Lesson Plan for Fifth Visit

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November 6, 2018
Elise Joyner
Alyssa Adair’s 1st Grade Class
Blackridge Elementary School

Name of activity: 5-Finger Retell: Character Study
Grade: 1st Grade
Purpose of the game: Reinforce 5-finger retell and parts of speech. Study specifically how characters are nouns and explore adjectives that describe them.
Common Core Standard
·      Drama: Standard 1.T.CR.5: Create character through imagination, physical movement, gesture, sound and/or speech and facial expression.
·      ELA: Speaking and Listening Standard 4: Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
Materials:
·      Click, Clack, Quack to School! By Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
·      Pictures of cows, chickens, pigs, duck, Farmer Brown, school kids (all pictures come from Creative Commons resources)
-       Popsicle sticks
-       Tape
Procedure:
·      Review 5 finger retell. With each finger, review whether it is associated with a noun, verb, or adjective.
·      Tell students to focus on the characters and how to describe them while reading the book.
·      Read Click, Clack, Quack to School!
·      After reading the story, ask students to name the characters they heard from the story.
·      Allow each student to pick a select a specific character they would like to focus on. Give them the picture for the character they selected.
·      Allow time for students to color picture of selected character. Put picture on a popsicle stick with tape to create a puppet.
·      Group students together on carpet according to their character.
·      Read the book again and have students participate by holding up their puppet when the character’s part happens in the book. They can make the sounds of each character.
●      Before beginning the reading, have a discussion about how puppets can be used to show characters, actions, and emotions.
·      Ask students to use adjectives to describe their characters.
Assessment: During the activity, the teacher will check if students understand the concept of a noun and adjective. Teacher will also check to see if students can recall 5-finger retell with little prompting.
Possible time: 20-30 minutes

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