Teacher: Ms. Janet Lynn Peck
Lesson Title: Making a Story and Following Directions
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Time: 2 minutes for introduction
10 minutes to divide into groups and get books
20 minutes to observe books and share with the class
18 minutes for Student Participation Activity
10 minutes for closure activities
TOTAL: 60 minutes
Grouping: The entire lesson will be done in pairs
Objective of Lesson: North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Mathematics
Competency Goal 1: The learner will recognize, model, and write
numbers through 10.
1.06 Use ordinals first through fifth.
Competency Goal 2: The learner will explore concepts of geometry
and non-standard measurement.
2.04 Model and use directional and positional words.
English Language Arts
Competency Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and
skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
2.01 Demonstrate sense of story (e.g., beginning, middle, end,
characters, details).
Information Skills
Competency Goal 1: The learner will EXPLORE sources and formats for
reading, listening, and viewing purposes.
1.05 Demonstrate sense of story (e.g., beginning, middle, end, characters,
details).
Arts Education: Theater Arts
Competency Goal 4: The learner will direct through planning and presenting
informal and formal productions.
4.03 Listen and respond to directions and side coaching in dramatic
activities.
Materials:
Books with detailed pictures on the front cover (one for each
pair)
Motivation:
Inform the class that today will be a lot of work in pairs.
They will be looking at a cover and making up a story to fit the picture
on the cover and then playing following the leader but with directions
instead of following the motions. Also let the class know that if
everybody participates and is on task, we might even have time to play
a short game.
Statement of Objectives:
The student will review the parts of a story (beginning, middle,
and end). The students will also develop a story line of their own
using the picture on a cover of the book. The students will also
have practice in giving directions and following them using directional
cues and ordinals.
Procedure:
Instruction:
Dive the class into groups of two. Once the students have
chosen a partner, allow one person from each group to come to the front
of the room and pick out a book for their group and return to their desks
with the book. Ask the students not to open the book and just look
at the picture on the cover. You will need a book as well for a model.
Give the students a few minutes to discuss with their partner what is happening
on the cover. Show the class your book and give the assignment.
The assignment is to make a story using the picture on the cover as the
middle part. Therefore the students need to come up with the beginning
and end. Do not allow the students to open the book. This activity
will allow them to be as creative as they want. Make up a scenario
with the book you have and tell the classes about it as a model so they
can know where they are suppose to be going with this activity. Allow
the students to talk about the ideas for a few minutes. Bring the
class together again and have each pair stand, show their book, and briefly
tell their story. Encourage the students to use the ordinals and
other concepts we have learned when talking about the stories.
Student Participation:
During this part of the lesson, student will have the opportunity
to give and follow directions. Still in the pairs, have one person
be the talker and one be the mover. The talker will give directions
to t he mover. For instance, he/she may ask his/her partner to stand
up, sit down, touch his/her toes, turn in circle, walk forward, walk backward,
turn to the left/right, etc. You will need to pick a student out
of the class and demonstrate this activity before you turn the children
lose to work. The mover is not allowed to speak; only the talker
is. After a few minutes have the students switch places so the mover
is now the talker and vice versa. After each student has had a turn,
now do the activity again but nobody is allowed to talk. The “talker”
now must give directions through movement. Then allow the students
to switch roles. Bring the class back together and ask them how they
felt. Let the children tell about their experiences and things they
had to do.
Closure:
For closure, you may want to read a short story and review the
parts of a story to wind the kinds energy down. Also another activity
or playing “Mother May I” or “Simon Says” will review with directions and
ordinals. Tell the students that tomorrow they will be making a book
and having a scavenger hunt.