*Lesson Title: Where is the Green Sheep?

By Mem Fox and Judy Horacek Age Group: 19-36 months

*Adapted from Read It Again-PreK program Myreaditagain.com

Lesson Goals: 1. To demonstrate and to educate parents on what to do before, during, and after reading a book 2. To demonstrate to parents how to scaffold activities using high or low support based on a childs reading skills : A: acquiring B: building C: competent 3. To demonstrate CAR strategy to engage child and to encourage talking: C:omment on something you see or read in the story and wait A:sk a question about the story or the pictures and wait R:espond by adding a little more to either the childs response or your comment Lesson Objectives: 1. Print Knowledge: To recognize print carries meaning and distinguish print from pictures. To recognize the leftto-right and top-to-bottom directionality of print. 2. Vocabulary: To understand and use adjectives. 3. Phonological Awareness: To understand and play with rhyme and sound Programmer Materials: 1. Where is the Green Sheep? book 2. 3. 4. Customer Materials: 1. Where is the Green Sheep? book (giveaway) 2. Ready to Read Journal and Folder Requirements for Lesson: 1. Read entire book at each visit. 2. Underline title and author with finger at each reading. 3. Underline words with finger as you read. 4. Demonstrate best read aloud skills. 5. Use enthusiasm, excitement, and changes in your voice. 6. During lesson, observe and gauge childs responses to determine how to scaffold activities using the scaffolding strategies at end of lesson.

Activity 1: Print Knowledge Print carries meaning Whats a title? B: BuildingIntermediate Level
1. Show child the cover of the book Where is the Green Sheep? 2. Ask child to show you the title of the book. 3. Say: Show me the title of the book, the name of our book. What does the title of the book tell us about the story? See if they understand that the title can help tell what will happen in the story.

A: AcquiringHigh Support
1. Say: The title tells us the name of the book. Look at the cover of the book. Which part is the title? Is it the picture (point to the illustration) or the words (point to the title)? 2. Ask: Where do I look to find the title? Do I look on the front of the book or the back of the book?

C: Competent Low Support

1. Say: This book is full of words. Words tell us lots of things. Think about signs you see when you are in the car. What are some things that those signs tell us to do? 2. Say: An important word is your name. If you see your name on something, what does it tell you about that thing?

Activity 2: Print Knowledge Print Directionality B: BuildingIntermediate Level

1. Throughout the book, with your finger, track the text on each page of the book while reading. 2. Every few pages, say: I am pointing to the words as I read. I am going to start over here (point to the left margin) and go all the way across the page. I read from this side (left) to this side (right). I am going to read this way: from here (point to top line) to here (point to bottom line).

A: AcquiringHigh Support
1. Open up book and begin reading. Have book facing child so they can see the page and your fingers are moving in same direction. 2. Say to the child: I am going to read from left to right. Hold your finger up and show me which direction I will read on this page. Lets do it together.

C: CompetentLow Support
1. If child understands print directionality, when reading ask them: Where do you think I am going to start reading on this page? Do you think I will start on this page (point to the right) or this page (point to the left) first?

Activity 1: Vocabulary Adjectives B: BuildingIntermediate Level

1. As read story point out adjectives which may be unfamiliar to the child. (blue red thin wide up down far near scared brave) Show them how to use pictures to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words. 2. Ask them what other types of sheep might be on a playground, at a house, etc. and have them come up with other adjectives to describe sheep in those locations 3. After reading revisit a few of the key adjectives and remind the child of their meanings 4. 5.

A: AcquiringHigh Support
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C: CompetentLow Support
Give adjectives to child and ask them what the opposite of that adjective would be (soft/hard, fuzzy/smooth, happy/sad, etc.)

Activity 1: Phonological Awareness --Rhyme B: BuildingIntermediate Level

1. As read first half of book, emphasize the rhyming words 2. As read second half of book, stop before the 2nd rhyming word and ask child what word they think will go there. If they are stuck, show them how to use the picture to discover the answer 3. After reading, talk about rhyme and how words that sound alike at the end, are called rhyming words 4. Sing Name Song (Bob Bob Bo-bob, Banana-nana-fo-Fob, Me My Mo Mob, Bob) song with their name, your name, other people they are familiar with

A: AcquiringHigh Support
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C: CompetentLow Support
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Homework -Re-read Where is the Green Sheep? with your child. Talk to them about the book and what they learned - -Always make sure you are running your finger along the bottom of the words as you read to emphasize that writing and reading is done from top to bottom and from left to right. Have your child practice running their fingers underneath the words as well, even if they dont correspond to the correct word you are reading. This gives them an opportunity to practice word directionality on their own. --As you spend time with your child describe the objects they are playing with, sitting on, etc. using adjectives. For more advanced children, have them describe the objects themselves using as many descriptive words as they can think of --Practice rhyming with your child, as they say a word, say it back and then say a few words that rhyme with that word, make up silly rhyming songs about what you are doing with your child At the Library --Find another book about an animal of your childs choice --Find another book with lots of adjectives in it

*Scaffolding Strategies
Use these strategies throughout the lesson to help meet the specific needs of the child.

High Support Strategies

Eliciting strategy Provides children with the correct answer to a task by providing an exact model of the ideal response. Programmer: What rhymes with cat? Bat rhymes with cat. Jose, tell me: bat, cat. Programmer: What does this word say? This word says Danger. Rashaun, say Danger. Programmer: Jose, bat and cat rhyme. Lets say it together: bat, cat. Programmer: These words say Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Ill point and say each word Rashaun, read them with me.

Co-participating strategy

Provides children with the correct answer to a task through their completion of the task with another person the teacher or a peer.

Reducing Choices Strategy

Programmer: What rhymes with cat? Helps children to complete a task by Lets see cat and hill, cat and bat which two rhymed? reducing the number of choices of correct answers. Programmer: What letter is this Rashaun is it R or S?

Low Support Strategies

Reasoning Strategy Programmer: These two words rhyme. Tell me a reason what makes rhyming Asks children to explain why something happened or will happen, words special to you. or to explain why something is the Programmer: This animal is dangerous. way it is. What words should be written on the side of its cage? Programmer: Tell me about a time where you see signs with words on them. Programmer: We talked about rhymes
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Generalizing Strategy

Asks children to extend the lesson content beyond the lesson itself to

past or future personal experiences.

before. Do you remember what a rhyme is? Programmer: What will happen next?

Predicting Strategy

Asks children to describe what might happen next or to hypothesize the outcome of an event/activity

Programmer: What do you think they will find?

*Read It Again-PreK program