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Thursday, September 20, 2012

WEDNESDAY WEEK AT A GLANCE - "Learning the Library" Lesson Plan

LEARNING THE LIBRARY (ARRANGEMENT/ORGANIZATION/CALL NUMBERS)

Yesterday I played a fun game with my students to help them learn where different sections of the library are.

This is what I did.
1.  Discuss "real mail" and what is written on the front of it:  (name and addresses)  Show them some real letters and mail that you have received.
2.  Hand out envelopes you have made with the name of a book and it's library call number on the front (address), such as 811 SIL, E HEN, FIC RIO, or REF 973, ETC......... books.
3.  Use books from all sections of the library in order  to teach all areas, such as REFerence, SPAnish, series, FIC chapter books, Biography, Everybody books (picture books), Easy Reader books, Caldecott and Newberry winners.
4.  Put a clue into the envelope, such as (It's a Poetry Book or a Caldecott winner or a map of the library with an X on the spot where it is located).
5.  Have students find and pull the book and show a friend.  The friend then has to trade books with the partner and each student has to re-shelf the book they end up with.
6.  Have the student use his shelf stick to save the place of where he/she found the "treasure-book".
7.  For a spin on it, only assign books about PIRATE things, like E SHA for "How I Became a Pirate" and REF 973 with a book mark in a page about pirate ships, non-fiction books about Pirates and a FIC chapter book from the Magic Treehouse Series about Pirates.
8.  I JUST MAY DO THIS A FEW WEEKS IN A ROW IN ORDER TO HELP STUDENTS "LEARN THE LIBRARY"

   

The students enjoyed this game and it was fast and they learned alot.  (15 minutes)
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Teacher or Librarian Lesson Plans for Sept. 11th.

TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11TH
(THANKS EDUCATION WORLD!!!)  


September 11: Lessons and Resources for Classroom Teachers

What are teachers doing to help their students understand the attacks that took place September 11, 2001? Education World has culled from the Web and listservs a list of possible resources. Included: Watch in the days ahead as we add new resources!
More September 11 Resources

Don't miss the following Education World resources:Helping Children Cope: Teacher Resources for Talking About Tragedy
Remembering September 11 Lesson Plans
Teaching About Islam, the Middle East
For millions of Americans, December 7, 1941, is inextricably linked to the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor. November 22, 1963, is instantly synonymous with John F. Kennedy's assassination. Now, Americans have one more dark day indelibly etched in our memories: September 11, 2001.
How can teachers help students put the events of September 11 into a meaningful context? Below, Education World has gathered background information, lessons and ideas that can help.

HOW WILL YOU RECOGNIZE THE ANNIVERSARY?

Schools will recognize the September 11 anniversary in many different ways. Some will honor the memory of those who died. Other teachers will engage students with lessons that challenge them to think or that help them put the events of September 11 in perspective.
Education World presents Remembering September 11, which includes five new lessons to help teachers reflect upon the September 11, 2001, attack on the United States. Those lessons keep alive the spirit of patriotism and tolerance stimulated by the events of 9/11. We also offer below a long list of online lessons and other resources to help make classroom observances more meaningful and inspiring.
Two more resources worth noting:
  • About Our Kids [archived copy] offers resources such as a school manual with practical steps for recognizing the anniversary of September 11.
  • The National Association of School Psychologists offersRemembering September 11 [archived copy], which includes "One Year Later" tip sheets for parents, adolescents, and teachers plusa list of do's and don'ts for memorial activities at school.

