Name: Natasha Ross Period: 5 Date:

Book Lesson Plan (39 Points)

Title (1 pt): the lorax
Author (1 pt): dr. Seuss
Illustrator (1 pt): _______________________________________________________
Theme/Moral (1 pt): if we dont care about or environment it will be destroyed
5. Story Stretchers: (Meaningful questions to ask when reading the story) (5
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pts)
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How do you think the trees felt (as in like touch wise)
What is the job of the lorax
What would you do if you had the choice of making things or saving the planet
Why do you think the mom supported him until he stopped making them
What did chopping down the trees do and why did the animals have to leave

Activity
6. Choose and circle one of the following to design large group learning
activities for, then, on the back, describe the activities, in detail. (30 points)
Language Art

Creative Art

Math

Large Motor/Physical

Science

Social Studies

Name of Activity: (Ex.Creative

arts How a Seed Grows) (1 pt)
Length of Activity: (How long
will the children work on this
activity?) (1 pt)
Activity Objective: (What do
you want them to learn/practice?
Why? (2 pts)
Directions for
Caregiver/Teacher: Give at
least five detailed instructions
for the caregiver to prepare for
this activity. (5 pts)
Directions to Tell Preschooler:
Give at least five instructions
that the caregiver will have to
share with the preschooler, use
preschool-friendly language. (5
pts)
Objects Needed: (Identify at
least five objects/items that will
be in this activity, then explain
how children will use them. Ex.
Crayons, to draw and color
familiar faces.) (10 pts)
Concepts and Skills
Addressed: (Well designed
activities should address each
area of development, explain
how your activity will do this.)
(6 pts)
Physical: (2 pts)
Social-Emotional: (2
pts)

Intellectual: (2 pts)

Lorax planting
30 mins

I canplant a plant
So that I canhelp make a better environment
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Read the lorax to class

Get children in groups of three or four
Hand out a plant to each group
Let them pick where they want to plant the plant
Make hole and let them place it in and cover the plant also water

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them
Listen to the lorax
Get into groups
Get a plant
Pick where you want to plant it at
Plant it in the hole cover and water it

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Plants- to plant in the ground

water- to water the plants
a shovel- make a hole for the plant to go in
a piece of small paper- to identify who planted it

Can help with their understanding of how to take care of the

environment

They get to work in groups

Learn about environment

Learns about spacing of plants and how they need space to gro

Snacks for Wednesday

Morning snack- cereal and milk they will get cereal and milk in a bowl
Afternoon- animal crackers and of a banana