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READING ENRICHMENT UNIT • AUTHOR STUDY: LAURA NUMEROFF•

TITLE OF UNIT AUTHOR STUDY: LAURA NUMEROFF

GRADE LEVEL 1ST GRADE

STANDARD(S) • 1.1.1.A- IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE AND TYPE, USING GRADE LEVEL TEXT. • 1.1.1.D- DEMONSTRATE LISTENING AND READING COMPREHENSION/UNDERSTANDING BEFORE READING AND AFTER READING THROUGH STRATEGIES SUCH AS THINK ALOUD, RETELLING, SUMMARIZING, CONNECTING TO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, AND NON-LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATIONS. • 1.3.1.C- IDENTIFY LITERARY ELEMENTS (CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT) IN SELECTED READINGS • 1.8.1.B- LOCATE AND DISCUSS INFORMATION ON AN IDENTIFIED TOPIC IN A SMALL GROUP, WITH TEACHER GUIDANCE • 1.1.1.2: AASL

UNDERSTANDINGS:

• THE STUDENT WILL UNDERSTAND LITERARY ELEMENTS IN THE SELECTED READINGS BY LAURA NUMEROFF. • THE STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND HOW TO SUMMARIZE AND MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS STORIES WRITTEN BY LAURA NUMEROFF.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS OVERARCHING QUESTIONS: • WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHO THE AUTHOR IS? • WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE CHARACTERS, PLOT, AND SETTING IN A STORY?

TOPICAL QUESTIONS: • WHAT ARE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAURA NUMEROFF’S STORIES? • WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORIES? • WHAT IS THE SETTING AND PLOT IN THE STORIES?

STAGE 3: PLAN LEARNING EXPERIENCES

WEEK 1

1. EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON STORY ELEMENT SUCH AS CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT. 2. ASK STUDENTS TO HELP DEFINE WHAT EACH OF THE ELEMENTS ARE. 3. MATCHING GAME: STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO USE THE DOCUMENT CAMERA TO PUT ITEMS IN THE CORRECT CATEGORY. THE CATEGORIES ARE CHARACTERS, PLOT, AND SETTING. 4. EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT THIS WEEK THEY ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE AUTHOR LAURA NUMEROFF. TODAY THEY WILL HEAR A STORY BY LAURA NUMEROFF CALLED IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE. EACH OF THE STORY ELEMENTS ARE IN THIS STORY. THERE ARE CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT. AFTER READING THE STORY THEY WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY EACH ONE. 5. READ IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE ALOUD TO STUDENTS. WHILE READING STOP TO ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVE THE STUDENTS MAKE PREDICTIONS. 6. AFTER READING, HAVE STUDENTS IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT OF THE STORY. 7. PERFORMANCE TASK: IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE ACTIVITY FOLDER. 8. DISTRIBUTE FILE FOLDERS TO EACH STUDENT. ON THE COVER STUDENTS WILL FILL IN THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR’S NAME. (APPENDIX A: COVER SHEET) 8. DISTRIBUTE FOLDABLE PAPERS FOR CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT AND HAVE STUDENTS COMPLETE. 9. DISTRIBUTE CUT AND PASTE SEQUENCING PAPER (APPENDIX B). STUDENTS WILL CUT AND PASTE THE EVENTS OF THE STORY IN THE CORRECT ORDER ONTO THE FILE FOLDER. 10. INTRODUCE NEXT WEEK’S STORY IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE. EXPLAIN THAT THIS STORY IS WRITTEN BY THE SAME AUTHOR AND HAS MANY SIMILARITIES TO IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

WEEK 2 1. EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING AGAIN ON STORY ELEMENT SUCH AS CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT. 2. ASK STUDENTS TO HELP DEFINE WHAT EACH OF THE ELEMENTS IS. 3. MATCHING GAME: STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO USE THE DOCUMENT CAMERA TO PUT ITEMS IN THE CORRECT CATEGORY. THE CATEGORIES ARE CHARACTERS, PLOT, AND SETTING. 4. EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT TODAY THEY WILL HEAR ANOTHER STORY BY LAURA NUMEROFF

1. EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING AGAIN ON STORY ELEMENT SUCH AS CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT. 2. ASK STUDENTS TO HELP DEFINE WHAT EACH OF THE ELEMENTS IS. 3. MATCHING GAME: STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO USE THE DOCUMENT CAMERA TO PUT ITEMS IN THE CORRECT CATEGORY. THE CATEGORIES ARE CHARACTERS, PLOT, AND SETTING. 4. EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT TODAY THEY WILL HEAR ANOTHER STORY BY LAURA NUMEROFF CALLED IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE. EACH OF THE STORY ELEMENTS ARE IN THIS STORY. THERE ARE CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT. AFTER READING THE STORY THEY WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY EACH ONE. 5. READ IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE ALOUD TO STUDENTS. WHILE READING STOP TO ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVE THE STUDENTS MAKE PREDICTIONS. 6. AFTER READING, HAVE STUDENTS IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT OF THE STORY. 7. PERFORMANCE TASK: IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE ACTIVITY FOLDER. 8. DISTRIBUTE FILE FOLDERS TO EACH STUDENT. 7. DISTRIBUTE COVER SHEET (APPENDIX C) AND HAVE STUDENTS FILL IN THE AUTHOR’S AND ILLUSTRATOR’S NAME. GLUE ON FRONT OF FILE FOLDER. 8. DISTRIBUTE FOLDABLE PAPERS FOR CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND PLOT AND HAVE STUDENTS COMPLETE. 9. DISTRIBUTE CUT AND PASTE SEQUENCING PAPER (APPENDIX D). STUDENTS WILL CUT AND PASTE THE EVENTS OF THE STORY IN THE CORRECT ORDER ONTO THE FILE FOLDER. 10. EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE NOW READ TWO OF LAURA NUMEROFF’S STORIES AND THAT NEXT WEEK THEY WILL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

