Harry the Dirty Dog (Sequencing Skill)

Content Objective
Students will demonstrate an understanding of sequence of events.
Language Objective
Students will use sequential language – first, next, then, last – and specific vocabulary (e.g. scrubbing brush, gave a bath) to retell the story.

(Warm-up)

watching online video of actor Betty White reading the story, “Harry the Dirty Dog” at

(Guided Practice-whole group activity)

Materials:

ü  a set of 4 pictures & 4 sentence strips enlarged

ü      Have students place pictures in sequential order.

ü      Have students read each sentence together

(because some of the words might be hard for 1^st grade ELLs to read)

(Independent Practice–pair work)

Materials:

ü                  A set of 4 sentence strips & 4 pictures in a zip bag

ü                  Graphic Organizer

ü                  Popsicle sticks that say “I’m a teacher!”

 

 

ü                  Give a pair of students a graphic organizer and 4 sentence strips & four pictures.

ü                  Have them collaborate to place pictures in sequential order.

ü                  Have one student play a teacher; the other, a student.

             T: “A person who gets a teacher stick will be a teacher.”

                 “Teachers are going to take out a piece of sentence strip out of the bag & ask your partner:”What does it say?”  “If your partner has trouble reading the sentence, you will help your partner read it.”

                 “Then, you are going to ask another question:”Where does it go?”

ü                  Have them collaborate to place sentence strips in sequential order

(Teacher will monitor if students are working together.)

üCheck the order of the sentences in a whole group before students glue their sentences on the graphic organizer.

ü       Have each student retell the story looking at those four pictures on the board.

(Lead him/her to use sequential words, First, Next, Then, and Last.)

While a student is retelling, other students are listening to him/her in order to evaluate his/her story using a speaking rubric.

(Interactive Writing)

Graphic Organizer

Harry the Dirty Dog (Setences & Pictures)