Read Aloud Lesson Plan for Thursday 3/14/13 Miss Refsin- 2nd Grade This will be a group lesson,

half the class will be with me and the other half with Miss Vangelli, then we will switch and I will teach the same lesson to the second half of the class. Objective: Students will be able to identify the lesson the folktale is trying to teach, and also be able to describe the changes in nature that occur. Standards: 2. RL.1: Key Ideas and Details- ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. 2. RL.2: Key Ideas and Details- recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. 2. RL.3: Key Ideas and Details- describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. 2. W.8: Research to Build and Present Knowledge- recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Materials: McDermott, Gerald. (1972) Anansi the Spider a tale from the Ashanti. New York: Henry Holt and Company. Procedure: 1. Establish turn and talk partners 2. Ask students What do you know about folktales? Talk to partners Share with class 3. Introduce the story Today I will be reading an African folktale, Anansi the Spider written by Gerald McDermott Show dedication page (map of Africa) Does anyone know what continent this is? 4. Read the Prologue 5. Start reading the story After second page, What do you notice about the sons? Turn and talk Share with class, What did your partner notice about the sons? 6. Continue reading What do you think will happen to the father, will the sons be able to help him? Turn and talk

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Share with class After the page that says, More trouble came, right then. What do you think this new trouble is? (Show the illustration to the class closely) Turn and talk Share with class After the page that says, They were very happy that spider family. Why was the spider family happy? Turn and talk Share with class Continue reading and show the illustration of the page that has the great globe of light Think about what this great globe of light could be. Finish the story Were anyones predictions correct about the light? Read the about the author page Discuss with the class about the lesson in the story What was the message in this story? How was nature involved? What did you notice about each of the sons? Writing In your journals, I would like for you to write about a lesson you have learned recently, or how you have learned something from nature. Or you can write about how each son had a different role in saving the father and how you have seen teamwork like this before and explain what role each person had. The students will be given some time [Miss Refsin- how long should this be] to write in their journals Students will share what they wrote with the group.

Assessment: Informal assessment (journal writing) will show what kind of lessons they have learned before and how they can learn from nature.