Lesson Plans for WOOLLY AND FANG level S

Building Skills

Word Skills
Discuss the imagery in the text with children. Write the phrase blue-ice glacier on the board.
Ask: What image do you see when you read this phrase? Why do you think the author chose those words? What other words could he have chosen to create the same image?
Write the phrases there he would scamper and skid and stalking the shadows of his parents on the board. Have children discuss the images created by these phrases and suggest alternative phrases that create the same images.

Phonics
Write the following words on the board: creatures, earth, nearly, great, heavy, searched, beneath, easily, weapons, eat, meal, easy. Ask children what spelling/phonics pattern is common to all these words (ea). Have children read the words aloud listening for the different pronunciations. Have them work with a partner to classify the words under the pronunciation. Then have children search through the rest of the text to find other words with the ea spelling pattern and classify them according to how they are pronounced.

Grammar
Discuss adjectives with children.
Ask and say: Who can tell me a word that is an adjective? How would you define the word adjective? Turn to page 3 and share with the person next to you the adjectives that you can see.
Have children give a synonym for each adjective, They may need to use a dictionary or a thesaurus. Have them use Woolly and Fang to complete the Worksheet.


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