SEPTEMBER 11 LESSON PLANS

  • PBS: America Responds
    PBS offers a variety of lesson plans for educators. Those plans include A World At Peace (for grades 2-6), Tolerance in Times of Trial (grades 6-12), Emergency Preparedness (grades 6-8), Taming Terrorism (grades 9-12), and more.
  • Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attack
    The Education Development Center created this 25-page curriculum for middle and high school students in response to concern that the terrorist attacks created a hostile climate for Arab Americans -- much like the climate Japanese Americans faced following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • Who Are the Arab Americans?
    Activity ideas designed to challenge student misperceptions about people of Arab descent -- from the Web site Teaching Tolerance.
  • Dear Teacher: Letters on the Eve of the Japanese American Imprisonment
    A classroom lesson focused on letters sent by Japanese American middle school students to their teacher in the days following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
  • Reflecting on September 11
    The Constitutional Rights Foundation has assembled a series of online lessons designed to help young people deal with terrorism, reactions to tragedy, information and disinformation, civil liberties, Islamic issues, and international law.
  • Teaching September 11
    This lesson from PBS's Online News Hour provides classroom discussion resources for talking about the recent controversy over the 9/11 resources published for teachers on the NEA's Web site.
  • Helping America Cope
    This updated guide contains activities to help children cope with the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The guide is designed for use with children six to 12 years of age; however, many of the activities have effectively been adapted for use with older children.
  • Dealing With Tragedy in the Classroom
    WNET in New York City offers these activities to help students cope with loss and learn how to talk to on another about their feelings.
  • Legacy.com
    The New York Times presents this page, which provides lists of all those killed on September 11 and a National Book of Remembrance in which Americans can write their reflections about the events of September 11.
  • America Responds to Terrorism
    The Constitutional Rights Foundation has prepared online lessons, including September 11 -- How Did You Feel?, Fact Finders -- The Media During Times of Crisis, and Analyzing Rumors and Myths.
  • Understanding Stereotypes
    This lesson from Discovery.com teaches the ideas that assumptions can lead to stereotypes and unfair judgments about individuals and groups.
  • Lesson Plans About Terrorism
    This list from links to lessons comes from KidsClick.org.
  • Chain of Hope
    This news article from the St. Petersburg Times tells of a classroom lesson in which students created a "chain of hope." Students wrote personal messages on strips of red, white, and blue paper. They planned to send the chain to the New York City Fire Department.
  • Aaron Shepherd's Reader's Theater: The War Prayer
    "The War Prayer," a short story by Mark Twain, is presented in reader's theater format on this page from Aaron Shepherd's Web site. The script is appropriate for middle and high school students.
  • Another Day That Will Live in Infamy
    In this lesson from the New York Times Learning Network, students are encouraged to share, through discussion and writing, their feelings about September 11, 2001.
  • Hooray for Heroes
    This lesson challenges students to define what a hero is and to select a hero to spotlight.
  • Culture Matters Workbook
    Teachers and students in grades eight and up can benefit from this cross-cultural training workbook. It was developed by the Peace Corps to help new volunteers acquire the knowledge and skills to work successfully and respectfully in other cultures.
  • An American Tragedy: September 11, 2001
    TeacherVision.com's resources include a timeline of the events of September 11, a printable map of the four hijacked airliners' routes, news and informational articles, lesson plans, and more.
  • One Man's Freedom Fighter Is Another Man's Terrorist
    In this WebQuest, students determine the extent of the threat to the United States from terrorism, both domestically and internationally.
  • Preventing Terrorism on the Home Front
    In this lesson plan from CNN, students examine a report by the U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century. They analyze the recommendations of the bipartisan commission and defend or oppose the commission's recommendations.
  • Terror on Trial
    In this lesson plan from the New York Time Learning Network, students examine the motivations, goals, and actions of terrorist countries.
  • What About You?
    Teachers might use this short story about aliens to start a classroom discussion about prejudice.
  • MidLink Magazine's Resources for Helping Students Deal with Tragedy: Lessons and Curriculum
    This page offers links to a variety of lessons.
  • Pencil Flag
    Have students create their own "remember" pencil flags.
  • USA Activities
    ABCteach offers activities and other resources. Included: September 11th Bookmarks.
  • Teaching 9/11/01: Lesson Plans and Syllabi
    Links to lesson plans for all grades, compiled by the Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Issues (Dickinson College).
  • Global Connections: The Middle East
    PBS offers a rich collection of background articles, lesson plans, timeline, and other resources, which are indexed to help educators quickly find topics and materials that are most relevant for their classroom needs.
  • United We Stand
    Publisher Prentice Hall offers classroom lessons on understanding prejudice and students' responses to the terrorist attacks. (Click on Classroom Lessons and Resources at the bottom of the page.

ADDITIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 RESOURCES

  • In the Mix: The New Normal
    Resources to accompany a three-episode series of In the Mix, a weekly show for teens.
  • Muslim Students in the Classroom
    This teacher-created resource explains what Muslims believe and what to expect from the Muslim student.
  • Why Is My Loyalty Questioned?
    In this student-created Web site, parallels are drawn between how the Japanese were discriminated against in the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor and how the same thing happened to many Arab Americans in the aftermath of September 11.
  • America Responds
    Resources from PBS.
  • Children of September 11
    This children's page of the Families of September 11 Web site includes links to resources for teachers.
  • September 11 Through Children's Eyes
    A student-created Web site. The students visited New York P.S. 89, which is located a block from Ground Zero. The site shares their interviews with students and teachers and more.
  • A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, Muslims, and the Koran
    This Islamic guide for non-Muslims is rich in information, references, bibliography, and illustrations.
  • Life After 9/11
    Special reports from the PBS Online News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
  • Scholars of Islam and the Tragedy of September 11
    This Web page is produced through the cooperation of more than 50 professors of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
  • Global Connections
    This resource from Boston's PBS station, WGBH, offers a timeline of Middle Eastern history and resources for responding to six big-issue questions.
  • America Rebuilds
    A resource from PBS that documents the cleanup of the WTC site and planning for the future.
  • Why the Towers Fell
    This companion Web site to a NOVA (PBS) episode follows a team of forensic engineers during their in-depth investigation of the precise causes of the Twin Towers' collapse.
  • Heroes of Ground Zero
    This is the companion Web site to a WNET program that presents a candid account of the firefighters in two New York City firehouses as they struggle to cope in the aftermath of the tragedy.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

WEDNESDAY'S and THURSDAYS THEME (Sept 11TH) WEEK AT A GLANCE LIBRARY PLANS in Bullet Points... Easier for Me

For next week I have decided to look at my current lesson plans and create them into bullet points.  I've found that when I teach, I can't take a long paragraph and them teach from it.  If I have what I need to do in bullet points, it just makes so much more sense.  So I am going to take my Sept. 10- 14th lesson plans, copy them down here and bullet point them.  Hope it helps anyone using these plans!


Here is how it is going to look:



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"BULLET POINTS WAY"

September Week #1 - Library Policies and Procedures

1.  Library Rules - 
     R - RESPECT OTHERS AND PROPERTY
     U - USE A SOFT or SILENT VOICE
     L - LISTEN TO OTHERS WITH RESPECT (teacher and peers)
     E - ENJOY reading and BEING IN THE LIBRARY.  
     S - SHELF BOOKS CORRECTLY - put on cart if you can't reshelf it.

     IF YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING, RAISE YOUR HAND.
     IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM.....

2.  Who's been to the library?
      What did you notice? Quiet, helpers, tons of books, check out books, whispering...
      What else did you notice?

3.  NO checkout today.

4.  Fun things this year:
     book fairs
     read-a-thons
     book bucks
     book drive
     author visit
     book trade
     What would you like to do?

5.  Read:  "We Are In a Book" by Mo Willems 
      (show other books by him and stuffed puppets... Change voices for piggy and elephant.       Discuss with lots of laughter!)  


Other Resources:  Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, Ill. by Kevin Hawkes or Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes; other books to read the 1st or 2nd week are "David Goes to School" by David Shannon, "One" by Kathryn Otoshi, "Max Goes to the Library", "Goldisocks and the 3 Libearians", "The Library Lady",...

6.  Art Activity:  Draw and color your favorite story, with the name of the story writeen under.

Vocabulary:  borrow, check-out, check-in, librarian, procedures, rules, respect, REsponsibility, shelf sticks
***Optional Activity:  Read one of the books above and discuss why we need rules.  Review rules and practice them each week until students get them down.



