TenLittlePuppies

Author:KyaDenny
Datecreated:01/13/201511:56PMEDTDatemodified:01/14/20152:43AMEDT

VITALINFORMATION
TotalNumberofStudents

23

Area(s)StudentsLiveIn

Rural

Free/ReducedLunch
EthnicityofStudents
EnglishLanguageLearners

1:3
2:2
3:4

StudentswithSpecialNeeds
Subject(s)

LanguageArts(English)

TopicorUnitofStudy

Let'sCount!

Grade/Level

Kindergarten

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KEYCONCEPTS&STANDARDS
BigIdea&Essential
Questions

ThisHoughtonMifflinELAunitincorporatesnumbersandnumberwordsintoELAlessons.Thisparticularlessonisbased
onthebookTenLittlePuppies,andfocusesonunderstandinghowtocountdownfromtenaswellaswhathappens
first,nextandlast.Theessentialquestionsare:Howmanypuppiesareleft?Whathappenedfirst?Whathappenednext
(inthemiddleofthestory)?andWhathappenedlast?

LearningOutcome(s)

Thestudentswillbeabletoverballyidentifyhowmanypuppiesthereareleft,bycountingtheirpuppetsduringthe
storywillbeabletoidentifywhathappenedinthemiddleofthestorybydrawingapictureandwillcirclethepicture
thatresemblestheendingofthestoryontheirworksheet.

Summary
Standards

CACaliforniaCommonCoreStateStandards(2012)
Subject:EnglishLanguageArts&LiteracyinHistory/SocialStudies,Science,andTechnicalSubjects
Grade:Kindergartners:
Strand:Writing
Domain:
TextTypesandPurposes
Standard:
3.Useacombinationofdrawing,dictating,andwritingtonarrateasingleeventorseverallooselylinkedevents,
tellabouttheeventsintheorderinwhichtheyoccurred,andprovideareactiontowhathappened.

Subject:Mathematics
Grade:Kindergarten
Domain:CountingandCardinalityK.CC
Area:Counttotellthenumberofobjects.
Standard:
4.Understandtherelationshipbetweennumbersandquantitiesconnectcountingtocardinality.
a.Whencountingobjects,saythenumbernamesinthestandardorder,pairingeachobjectwithoneandonlyone
numbernameandeachnumbernamewithoneandonlyoneobject.
b.Understandthatthelastnumbernamesaidtellsthenumberofobjectscounted.Thenumberofobjectsisthe
sameregardlessoftheirarrangementortheorderinwhichtheywerecounted.
c.Understandthateachsuccessivenumbernamereferstoaquantitythatisonelarger.

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ASSESSMENTS
Assessment/Rubrics

Informalassessmentofworksheet:
100%has:
3dogsdrawninfirstboxtomake10total
apictureofadogleaving,oranothereventinthemiddleofthestory(likethedogdining)

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coloredthepictureoftheboywith10puppiessurroundinghim

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MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
InstructionalMaterials&
Technology(handouts,etc.)

worksheets
crayons
pencils
doghouse/puppets1perpair
book
sentenceframes(10)

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IMPLEMENTATION
SequenceofActivities

Hook/Intro/Sequence
YesterdayyoureadthestoryTenLittlePuppieswithMrs.Kafin.Wearegoingtoreaditagaintoday,andIhaveaspecial
surpriseforyou!
[pulloutdogs]
Wearegoingtotellthestoryusingourownpuppypuppets!
Now,Idon'thaveenoughforeveryonetohavetheirown10puppies,sowearegoingtosharewithapartner.Doyou
thinkwecanallbeawesomepartnersandtaketurns[thumbsup,smilingandnodding]?Yes,Ithinkwecan.
Sohereiswhatwearegoingtodo:
Iamgoingtoreadapageandeverytime1puppygoesaway,youoryourpartner[wearetakingturns]aregoing
totakeonepuppyfromyourpileandputitinthedoghouse.
Whenyoudothat,youwillquietlycounthowmanyyouhaveleftinfrontofyou.Whenyouknow,don'tsayitout
loud.Waittillit'stime,andIsay'nowthereareonly"andthenwewillallsaythenumbertogether.
Let'spractice[getstudent]:onewenttodine[studentputpuppyindoghouseandcountleftover]"Nowthere
areonlysayitwithme....9,9,9!"
Okay!Let'sgetintopartners....
I'mgoingtopassoutpuppets.Laythemoutinfrontofyouandmakesureyouhaveten.
Iwillknowyouarereadytostartwhenyourpuppetsareout,yourmouthsarequiet,yourhandsareinyourlapand
youreyesareonme.
Reading
Aftereachpuppyleaves,putupsentenceframe.
Review
Goodreadersthinkaboutwhattheyread,andweallwanttobecomereallygoodreaderssolet'sthink.Canweputon
ourthinkingcaps?Okay.
Wearegoingtothinkaboutwhathappenedfirstinthestory:
Howmanypuppiesdidtheboystartwithatthebeginningofthestory?[flipbooktobeginning]
Nowlet'sthinkaboutwhathappenednextinthestory:
Wheredidthepuppiesgo?Turntoyourpartnerandtellhimorher1thingapuppydidoraplaceapuppywent.
Let'sreview[Pullsticks,sentenceframes]
Wheredidweputthepuppiesthatwentaway?
Canyoucounthowmanypuppiesweputinthedoghouse?
Lastbutnotleast,whathappenedattheendofthestory?Whathappenedlast,whenallthepuppiesweregone?
Retell
Nowthatweareallreallygoodreadersandhavethoughtaboutwhathappenedinthestory,Iwanteachpartnerto
taketurnsretellingthestory.[settimerfor2minutes/student]
Chimeshandsup.Putyourtenpuppiesoutinfrontofyouagain,please,andgivemefive.
Worksheet
Youalldidafantasticjob!Isaw....
IhaveapaperherethattellsthestoryoftheTenLittlePuppies,andyouaregoingtogettotakeithometoreadto
yourfamilyandfriends.....butitismissingsomeveryimportantpartsofthestory!
Itisyourjobtofillinthemissingpartsofthestory...
Thisiswhathappensfirst,next,last[writeabovebox]
First:

