5 Little Pumpkins Retell Lesson

Level: Preschool (Ages 3-5)

Teaching Strategies GOLD Objective(s :

18. Comprehends and responds to books and other texts

18c. Retells stories

Objective:

A ter reading Five Little Pumpkins and learning actions to go along !ith thestor"# st$dents !ill correctl" retell % o$t o & o the stor" e'ents either

'erball" or thro$gh actions.

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Read Five Little Pumpkins to st$dents. odel the stor" actions to st$dents.

ome st$dents ma" be able to retell the stor" $sing actions rather than!ords.

**+ote, one in large gro$p setting

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Read Five Little Pumpkins to st$dents. his time read it as a clo/e passage

and pro'ide ample !ait time or st$dents to 0nish telling each se $ence o

the stor". 2x. eacher 4 i'e little p$mpkins67 t$dents 4 itting on a

gate.7 Contin$e $sing this teaching strateg" thro$gho$t the rest o the stor".

**+ote, one in large gro$p setting

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Read Five Little Pumpkins to st$dents and enco$rage them to read along as!ell as do the actions !ith "o$. Reteach actions i necessar".

**+ote, one in large gro$p setting

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Read Five Little Pumpkins to st$dent. his time read it as a clo/e passage

and pro'ide ample !ait time or st$dent to 0nish telling modeling thro$gh

actions each se $ence o the stor". 2x. eacher 4 i'e little p$mpkins67

t$dents 4 itting on a gate.7 9r st$dent ma" hold $p 0'e 0ngers (0'e

p$mpkins) and pretend the" are sitting on the st$dent:s arm (the gate).Contin$e $sing this teaching strateg" thro$gho$t the rest o the stor".

**+ote, one indi'id$all" !ith each st$dent

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Ask st$dent !hat the" remember rom the Five Little Pumpkins stor". Askthem to tell "o$ the stor". ome st$dents might need help getting started. ;

necessar" get o$t the book and ha'e the st$dent do the actions or each

page. <se this to determine !hat le'el the st$dent alls at in terms o

eaching trategies =9> .

**+ote, one indi'id$all" !ith each st$dent