CONCEPT MAP- Corduroy

Corduroy

Students will write an opinion on a story they read/listen to and they will include a beginning middle and end. They will also have to have a concluding statement to sum up everything that they wrote.

STANDARD: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

              STORY TIME!

I will introduce the story to the students by showing them a teddy bear with buttons,talk about their special "friends" they have at home and then show them the book. I will read it aloud to them and have them raise their hands and answer questions about the beginning, middle and end.

A. Have students come to carpet time and talk about the characters and introduce the story.

B. They will participate in active listening as I ask them questions throughout the story and at the end.

   MOVIE TIME!

The students will open the link on their screen and watch the story corduroy with headphones on in groups of three or four.

A. Students will get in groups of three or four and they will watch the story on the computer.

B. After finishing the movie, students will answer 5 short questions and write a summary on their favorite part.

  Super Why Comic Book Adventure

Students will help Super Why stop the evil eraser from erasing words out of the book and they can make the story go in order from beginning to end.

A.    The students will play this game on the computer to work on their comprehension skills.

B.    They will actively work with the character Super Why to help find missing pieces of the story and add them back in.

  Find that button!

Children will take home the bear that they cut out and put together in class and find him some buttons just like the bear did in the story.

A.    Students will have mixed pieces of a bear, cut them out and pin them together.

1.    They will have help making sure the arms and legs are pinned in the right spot so the bears arms and legs can move.

B.    They will take the bear that they glued home and find him buttons for homework..

1.    The students will find objects at home, for example, fruit loops, pennies, ect.

    Eyesight Challenge

When finished with all of their activities, they will play this game and look for the items in the picture, just like Corduroy went through the department store looking for his button.

A.    Students will go to the website and play the game to find the hidden objects.

B.    Each time the level will bump up and they will have less time to find the items.