Kindergarten/Library Media
Super 3 a Garden
Goal
1: The student will demonstrate an appreciation of literature as a reflection
of human experience and reading as a pleasurable activity.
The
student will be able to:
a.
Identify relationships
between text and situations in real life.
1. Listen to, read, and discuss stories that provide
examples of characters interacting with each other and solving problems that
reflect human experiences.
4. Use informational
materials to build background knowledge.
Goal 5: The
student will demonstrate the ability to interpret information to generate new
understandings and knowledge.
The
student will be able to:
b. Apply
critical thinking and problem solving strategies.
6. Explore
and discuss strategies for making personal connections with information.
Performance Objective(s)
The students will listen to a story and read to perform a task.
My Garden poem/finger play (LMTRSK.MyGarden.doc)
Eddie's garden and how to make things grow by Sarah Garland
Directions for Paper Flower
(LMTRS.HandFlowerK.doc)
Construction Paper,
Scissors, Stapler, Glue Stick, Straws, Pencils
Students have discussed growing plants in content class.
Share with students the poem/finger play, My Garden
(LMTRSK.MyGarden.doc)
Have a vase filled with some sample finger flowers on hand.
1. After
sharing the finger play with students introduce the book Eddie's Garden
and how to make things grow by Sarah
Garland. Describes how Eddie,
with help from his mother, planted and grew a garden, and concludes with
information about how readers could grow their own gardens. Or another story about planting a garden.
2. Ask students if they think Eddie used
the Super 3 to plant his garden - Plan, Do, Review.
After several responses from
students see if they can recite the Super 3 Song
3. - How could
we use those steps to make a flower today, plant a flower garden for everyone
at school? We will work on the
steps next week for the flower garden.
Transition
3. Next ask the
students to work through a Plan, Do, Review to create a finger flower - Reading
to Perform a Task.
4. Display the
directions and have students volunteer to read through the PLAN. (LMTRSK.HandPrintFlower.doc)
Activity
5. Direct
students to move to tables where supplies are set up to create a hand print
flower
6. Assist those
students who require additional help to create the flower.
7. As students
complete their hand print flower be available to staple the flower onto the
straw.
8. As the
students line up to leave collect the flowers and place in a bunch to give to
the Kindergarten teacher or allow students to take their hand print flower
home.
As the students are working on their hand print flower the
media specialist shall circulate among the students and ask the children what part
of the Super 3 they are currently working with.
All students will follow the directions to create a hand
print flower.
Enrichment/Extension
Recite the finger play for the Kindergarten Teacher
-
View the story online of Dottie's Garden
http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/plant/start.htm
Planning to Plant a Garden
Goal
1: The student will demonstrate an appreciation of literature as a reflection
of human experience and reading as a pleasurable activity.
The
student will be able to:
b. Identify
relationships between text and situations in real life.
2.
Listen to, read, and discuss stories that provide examples of
characters interacting with each other and solving problems that reflect human
experiences.
4. Use informational materials to build
background knowledge.
Goal 5: The
student will demonstrate the ability to interpret information to generate new
understandings and knowledge.
The
student will be able to:
b. Apply critical thinking and
problem solving strategies.
6. Explore and discuss
strategies for making personal connections with information.
Performance Objective(s)
The students will listen to a story and read to perform a task.
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Kidspiration, Computer, LCD Projector, printer
Pencils and crayons
Student Resource Sheet -http://www.dltk-teach.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-kids.com/members/images/marymary.gif
Share with students the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary Quiet
Contrary.
1. After
sharing the finger play with students introduce the book Planting A
Rainbow by
Lois Ehlert. Or another story about planting a garden.
2. After sharing the story use
Kidspiration to create a web to visualize the PLAN the
students think
they will use to create their own garden.
This will make a list of materials
to gather and
or purchase.
Transition
3. After
students check out books have them complete the Student Resource Sheet which
is a Coloring Page of Mary, Mary
Quite Contrary
4. As the
students line up to leave have them place the Student Resource Sheet into the
completed workbasket.
As the students are working on their coloring page ask them
what they think they will be DO-ing next week.
All students will use at least three colors to complete the
nursery rhyme coloring page of Mary, Mary Quite Contrary.
Enrichment/Extension
Recite the finger play for the Kindergarten Teacher
-
Play the matching game on line
http://www.mothergoose.com/Games/maryMatching.htm
Planting Flowers/Seeds
Goal
1: The student will demonstrate an appreciation of literature as a reflection
of human experience and reading as a pleasurable activity.
The
student will be able to:
c. Identify
relationships between text and situations in real life.
3.
Listen to, read, and discuss stories that provide examples of
characters interacting with each other and solving problems that reflect human
experiences.
4. Use informational materials to build
background knowledge.
Goal 5: The
student will demonstrate the ability to interpret information to generate new
understandings and knowledge.
The
student will be able to:
b. Apply critical thinking and
problem solving strategies.
6. Explore and discuss
strategies for making personal connections with information.
Performance Objective(s)
The students will follow the Super 3 Plan for our garden.
TRSK.PlantASeed.doc
Kidspiration, Computer, LCD Projector, printer
Garden Bed around the school
Trowels, shovels, hoes
Seeds or Flowering Plants
Watering Can or hose
Collection of books about gardening
The
Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Berenstain
Bears - Grow It!
Mrs.
Spitzer's Garden
My Father's Hands
I'm
a Seed
Magic
School Bus goes to seed
The
Ugly Vegetables - Lin
Linet
in Monet's Garden
Share with students the finger play, Plant a Little Seed
1. After
sharing the finger play with review the PLAN (via Kidspiration from last class).
2. Gather the
supplies to go outdoors and plant the seeds/flowers
3. Have the
students checkout books as a class before going outdoors to garden
Transition
3. After
students check out books have them proceed outside to create their garden
following the PLAN.
Activity
4. Follow the
PLAN and plant the seeds/flowers in the garden
5. If time
permits read another gardening story.
As the students are following the PLAN to plant the garden
REVIEW the steps with them.
All students will plant seeds/flower in the garden.
Enrichment/Extension
Recite the finger play for the Kindergarten Teacher
A
Vegetable Garden
Goal
1: The student will demonstrate an appreciation of literature as a reflection
of human experience and reading as a pleasurable activity.
The
student will be able to:
d. Identify
relationships between text and situations in real life.
4.
Listen to, read, and discuss stories that provide examples of
characters interacting with each other and solving problems that reflect human
experiences.
4. Use informational materials to build
background knowledge.
Goal 5: The
student will demonstrate the ability to interpret information to generate new
understandings and knowledge.
The
student will be able to:
b. Apply critical thinking and
problem solving strategies.
6. Explore and discuss
strategies for making personal connections with information.
Performance Objective(s)
The students will identify another type of garden - one for
vegetables instead of flowers.
The Carrot Seed
by Crocket Johnson
Muncha, Muncha, Muncha by Candace Fleming
Sequencing pictures from the story
Share with students the story The Carrot Seed by Crockett Johnson.
1. After
sharing the story have students sequence events from the story.
2. Next share
the story Muncha, Muncha, Muncha . After planting the garden he has
dreamed of for years, Mr. McGreely tries to find a way to keep some persistent
bunnies from eating all his vegetables.
Transition
3. After
students check out books have them proceed to the computer lab to complete an
online coloring activity
Closure
4. Link to the
site http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/garden-cb.htm ,
and online coloring site with a vegetable garden theme.
As the students are coloring online ask them if they think
Mr. McGreely has a PLAN.
All students will work online with the coloring pages.
Enrichment/Extension
If time permits have the students recite the finger plays
for the Kindergarten Teacher.