Lesson Plans for PUPPETS level N

Expand the Reading

Writing Connection
This is a great book with which to introduce the idea of research papers. You can work as a group to create a group research paper or have each child create his or her own research paper. The research paper should be three paragraphs: an introduction to the topic, a main idea paragraph regarding what the book was about, and the third paragraph will be a summary and what they personally learned. Each paragraph should have three sentences that include proper punctuation and capitalization.
OR
Have children write a summary of key points on what they learned from the book. This summary should include four things they learned: two of them to describe the process one must go through to create two different types of puppets or one type of puppet, and/or puppet stages or famous puppets.

Art Connection
Provide some or all of the materials listed in the book and have children create one of the puppets from the book.

Reading Independently
Have children read the book independently or with a partner. You can also encourage them to read other books of their choice at the appropriate level.

Home Connection
Send the book home to be read to or with parents and siblings. Have them look around their house and see if they have the materials to make any of the four puppets discussed in the book. If they don’t have the materials, ask them to see if they can use their imagination, as the book states, to create a different puppet. They should also write a brief description of the steps they took to create their puppet.

Assessment
  • Monitor children’s responses in the Comprehending the Text section to assess how well they understand the text or story.
  • Monitor reading to see if children are using the effective reading strategies.
  • Assess children’s knowledge of suffixes by giving you five words that have suffixes.


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