WEEK 3

1. READ IF YOU GIVE A MOOSE A MUFFIN TO STUDENTS. ASK STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY SIMILARITITE S AND DIFFERENCES TO THE OTHER STORIES THEY HAVE READ BY LAURA NUMEROFF. 2. PLAY THE MOOSE VOKI TO THE CLASS. 2. DISTRIBUTE PAPER AND PENCILS TO EACH STUDENT. THE STUDENTS WILL GO TO THE COMPUTER CENTER WHERE LAURA NUMEROFF’S WEBSITE IS UP. 3. STUDENTS WILL RESEARCH TO FIND THREE INTERESTING FACTS AND RECORD THEM ON THEIR PAPER. THE STUDENTS MUST ALSO CREATE ONE QUESTION TO ASK LAURA NUMEROFF.(APPENDIX E) 4. PERFORMANCE TASK: THE STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE LAURA NUMEROFF GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (APPENDIX F) BY FILLING IN THEIR THREE FACTS.

APPENDIX A: COVER SHEET FOR FOLDER  

                                               

       

         

APPENDIX B: CUT AND PASTE SEQUENCING

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE CUT AND PASTE SEQUENCING  

                                                                               

APPENDIX C: COVER SHEET FOR FOLDER                                                                        

     

   

     

APPENDIX D: CUT AND PASTE SEQUENCING

IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE CUT AND PASTE SEQUENCING

   

BUBBLES MUSIC MAPLE

SYRUP

PANCAKE BATH ENVELOPE

WALLPAPER MAPLE

SYRUP CAMERA

SUITCASE TAP SHOES HAMMER &

NAILS

PANCAKE RUBBER

DUCK

           

Appendix  E:  Author  Facts    

Name_______________________________________ Date_____________________

Author Study: Laura Numeroff Directions: Record three interesting facts about Laura Numeroff.

Fact 1: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fact 2: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fact 3: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Question: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Appendix  F  

Name:_____________________________________ Date: ______________________

Laura Numeroff Graphic Organizer

Fact #1 Fact #2 Fact #3

Question

STUDENT NAME: PERFORMANCE TASK 1: IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE

AUTHOR STUDENT SCORE

0 1 THE STUDENT COULD NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR OF IF YOU GIVE A

MOUSE A COOKIE

THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY LAURA NUMEROFF AS THE AUTHOR OF IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A

COOKIE.

CHARACTERS

0 1 2 THE STUDENT COULD

NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE

STORY IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

THE STUDENT COULD CORRECTLY IDENTIFY

ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN IF YOU

GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ALL OF THE CHARACTERS IN IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

SETTING

0 1 THE STUDENT COULD NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE

SETTING IN THE STORY IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE SETTING IN

THE STORY IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

PLOT

0 1 2

THE STUDENT COULD NOT CORRECTLY

DESCRIBE THE PLOT OF THE STORY IF YOU

GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

THE STUDENT COULD IDENTIFY PARTS OF

THE PLOT IN THE STORY IF YOU GIVE A

MOUSE A COOKIE.

THE STUDENT CORRECTLY

DESCRIBED THE PLOT IN THE STORY IF YOU

GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.

TOTAL SCORE

               

 STUDENT NAME:

PERFORMANCE TASK 1: IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE AUTHOR STUDENT

SCORE 0 1

THE STUDENT COULD NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE

AUTHOR OF IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY LAURA NUMEROFF AS THE

AUTHOR OF IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

CHARACTERS

0 1 2 THE STUDENT COULD

NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE

STORY IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

THE STUDENT COULD CORRECTLY IDENTIFY

ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ALL OF THE CHARACTERS IN IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

SETTING

0 1 THE STUDENT COULD NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE

SETTING IN THE STORY IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE SETTING IN

THE STORY IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

PLOT

0 1 2

THE STUDENT COULD NOT CORRECTLY

DESCRIBE THE PLOT OF THE STORY IF YOU

GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

THE STUDENT COULD IDENTIFY PARTS OF

THE PLOT IN THE STORY IF YOU GIVE A

PIG A PANCAKE.

THE STUDENT CORRECTLY

DESCRIBED THE PLOT IN THE STORY IF YOU

GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE.

TOTAL SCORE