Lesson Plan: Worm Retelling (6/13)

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Applying What You Have Learned

Below is a lesson plan that supports pretend play. The lesson plans are intended to be an optional resource that you may adapt for use in your classroom.  The worksheets at the bottom of each lesson plan are part of the required coursework (not optional).

Please read each lesson plan carefully and then answer the question at the bottom of the page.
Worm Retelling 
Age Group: 
  • School-Age
Objectives:
  • Students will practice retelling a story using puppets 
​Washington Common Core Standard:
English Language Proficiency Standards
K.9 An ELL can create clear and coherent grade-appropriate speech and text.
Level 3: With support (including visual aids, context), retell several events from experience or a familiar story with developing control of some frequently occurring linking words (e.g., and, then). 
Materials:
  • Socks
  • Colored craft foam pieces
  • Glue
  • Googly eyes
  • Wiggle and Waggle book by Caroline Arnold 
Procedure: 
  1. Prepare for the lesson by creating worm puppets.
  2. Cut out a round piece of foam and glue it onto the sock (will act like the worm’s mouth).
  3. Glue on googly eyes.
  4. You will need to make two puppets (one will be Wiggle and one will be Waggle).
  5. Read Wiggle and Waggle with the students. Discuss the story while reading it. 
 Questions to ask:
  • What do you think is going to happen next?
  • Can you tell me what has happened in the story so far?
6. ​When you have finished reading the story, ask one student at a time to retell the story using the puppets. 
Assessment:
Observe and assess the students retelling skills using the following questions about the recalling the key details within the story: (Key Details: setting, characters, plot, dialogue, etc.)
  • Did the student include no key details from the story? (Unsatisfactory)
  • Did the student include a few (1-2) key details from the story? (Needs improvement)
  • Did the student include several (3-5) key details from the story? (Good)
  • Did the student include many (5+) key details from the story? (Excellent)

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This is assignment  6 of 13.

Worksheet

School-Age Children at Play * Worm Retelling * Page 15 (6/13)

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    Possible answer:

I could do this activity with the Fly Guy series or even the Captain Underpants books. I think that it would work out really well for any book with a memorable plot. 


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