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Howmanypuppiesdidtheboystartwith?
Howmanyareinthepicture?[7]
Wehavetodrawintherest.Solet'sstartbyfiguringouthowmanypuppieswehavetodraw.Weknowwehave
seven,solet'sputthosesevenofftotheside.Howmanyareleft?That'showmanywearegoingtodraw.We
wanttomakesurethereare10puppiesinthepicture.[showexample]
Next:
Whathappensnext?
Turntoyourpartnerandtellhim/herwhatyourfavoritepuppyorpicturewasinthemiddleofthestory.
That'swhatyou'regoingtodraw.
Last:
Whathappenedattheend?
Wastheboysadandalone,orhappyandsurroundedbypuppies?
You'regoingtocolorthepicturethathappenedlast,attheendofthestory.
Transition
I'mgoingtoexcuseyougroupbygrouptogoovertothetabletofinishthestory.ButIwillnotcallyourgroupuntilyou
haveputall10puppiesbackinthebagandputthebaginthedoghouse.
Clipworksheetupsotheycansee.Remindaboutnames.Verbalreminder:howmanypuppiesshouldbeinthepicture?
Howmanyarewegoingtodraw?
Extra:Studentswhofinishearlymaygetapartnerandgotorugtotellthestoryofwhattheythinkhappenstotheboy
andhistennewpuppies.

Modalities
Kinestheticandvisualmodalitieswillbeusedthroughoutthelessonwhilestudentsmovethepuppets.Studentswill
havetheopportunitytomakeintrapersonalconnectionswhentheyspeakwithandlistentoapartner.

Vocabulary
howmany?
none,one,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten
first,next,last

Bloom'sTaxonomy
Asbulletedinthesequence,Iwillbeaskingquestionsabouthowmanypuppieshaveleft,howmanyarestillpresent,
wheredidthepuppiesgo,etc.Studentswillgetthechancetoretellandillustratethestorytoenhansetheir
understanding,andthosedoneearlywillgettocreatetheirownendingtothestory.
LifeConnection
Thestudentsalllovepuppiesandpuppets.Theyarelearningaboutsubtraction,andalthoughthisstoryisfantasy,itis
commoninlifeforpeopleorpetstoleave,whichposesthe"howmany"questionnaturally.
Evidenceofmeetingobjective
IwillknowImettheobjectiveifthestudentsareabletoretellthestory,andfillouttheirworksheetwith100%
accuracy.

GroupingStrategies

Sittingonnamesonrug(wholegroup).
Givedirectionsforpuppets.
Pairup.Passout.
Readbook.
Howmanypuppiesleft?
Retellwithpartner.
Showworksheet:
WhathappenedFirst?
Identifyhowmanypuppiestodrawusingpuppets.
Brainstormmiddle
Wheredidthepuppiesgo?(Pairshare)
Colortheending

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Whathappenedattheendofthestory?Whathappenedlast?
Gotodeskstocompletebythemselves.Teacherwalkaroundtoidentifywhoneedshelp.

DifferentiatedInstruction

ThisbookhasbeenfrontloadedinELDandreadthedayprevious,inordertoprovidedifferentiatedinstruction.Iwillpair
thosewhocannotcountwiththosewhocan.

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REFLECTIONS
PriortoLesson

Iamfeelingveryoverwhelmed.Iamnot100%surewhoIpairtogether.IknowtherewillbesomeissueIdonotforsee.
Ifeellikethiswilltakemoretimethanalotted.IbelieveJwillhavedifficultiessharing.Ifthereisanoddnumber,Imight
givehimhisownset.Fortheretelling,Icanpairhimwithanotherpairifthatisthecase.

PostLesson
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