Kindergarten

! ! LESSON PLAN ! Name: Scout Seide Title: Finger Stories Mr Wiggle and Mr. Waggle ! Focus Question(s) (Aka Guiding or overarching questions. Ideally you can post these questions for students to
explore throughout the lesson. Ex: Where do I belong? Or How can drama help me understand?) How do we participate in a story? How do we understand opposites? How do we use our fingers in a dextrous and specific way? How to we translate a physical and verbal story into a illustrated manifestation? Students will Be able to participate in the telling of a finger story Be able to answer questions about the practiced story be able to draw a picture of the story begin thinking about making up your own story

! Learning Goals: (Can be broken down by drama goals, content area goals, and classroom community goals) ! Assessment:

Teacher will ! Formal (A piece of evidence that makes the learning visible can be placed into a childs portfolio. Ex: Essays, journals, rubrics, standardized tests, pictures with analysis, video with analysis, selfassessments, reflection cards, post-it notes with analysis, etc) video tape the participatory telling of the story have the outline of a new story analyze the fine motor skills necessary to use fingers in stories have the 3 panel drawing of original story and new story

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! NYS Learning Standards/NYCDOE Learning Strands: (Drama and Content Area(s))

storytelling, participation, dexterity, opposites, directions, Standard 1: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts girls, etc) Pre-K through 2nd

Informal (A piece of evidence which can be seen but may require more formal evidence. Ex: Observation, Discussion, Q & A, etc) observation of participation in storytelling reflect with students about telling stories reflect with students about usage of fingers o How will you use these pieces of evidence to demonstrate learning? Dexterity of fingers knowledge of opposites Ability to repeat Ability to participate

! Audience/Developmental Considerations: (Grade level, school context, learning needs/abilities, ratio of boys/ ! Previous Knowledge: (What do the students already know in terms of drama, content area, and community
goals?) Students can have a varied knowledge regarding storytelling, they must have some knowledge of opposites, directions, and hand movements

! Spatial Organization: (How is the space set up? Will you change the space depending upon the activity/structure

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you use?) Most easily done sitting in a circle in an open classroom, move to desks for independent story work and storyboard.

! Materials: (For students and for you to prepare)

Fingers Paper (lined and unlined) repeat after me join in hands on the head (follow the leader)

! ! Classroom Management Strategies: (Signals, Directions, Transitions, etc) ! ! Procedures: (Structures/Activities broken down into time frames. Reflection/Debrief should be weaved in

throughout) (1 hour total) Make a circle (1min) Sing a song (7min) Let me tell you a story (5min) ! Mr. Wiggle and Mr. Waggle 1. one day wiggle wanted to visit waggle open the door (pop) went out side (pop) closed the door (pop) 1. review hand movements and pops 2. repeat beginning of story while encouraging participation 2. wiggle up the hill and down the hill x3 3. wiggle got to waggles house, knocks on door, (knock knock knock x3) encourage volume so waggle can hear. 4. Wiggle sad face, no one answered the door 5. wiggle up the hill and down the hill x3 6. wiggle home, open the door (pop) went inside (pop) closed the door (pop), take a nap (ask for nap sounds) " Repeat steps 1-6 with waggle " then wiggle and waggle want to meet each other on the same day " end on top of the hill " prompt kids for the conversation wave goodbye and shake hands with thumbs " continue till both are home, in, and napping Kids should become comfortable with this story before moving on (possibly days depending on age) Once the kids are participation and anticipation the story completely. ! Have them draw parts 1, 2 and 3 on a three paneled storyboard (20min) ! discuss storyboard (7min) suggest coming up with new characters/plot/story? (10min) ! Who, what where, when why? (as a class) ! come up with hand movement ! Storyboard this story if old enough ask them to try and come up with one alone (10min or HW) ! movement ! storyboard video all stories contributed possibly have one kids share their story a day/week so others can learn their stories and hand movements.

! ! Modifications/Plans for Re-teaching: (What if the students dont get it? What other entry points might you use?
How might you adapt your lesson?)

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Not completely sure yet, as I have been working with preschoolers and we are still in phase one of learning the story.

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Hamburger Lesson Plan inspired by Krasnow/Salvatore/Smithner/Montgomery Lesson Plans