Lesson 1
Objective:
Students will analyze story elements and make comparisons after listening to the story,
(Guided Practice-whole group activity)
Materials:
ü Big Book “From Here to There”
ü World Map
ü Introduce the big book, From Here to There.
& talk about story elements (title, author, and illustrator/characters/setting)
& talk about story elements (title, author, and illustrator/characters/setting)
(Independent Practice–pair work)
Materials:
ü Worksheet- outline map of the United States of America
ü Have students find where Maria lives on the map.
ü Give students an outline map of the United States of America
ü Help students find and label Texas (Maria’s state) & Maryland (their state) on the map
ü Have students draw Maria & themselves on their map.
ü Make comparisons (Ss & Maria live in the same country and continent, planet.
Ss & Maria live in a different house, street, town, and state.)
Objective:
Students will complete inverted pyramids to organize places from the smallest to the biggest.
(Guided Practice-whole group activity)
Materials:
ü Picture cards of where Maria lives and where students live – 1copy
ü Graphic organizer -Big inverted pyramid graph – 2 copy
Both inverted pyramids have five sections. For each pyramid, I made five pictures that were the same size. I placed Velcro on the back of each picture so that they would stay on the inverted pyramid chart. I wanted to help them understand the concept of size by seeing spatial representations of these ideas.
ü Model how to organize ideas.
T: ”This story tells where Maria lives. Each place we see is bigger than the place before. “
ü Through the Big Book, name each place and display a picture of each place on the pyramid, from the smallest at the bottom to the largest at the top.
ü Show where we live from the biggest to the smallest place through Prezi.
ü Help Ss make a pyramid showing where they live.
ü Provide copies of an inverted pyramid.
üHave Ss make their own pyramid.
I made this presentation to show the connections between places, from biggest to smallest -planet, country, state, town, and home. Each picture slide shows the next step as a small image that you can click on to zoom in to the next level, for example from planet to country. It also includes both pictures and text so that I could ask students to read the captions as a way of incorporating multiple intelligences.
(Independent Practice–pair work)
Materials:
ü Graphic organizer - Individual inverted pyramid graph
ü Provide copies of an inverted pyramid.
ü Have Ss make their own pyramid.
Inverted Pyramid
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ReplyDeleteI really like your idea of the inverted pyramid. Many students have misunderstandings about where they live and how it relates to the state, country and world. The inverted pyramid makes the concept of location clearer for students.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. Yes, my young English learners had difficulty understanding the concept of locations. I learned Prezi presentation in one of the workshops. Wow, I love using Prezi.:):)
DeleteCool idea! I wish I can have the chance to learn Prezi. Could you let me know the infomation about the workshops?
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This lesson is a great example of how to help young learners make text-to-self and text-to-world connections drawing them close to the text and having them see themselves or their places from the bigger worlds. Especially, I like the Prezi presentation, which should help students easily visualize the multiple layers of the place they belong to.
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