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Lesson Plans for HIPO'S TOOTHACHE level I
Expand on the Reading
Writing Connection
- Reread Hippo’s Toothache. Ask children where the story took place. (jungle)
- Explain that you are going to write a class story about the jungle. First, they must brainstorm what they think they know about jungles.
- On chart paper or the chalkboard, write What We Know About Jungles. Prompt children with questions that will encourage them to share information. Ask: What animals live in the jungle? What food grows in the jungle? What do the animals do in the jungle? To help children make personal connections, ask them if they have been to a zoo. Ask them to tell what animals live
at the zoo, what they eat, etc. As children share, write their information under the heading on the chart paper.
- Give sentence strips to children. Using the information they learned from the chart, children will write a sentence about a jungle. When they have finished, put all the sentences on chart paper or the chalkboard and read aloud. Working together, reorder the sentences to make a story.
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Social Studies Connection
Going to the Dentist
- Select books from the library about the dentist, fiction and nonfiction, and display them in the classroom. If children have a family member who is a dentist, invite him or her into the classroom to talk about the importance of keeping your teeth healthy, and how to do so: eating the right foods, brushing your teeth, flossing. Discuss with children the foods that are good for your teeth and foods that are bad for your teeth.
- Display a chart with the headings, Good Foods and Bad Foods. Ask children to think about the kinds of foods that are bad for teeth, and the kinds that are good. Write their responses under the appropriate heading.
- Have children find good food pictures in magazines. Tell them to cut them out, and paste them onto a piece of paper. Next, have them write the name of the food next to the cut-out pictures. Put the food cut-outs and sentences into a binder for the class library. Culminate with a food-tasting activity, providing snacks that are good for your teeth, like vegetables.
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Reading Independently
Allow children to read independently or with a partner. When they have completed the book, tell them to look for books about other animals, for example, farm animals. Ask them to find out how farm animals are different from animals that live in a jungle or in a zoo. Invite them to share what they find.
Home Connection
- Ask children to take the book home to read and share with a family member. Provide ideas to family members on how to read the book with their child (for example, asking questions about what the animals are doing, where they live, and what the child would have done if he/she were in the story).
- Send home a list of content words and high utility words. Provide suggestions for displaying the words and for helping their child learn and practice the words.
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Assessment
- Monitor children as they read aloud in guided reading groups to check for understanding and to observe their use of appropriate reading strategies.
- Make use of observational notes as you observe children reading independently or with a partner: Do they understand the story? How do they respond to unfamiliar words? What strategies do they use when working alone or with a partner?
- Identify children who need further intensive attention as well as intervention.
- Observe children’s ability to put words into sentences. Are they developing letter knowledge, letter-sound relationships, and knowledge of words? Do they interact with the Word Wall when they need help with difficult words? Do they understand the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters?
- What strategies do they use when writing?
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