There are lots of options in this story time lesson for you to adapt to your class's needs. Songs, poems, stories, videos... because this is more academic and less "fun" than some of our weeks, have a back up plan for what to do if one segment of the story time isn't engaging the kids.
Intent: The lasting contributions of Dr. King are the focus of this week’s lesson. We celebrate his life in a positive way, throwing a party to thank him and celebrate his life and deeds. Students start selecting books with shelf markers this week, too!
THIS WEEK’S TEKS:
1 a, c, f, g Print
Awareness
2
b, c, e, i Rhymes &
Phonological Awareness
3
a Phonics
4
a, b Prediction &
Reading Strategies
6
a, Story Elements
7 Poetry
8
a, b Retell Stories,
Story Elements
9 Author’s Purpose
10
b, c, d Predict, Evaluate
& Retell Stories
12
a, b identify various forms &
techniques of media
18
a Oral &
Written Conventions
19
a Generate
Questions
20
a Whole Group
Research
21
a, b Library Procedures
RC(fig19)
a,b,d,f,e Read Assorted
Literature, Generate Questions,
Whole
Group Research, Predictions/Inference,
Pair
Fiction & Non-Fiction, Retell and Summarize Stories
Reading
Comprehension
n/a Book Selection
1. INTRODUCTION
a.
Welcome
Song: Welcome to the Library (To “London
Bridge is Falling Down.”)
Welcome to the library, library,
library.
Welcome to the library, please come
inside and read.
We’re glad to have you here today, here
today, here today.
We’re glad to have you here today,
today’s a special day.
Welcome Song 2 : Shake My Sillies Out(because we’re going to do a
bit of sitting, let’s be active first!)
I’m gonna
shake shake shake my sillies out,
and
wiggle my worries away
(sing as
many times as you need to to tire them out a little!)
c. Set Library Behavioral
Expectations: (reinforce / commend
examples)
e. Word of the Week: (Forms a cornerstone of the
lesson, aids in understanding and connecting text themes)
i.
English:
FAIR – fairness is when things are equal, and people are playing by the rules Say
it, syllabicate it, spell it in the air.
ii.
Spanish: equitativo
EK-ee-ta-TEE-vo
iii.
ASL
(American Sign Language.) Sign language is a real language where people
use their hands to communicate. Here is the sign for fair, or equal: hold your fingers out strait (so they make a
90-degree angle-model this don’t say it!) from your palms. Now touch your fingertips together so they
are level and tap twice. That’s
equal! That’s it! http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi
f.
Intent & Agenda: Today we are celebrating a special
birthday: a man named Martin Luther King
Jr. Next Monday, our whole school will
be closed and you will have an extra holiday, so today we will find out today
who Dr. King, the person we honor next Monday, was, and we will celebrate his
birthday together.
2. STORY #1: We Remember Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholastic Weekly Readers Make-A-Book Level
K, January 2003. (Accessed January 13,
2014, from Ebsco Searchasaurus.)
a.
Pre-reading: This is a non-fiction book: help students predict it
will be about facts, not stories. It’s
also very tiny, so making multiple copies or snuggling is a good idea.
b.
READ: illustrations are a great match to text in
this book- point out examples of how people in the illustrations are doing the
things mentioned in the text.
c.
Reflection: How Are They Getting Along? The big idea of this book is
about GETTING ALONG, treating each other kindly. Look at the extension activity of pg. 8 of
the book and find examples of people “getting along.” (Sharing computer, smiling, talking to each
other in a friendly way…) How do we get along with others here at school? Ask for responses.
d.
Activity:
choice of song
May
There Always be Friendship
May there always be friendship, song and
motions.
MLK Song Sung to “Farmer in the Dell”
Oh, Martin Luther King, Oh, Martin
Luther King
He said I have a dream, Oh, Martin
Luther King.
Oh what is Martin’s dream? Oh, what is Martin’s dream?
He dreams we’ll all be friends, Yes,
that is Martin’s dream.
3. POEM: Choice from two
(Song…) Make new friends, but keep the old,
one is silver and the other gold.
A circle
is round, it has no end, that is how long I will be your friend.
Classic song, classic rhyme.
All the Colors of the Earth by Shiela
Hamanaka (William Morrow, 1994.)
This poem-book has great pictures
and a great message- it also segues nicely into the garland activity later in
the day.
4. Resource 2: PebbleGo Social Studies:
Holidays: MLK Jr. Day (accessed from databases January 13, 2014)
Pre-reading: Now that we know a little about the life of
MLK, let’s learn some more about the holiday
Read: Use vocabulary of technology, like
“cursor” “webpage” “text” “graphics.”
Take time to look at definitions of unknown words and answer questions.
Reflection: What will we do
on MLK Day to make the world a more loving, kind, peaceful place (Ideas- smiling, vowing not to fight
with siblings, helping parents, saying thank you and please all day, holding
doors open for people, calling a loved one who lives far away, cleaning up
trash, donating used goods to needy…)
Extension: I Celebrate MLK: song by “Harry
Kindergarten” on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQy1o6JVPIQ
accessed January 13, 2014
5. ACTIVITY (pick one)
a. Birthday Garland:
student pick a color representing all the colors of people of the world,
teacher writes their wish for peace on it and connects it to the other chains
in the garland. (I have also seen this
done where hands were cut out of multicolored paper and stapled together, but I
didn’t find a cutout that would work at school- maybe you have one!)
b. Dream + Coloring Page http://printncolor.coolphotos.in/color/mlk-mini-book-jan-brett-coloring-pages.html
c. Ring Bells of Freedom- sing “happy
birthday” to MLK, then ring bells for him.
6. Check out books
Yay!
Students learn about shelf markers today and choose books from the
specially-arranged-by-genre cart with help of the library aide. We’re on our way to getting books the “real”
way!
7. Conclusion
a. Circle:
i. review intent
ii. word of week in English,
Spanish, and ASL.
iii.
closing song (stays the same all year) open shut them open shut
them raise your hands up high. Open shut
them open shut them wave and say goodbye.
b.
Line Up By… Every week, we line up according to different criteria, makes
kids pay attention, work on grouping, differentiating among options. (This
week, people with Nonfiction vs. E books, SP)
Websites I
found helpful in making this lesson:
Need
to find another book?
Same,
Same But Different
Martin’s
Big Words by Doreen Rappaport. Hyperion, 2001. Great book, a little over the heads of a
kindergarten class, but you could use it for 1st grade and up or for
individual reading to your own kindergarten child.
Yo? Yes! Chris
Raschka Simple book teaches acceptance
and friendship despite language barriers.
KoKo Rosemary
Wells: I haven’t read this one, but the KoKo series shows diversity and
multiculturalism and each book generally teachers a character lesson (lying,
teasing, laziness) in a positive and gentle way.
The crayon box that
talked. Many activities about this
book, making the analogy of different colors living in harmony in the crayon
box, each with its own contribution.
American
Holidays: Martin Luther King Day =
Celebraciones en los estados unidos:
Natalicio de Martin Luther King Jr.
Excellent bilingual book with big photos and simple words. PebbleGo is more interactive, but if you
don’t have an online encyclopedia that’s appropriate, this would be a great
option.
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