September Week #2  Circulation - 
  • Review  policies and procedures with thumbs up/thumbs down game or red light green light sticks.
  • Demonstrate correct check in /out methods, using shelf sticks and using library materials appropriately.
  • Entering the library and checking in books.
  • finding a place to sit
  • Distribution of shelf sticks by students themselves.
  • NO FIGHTING WITH STICKS or NO CHECK OUT.
  • Standing in line to check out books.
  • The librarian checks out books to students.
  • Read in a comfy place after check out silently. REMEMBER SILENT MEANS SILENT.
  • Bring a book if you don't want to check out a book.
  • PRACTICE ALL OF THIS 2-3 TIMES.
  • FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS IF THERE IS TIME:  REVIEW A SHORT BOOK ON SEPT. 11TH OR THE TITANIC WHICH IS NOT SCARY  TO THEM.
  • FOR OLDER STUDENTS IF THERE IS TIME:  Review a book about Sept. 11th or the Titanic, while students listen with respect


For older students (Grades 3 and up.)  
Title:  September 11th Remembered
Library Objective:  To remember those who lost their lives, their heroic acts and celebrate the love we feel for America.  Check out Education World for many great lesson plans, highlighted in a future post on Sept. 8th, 2012.

Resources:  Here is a great new book that commemorates the 10th year anniversary of the falling of the towers.
  • Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  • Hardcover: 64 pages (summarize and paraphrase)
 America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell (Actual Times)

Others:

September 11, 2001: Then and Now (True Books: American History)

The Little Chapel that Stood

September 11, 2001 (Turning Points in U.S. History)

Vocabulary:  heroism, patriotic, commemorate




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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Literature and Library Lesson Plans - EXCELLENT!!!!

Literature Lesson Plans            Resources for School Librarians


Menu: Curriculum and Standards | Flexible Scheduling | Instructional Models | Assessment | Information Skills Units | Literature Units | Technology and Internet Units | Using Primary Sources |

Literature Units - Web Sites

General Literature and Lesson Plan Sites

Book Reports

Fables, Folktales, Fairy Tales
Genres
Literature Circles, Book Talks, and Storytelling
Poetry
Nonfiction

Plans for Special Subjects

Elementary Level
  • Texas Librarian - "Connecting Books, Reading Strategies and Lesson Plans for PreK-5 Librarians". This site also has nice lists of titles for the months of the year.
  • Book Related Printables - Links to sites for printable activities for mainly early elementary level books. From the BookLoons web site.
  • Children's Book Breaks - Craft ideas, bookmarks, and writing paper templates for early elementary children's books such as Arthur, Clifford, and others.
  • Picture Book Lesson Plans - From Grand View Public Schools.
  • Reading Rockets - a project to promote reading by early elementary age students. It is a collaboration between PBS and just about every other group concerned with early literacy. There is a section for librarians which may be found on the menu choice For Other Professionals. There are also a large number of articles - some with teaching activities.
  • Recent Read Alouds from the Grand View Elementary School Library - A year's worth of read alouds for grades 1 - 5.
  • Themes - From A to Z Teacher Stuff. There are activities for holidays, weather, back to school, authors, and more.
  • Caldecott Connections - List of winners and teaching ideas from Eduscapes.
  • Teaching Caldecott Winners - Some ideas from Scholastic.
  • Newbery Award Reading Project - For grades 5 and up.
  • The Wolf in Children's Books - For grade 3. Students learn the definitions of protagonist and antagonist, and also research wolves in nonfiction books. From Learn NC.
  • Puppets at Your Library - An introduction to their use.
Secondary Level
  • Literature Lesson Plans - From Discovery School. Most of these are on a high school level.
  • AdLit - All about adolescent literacy. This site is for teachers and parents of students in grades 4 - 12. There are sections on classroom strategies, and videos so that you can see these strategies in action.
  • Books R4 Teens - Book summaries, teaching ideas, related media and texts, and links to related web sites. This site is by the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Teen Read Week - in October.
Children's Books and Technology
Miscellaneous
  • Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book - This excellent site takes you step by step through the creation of the book Zoom Upstream, written by Tim Wynn-Jones and illustrated by Eric Beddows. The site visitor will learn how the author got his ideas, how the illustrator drew the pictures, and how the publishing company prepared the manuscript for publication. By the National Library of Canada.
  • Leaves of Gold - An introduction to medieval illustrated manuscripts. The Learning Center has teaching ideas. This site is by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

WEDNESDAY's WEEKLY LIBRARY PLANS: DECEMBER

To see my library plans for the year and each month, click on the tabs below my header.  As you can tell, I'm slowly redoing my curriculum and continue to update and add to each month.  I'm currently working my way through the December curriculum.  What do you think?  What is it missing?  I'm up for any suggestions or comments!!!!!!!!

