Lesson Plans for FISHING IN SIMPLICITY level R

Before Reading

Introducing the Book
Before handing out the book, introduce it by showing the front cover.
Ask: What do you see on the cover? What do you think the book will be about? Who might be catching the fish? Why?
Turn the book to the back cover
Ask: What other information does this give us about the contents of the book? What is the boy doing? Why might he be doing it?

Building Background
Make a mind map with children with the word fishing in the middle. A mind map is a way to organize a group of ideas around a single main topic. In the center of a mind map should be the main topic. Lines can be drawn from the center to add details and information that relate to the main topic. Have them suggest what they already know about fishing. Write these suggestions around the title.

Book Walk
Without reading the text, turn to the first page and ask children what the pictures tell them about the story.
Ask: What do these pictures tell you about the story?
What information could we add to our mind map about fishing?
As you flick through the pictures in the book ask children to add to their answers to the above questions and to the mind map made in building background.
Ask: As you look at these pictures what new information do they give you?
Do you see any new information to add to the mind map?

Reading Strategies
Ask:
What can you do when you come to a word you do not know?
Suggest:
Have children break the words into syllables.
Have children look for something within the word that they know.
Have children reread the sentence.


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