etc.
ELABORATE
Read another fracture fairy tale of The Three Bears.
Create a Venn Diagram comparing two different version of this classic fairy tale.
Discuss how some of the rules or jobs might be different for the characters of the various stories.
Consider creating a chart to list some of those differences.
EVALUATE
Review what has been learned about rules and jobs within a home. Ss will draw one important rule and one important job they have at home.
Read an alternate version of Three Bears.
Refer back to the original version. Use pictures in the pocket chart to sequence the story.
Demonstrate how to assemble the story into a retelling flip book.
Ss will create flip book and practice orally retelling the story with a partner. No need to color pictures.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Why We Have Rules
Why do we have rules?
That is a question I posed to my kindergarten students and the responses where amazing:
There are several books and nursery rhymes that have helped me teach this concept to the children:
Below is the 5 E lesson plan I used in class.
ENGAGEMENT
Read Moongame. Discuss the rules of hide and go seek. Discuss problems that arise if someone doesn't follow the rules. For example: some peeks while counting.
*Language Arts Connection: Make a web with Bear in the middle. Have the children list all the things they know or can infer about Bear from reading the story.
At the end of the lesson, have children discuss with a partner rules they have at home. Then, students will draw a picture of one rule they have in their home.
EXPLORATION
Ask and discuss the following questions with students:
After students have completed the activity, have them share their rules with the class. They should also state why their rule is necessary in a school setting. The teacher should assist students in determining if the rule is for their safety or to provide order or security.
*Language Arts Connection: Create a T Chart with one side for Lilly's Actions and the other side for Reasons. For Example: Lilly showed her purse- she loved her new things so much she just couldn't stop thinking about them.
EVALUATION
*Many of these ideas are from my school district, but I have added to and modified each lesson to create a good fit for kindergarten students.
That is a question I posed to my kindergarten students and the responses where amazing:
- to keep us safe
- so people know what they can and cannot do
- to help us get along
- so the world doesn't go crazy.
There are several books and nursery rhymes that have helped me teach this concept to the children:
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
- Moongame
- How Do Dinosaurs Go to School
- Not in the House Newton
- Humpty Dumpty: on YouTube.
Below is the 5 E lesson plan I used in class.
ENGAGEMENT
Read Moongame. Discuss the rules of hide and go seek. Discuss problems that arise if someone doesn't follow the rules. For example: some peeks while counting.
*Language Arts Connection: Make a web with Bear in the middle. Have the children list all the things they know or can infer about Bear from reading the story.
At the end of the lesson, have children discuss with a partner rules they have at home. Then, students will draw a picture of one rule they have in their home.
EXPLORATION
Day One:
Watch Humpty Dumpty on You Tube. Then, hang up a poster of the rhyme and teach it to the class.Ask and discuss the following questions with students:
- At the beginning of the poem, what was Humpty Dumpty doing?
- What happened to Humpty?
- What did Humpty do wrong?
- What should Humpty have done differently?
- Why is it important to follow rules?
- What would happen if there were no rules in your home or at school?
- What if there were no laws in our community?
Day Two:
Ask: Why are rules necessity at school? Emphasis should be placed on the concept that rules establish order and provide safety and security.
Give each pair of students several picture cards and a piece of paper. Tell students that they are to chose their favorite picture and create a school rule that would apply to what is pictured on their card. Have students draw a picture of the rule or what would happen if the rule was broken.
After students have completed the activity, have them share their rules with the class. They should also state why their rule is necessary in a school setting. The teacher should assist students in determining if the rule is for their safety or to provide order or security.
Day Three:
Read Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Discuss what rules Lilly broke and how it effected everyone in her class.
Read Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Discuss what rules Lilly broke and how it effected everyone in her class.
Work as a team to create rules for the classroom. Allow students to sign the classroom rules chart as a pledge to follow them throughout the school year.
*Language Arts Connection: Create a T Chart with one side for Lilly's Actions and the other side for Reasons. For Example: Lilly showed her purse- she loved her new things so much she just couldn't stop thinking about them.
EXPLANATION
Discuss the following questions:
- Which rule do you think is the most important for students to follow? Why?
- Which rule do you wish did not exist? Why?
- Which rule will be the most difficult for you to obey? Why?
ELABORATION
Take students on a tour of the school and discuss the rules of each area. You may want to only visit 2-3 places a day until you have toured the entire school.EVALUATION
The student will use what they have learned about rules to orally share ideas about what a rule is and why rules are so important (provide safety, order, and security).
*Many of these ideas are from my school district, but I have added to and modified each lesson to create a good fit for kindergarten students.
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