 DECEMBER LESSONS:
BIOGRAPHIES  & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
CHRISTMAS

*Author Spotlight:  Jan Brett, Jerry Pinkney

 Week #1:  BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 
Library Objective:  Students will describe a biography and identify the biography section.

 Title:  “Susan B. Anthony” (You may do this lesson plan using any important or famous person you'd like.)
Resources:  Susan B. Anthony by Peter and Connie Roop; Chart or Bulletin Board Paper

Vocabulary:  Suffrage, Quaker, Women’s Rights Movement

Activity:  KWL Chart
Ask students:
What do you already know about Susan B. Anthony?
What do you want to know about Susan B. Anthony?
What are some things you would like to research?
How can we find information about Susan B. Anthony?

Read Susan B. Anthony by Peter and Connie Roop.
Listen for answers to their research questions.
Record the answers on the chart.

 Closure:  Read the chart
Discuss biographies and the biography section of the library.
Send students to the biography section to browse and checkout books.

*(I'M STILL WORKING ON THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY PART OF THIS LESSON).

 Week #2:  Author Study: Jan Brett. See this incredible web site:  http://www.janbrett.com/index.html  with many, many ideas for an author study of Jan Brett.

Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury: The Book  

Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury is a large and beautiful book. It measures just under 12" by 12" and is 256 pages long. As can be expected in a book by Brett, the illustrations are captivating. For the most part, they consist of large single or double page paintings, with wide frames. The frames themselves frequently include small scenes showing characters in activities that extend the story. The frames also serve to give the illusion of windows that allows readers a peak into another world. The unique artwork enables the artist to succeed in her goal of making readers believe "that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists."

Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury: The Stories

Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury contains seven of her most popular stories, each of which was originally published as an individual picture book. All of the stories take place in winter. Four are Christmas stories. These include beautifully illustrated versions of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and "The Night Before Christmas." While none of the stories touch on Christmas as a religious holiday, they do emphasize the Christmas spirit of generosity and sharing. Two of the stories both written and illustrated by Brett, "Trouble with Trolls" and "Christmas Trolls" feature Treva, a clever and kind little girl, who solves problems caused by the impish trolls who live in the woods. In "The Hat," Hedgie the hedgehog, who gets a woolen stocking caught on his head when it blows off of the clothesline, convinces all of the other animals that it's a hat and they need one, too. Other stories include "The Mitten," which is based on a Ukranian folktale, and "The Wild Christmas Reindeer."
Week #3:  Christmas and Happy Holidays
Read Aloud Book List: read Christmas classics and favorites this month
Christmas Trolls by Jan Brett
The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
Home for Christmas by Jan Brett
"Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Jan Brett
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett

 Here are as few other favorites:


Product Details

I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo 

and Walter Wick (Photographer) (Oct 1, 1992)

(40 customer reviews)


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Baby's Christmas (Golden Baby) by Esther Wilkin and Eloise Wilkin 

(Sep 11, 2012)








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The Christmas Story by Jane Werner Watson 

and Eloise Wilkin (Aug 1, 2000)

(14 customer reviews)


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What Is Christmas? by Michelle Medlock Adams 

and Amy Wummer (Sep 1, 2006)

(21 customer reviews)

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The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore 

and Mary Engelbreit (Sep 21, 2004)

(58 customer reviews)







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The Polar Express by Van Allsburg


Jerry Pinkney's - "The Lion and the Mouse" - This is a wordless picture book that is a Caldecott winner.  The illustrations are gorgeous.  Let the students look at each page quietly and have them write something for each page to describe what is happening.  (Essentially they will write the story.) 


