Lesson 1: Sequencing The Three Little Pigs

Candidate: Kelsey Kinard Date /Time of Lesson: 2/15/13 1:00 pm School: Early Childhood Center Subject: Reading Literature

L#: L00174596 Grade Level: 4K Cooperating Teacher: Shannon Balentine Lesson Title: Sequencing The Three Little Pigs

Curriculum Standard(s) Addressed: PKRL2: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

Cross Curricular Connections: Music and movement will be integrated into the lesson through a song and finger play based on The Three Little Pigs story.

Instructional Objective(s) Criteria: Given a set of sequencing cards, the students will successfully sequence the events of The Three Little Pigs after the story has been presented to them.

Assessment(s) of the Objective: Pre-assessment: Question a random selection of students in the class and ask if they know what a fairy tale is. Play the song based on the story a few days in advance to see who remembers the Three Little Pigs story. Post-assessment: Have the students break into teacher led small groups and use picture cards to retell the story. Ideally, each student will get a card and put it in the correct order of events. The students can collaborate during this activity. The teacher will use an assessment sheet to record which students have difficulty with the activity.

Materials: - The Three Little Pigs book - CD for the song - CD player or computer - 3 sets of sequencing cards - assessment sheets - pencil

- SMARTboard for the video to go with the song

Prerequisites: The students need to understand that stories are made up of events. The students also need to be familiar with the story being shared.

Procedures: 1) Remind the students that in a story, a series of events happen and these events happen in a specific order. 2) Introduce fairy tales (type of story, follows pattern of once upon a time and happily ever after, includes magic, made up/fiction used to teach a lesson) 3) Give some examples of popular fairy tales. 4) Read the book The Three Little Pigs. 5) Reiterate the main events of the story. 6) Play the song. Allow students to do the motions while the teacher operates the SMARTboard video. 7) Restate the main events of the story again using the sequencing cards that they will use in small group. 8) Split into three small groups for the activity 9) Go through the sequencing activity cards together as a small group. 10) Give each student a card or two and let them place the card in the correct place. 11) Allow each student to retell then story using their own words while looking at the cards. 12) Assess the students comprehension by taking notes during the activity. 13) Later more stories can be introduced with the same objective.

Accommodations: Provide preferential seating for students with vision or attention problems during the whole group instruction. For those who dont comprehend the concept of sequencing events, individual instruction can be given during free time.