Lessons & Units :: Predicting Kindergarten Unit

Lesson 1: Repeated Text

Lesson Plan

The Very Busy Spider | 130L

The Very Busy Spider
Learning Goal
Predict the outcome of a story with repeated text.
Duration
Approximately 50 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided: Independent Practice Worksheet
Not Provided: The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

  • Teacher Modeling

    will explain the meaning of predicting (guessing what will happen next). I will read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle aloud, stopping after the page with the sheep. I will model predicting by saying: “I think there will be another animal that comes and asks the spider to do something. I predict that this will happen because it has already happened three times and there seems to be a pattern.”

  • Think Check

    Ask: "Why did I predict that there will about another animal that comes to the spider?" Students should respond that you thought about what happened before and this had already happened three times in a row.

  • Guided Practice

    will continue to read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle and predict what the spider will say to each animal that approaches her. We will stop reading at the page with the rooster. Note: You will need to cover the pages that tell the reader what the spider says.

  • Independent Practice

    will illustrate and write what you predict will happen after the rooster asks the spider if she wants to catch a fly. (Independent Practice Worksheet is provided.) Note: You will need to cover this page in the book so that students do not see the actual outcome until they have completed the Independent Practice.

Build Student Vocabulary thread

Tier 2 Word: thread
Contextualize the word as it is used in the story The spider used a long thread from her body to spin a web.
Explain the meaning student-friendly definition) A thread is a long, thin string. Spiders spin special thread from their bodies. They use this thread to make their webs.
Students repeat the word Say the word thread with me: thread.
Teacher gives examples of the word in other contexts Thread can be made into cloth. This morning I had a long thread hanging from my shirt that I needed to cut off.
Students provide examples See if you can find some thread on your clothes. Tell me about it by saying: “I found some thread on my ________.”
Students repeat the word again. What word are we talking about? thread
Additional Vocabulary Words busy, meadow

Build Student Background Knowledge

Before beginning the lesson, explain that you are going to read a book about spiders. Spiders eat meat, like we do. They have eight legs and make silk in their stomachs. They use that silk to spin webs that catch the insects that they eat.

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