 The Lion and the Mouse 

 by Jerry Pinkney

Jerry Pinkney’s book is the perfect example of  pictorial storytelling. The children love the beautiful illustrations, and they engage in discussing the details on each page.
Click on lion for lesson plans on making inferences.
Click on mouse for a mini-book template created by Laura Moore.
ANOTHER LESSON PLAN, ESPECIALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON...
This lesson introduces the idea of giving back. Students hear an oral retelling of "The Lion and the Mouse" and relate the ability of the mouse to help the lion with the empowerment of children to make a difference.

Duration:

One Thirty-Minute Class Period

Objectives:

The learner will:
  • tell an oral story (may use a storybook that doesn't have words).
  • compare the lion/mouse relationship with an adult/child relationship.
  • brainstorm the time, talent, and treasure children may have that can make a difference in the world.
  • describe the concepts of "giving back" and "paying it forward."

Materials:

Copy of the fable The Lion and the Mouse (see Bibliographic References).

Synopsis:

In the story "The Lion and the Mouse," the mouse is captured by a lion. The mouse convinces the lion to let him go so one day the mouse can help the lion. The lion feels kind and decides to let the mouse go. The mouse promises to repay the lion one day. The lion laughed, thinking, "what could a mouse do for me." Later, the lion is caught in a trap. When the mouse hears the lion roaring, he chews through the ropes to set the lion free. The lion learns that size and power are not the only strengths one may have.

Instructional Procedure(s):

Anticipatory Set:
Ask the students, "Do you think you can help someone who is bigger, stronger, or older than you?"  Listen to their ideas. Write some of their examples and sort their ideas into the following categories: talents, time, and treasure. For example, someone may share their talent for social media; share their time with a sick person; share their treasure in the form of a good book or food for lunch. Tell them the fable, The Lion and the Mouse, tells how someone very small helped someone very big and powerful.
  • Ask them to raise their hands if they have ever told or been told a story. Tell the students that people have been telling stories aloud for thousands of years, long before there were written books. Family and friends enjoyed hearing stories because they were interesting and because stories taught them about the world. 
  • Ask the students how books and stories make our lives better. Ask what they think it would be like if they didn't have easy access to books that tell stories or give them information.
  • Explain that you will be telling them a story rather than reading aloud. Students will use their imagination and picture the story in their heads if you are telling it without the picture book. If you are using the picture book that has no text, you may ask the students to participate in the storytelling as much as possible.
  • Tell the story to the class using engaging language and expressive voices.
  • Discuss the story
    What did the lion do for the mouse? Why?What did the mouse do for the lion? Why?Do you think the mouse would have helped the lion if the lion had not freed him? Why or why not?
    What do you think it means "to give back"?
    How is this a story about being good citizens?
  • Tell the students to compare and contrast a mouse and a lion (you may use a Venn diagram). Then ask the students how the mouse and lion are similar to a child and an adult. Ask, "what can a child do to help an adult?"
  • Discuss things children can do that are good for the community. Brainstorm the time, talent, and treasure children may have that can make a difference in the world.
  • Describe the concepts of "giving back" and "paying it forward." When someone does something nice for you, you can pass it on by doing something nice for someone else. Ask. "How does that make the wholecommunity better?"
  • Challenge the students to look for opportunities to help when it is not expected of them. Tell them to bring stories of helping in this way back to the classroom over the next couple weeks. Write a description of what they do on an index card and post the cards on a bulletin board.

Assessment:


Curriculum Connection:

Interdisciplinary: Have the children brainstorm animals. Write their suggestions in two side-by-side lists forming random pairs. Have the children suggest how the animal pairs could help each other. Have the children draw a picture of two animals helping each other. Label each picture with their description of "helping."
Science: Learn about the food chain. What is a possible food chain that includes a lion? What is a possible food chain for a mouse?

Cross-Curriculum Extensions:

Student Voice: Encourage students to be creative and find opportunities to give back that utilize their talents and interests.

Bibliographical References:

  • Pinkney, Jerry. The Lion and the Mouse. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0316013567
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