Lessons & Units :: Predicting Kindergarten Unit

Lesson 2: Picture Clues and Repeated Text

Lesson Plan

The Grouchy Ladybug | 560L

The Grouchy Ladybug
Learning Goal
Predict the outcome of a story using picture clues.
Predict the outcome of a story with repeated text.
Duration
Approximately 50 minutes
Necessary Materials

Provided: Independent Practice Worksheet
Not Provided: The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

  • Activation & Motivation

    Have students reference a weather report that includes picture clues. Predict what the weather will be like if the picture shows a sun and cloud or a cloud and rain.

  • Teacher Modeling

    will explain that when we make predictions, we look at the pictures in the book and think about what we already know. I will show the cover of The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle and make a prediction based on the cover. Say, “The title describes the ladybug as grouchy, and when I look at the ladybug’s face, I notice that she has a grouchy face that does not look happy. I know when I feel grouchy, I am not happy and I feel a little annoyed and angry with people. Maybe this book will be about a ladybug that is angry with her friends.” I will begin reading The Grouchy Ladybug, stopping after the second page. I will model making a prediction about what the ladybug will be grouchy about.

    TIP: Visually support students so that they can understand time by showing the time on a clock as you tell the story.

  • Think Check

    Ask: "How did I make a prediction about the ladybug in the story?" Students should respond that you looked at the pictures and thought about what might happen based on the pictures.

  • Guided Practice

    will read The Grouchy Ladybug, stopping at the page with the rhinoceros. We will make a prediction of which animal we think the ladybug will meet next and what time the ladybug will meet the next animal. We will discuss how we made our predictions based on pictures and text.

  • Independent Practice

    will listen to The Grouchy Ladybug, stopping after the whale slaps the ladybug back to land. You will draw a picture of what you think will happen to the ladybug. (Independent Practice is provided.)

Build Student Vocabulary arrived

Tier 2 Word: arrived
Contextualize the word as it is used in the story The grouchy ladybug arrived right back where it had started from.
Explain the meaning student-friendly definition) To arrive is to get to a place. When the ladybug arrived, it reached the place where it had started.
Students repeat the word Say the word arrived with me: arrived
Teacher gives examples of the word in other contexts The package I ordered arrived in the mail today. My birthday finally arrived, and I got to open my presents. Because the bus broke down, the students arrived at school late.
Students provide examples Tell me about a time you arrived somewhere. Start by saying, “I arrived _________________________.”
Students repeat the word again. What word are we talking about? arrived
Additional Vocabulary Words across, stretching

Build Student Background Knowledge

After teaching the lesson, verify the students' predictions by reading the end of the book. Then, explain that aphids are plant lice—tiny green bugs that destroy plants and crops on farms. Beetles are the natural enemy of aphids and eat them, like in the book. Farmers like to have ladybugs and beetles around to eat up the aphids that might destroy their plants and vegetables.

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User Comments

Thanks!

Submitted by jbirnberg_1156184 on 9/18/16

These lessons are just right for my Kinders and align with the standards. Thank you!

Submitted by ladydye on 2/20/16