8/9/2019 Teaching Guide - Grab - BrickHouse Education -
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Objectives Identify synonyms and antonyms; animal habitats,
traits and behavior;rhyming words; ask and answer questions; use
picture and context clues; compare andcontrast
Materials parallel, uneven, monkey, or side-by-side bars;
stopwatch; chart
30 minutes, Days 13
Build Background
Activate Prior Knowledge Tell children: Animals grab onto
things. Ask: What animals have you seen grabbing onto trees or
branches in your neighborhood or at the zoo? (cats,squirrels,
monkeys,etc. ) Then ask: Why do you think theyre grabbing onto
trees? (Theyrelooking for food. They dont want to fall.)Say: Today,
were going to learn about why animals
grab onto things.
Introduce the Focus Skill: Synonyms and Antonyms Tell
children:Synonyms are words that mean the same thing. Open the book
to pp. 67. Read the rstsentence on each page aloud to the class as
you emphasize the words look andsee. Tell the class: Look and see
mean the same thing. Look and see are synonyms. Then say: Antonyms
are words that mean the opposite.Turn to pp. 89. Read the
secondsentence on p. 8 and the rst sentence on p. 9 aloud to the
class as you emphasizethe words low and high. Say: Low (point down)
and high (point up) are
opposites. Low and high are antonyms. Write the following list
of synonyms andantonyms in pairs on the board: short/tall,
big/large, thick/thin, quick/fast . Ask volunteers to circle the
synonym and underline the antonym pairs.Guide children by asking:
Do these words mean the same thing? Are these words opposites?
Acquire New Vocabulary Introduce the vocabulary words to the
class: frightened, puma, sound, pause, frail,unique, limb . Write
them on the board and review de nitions. Tell the class that some
of these words have synonyms and antonyms. Ask volunteers to
brainstorm synonyms and antonyms and write them on the board next
to the corresponding vocabulary word. Forexample, synonyms:
puma/cougar, limb/branch ; antonyms: frail/strong, unique/same . If
children have dif culty, referthem to the book for examples. Review
synonyms and antonyms as a class.
Read and Respond Display the book. Read the title and author
name aloud as you track the print. Tell children: Poems are
likemusic. They follow a certain beat. We need to stay on beat for
it to sound right.Read p. 4 aloud to model correct pronunciation
and rhythm. Tap your desk lightly as you read so children can hear
the beat. Then assign subsequent pages to each member of the class.
Have eachchild read his/her page aloud. Pause after reading each
page and encourage children to answer the following questions: Why
does thisanimal grab onto the ___? Where does it live? Tell
children to use picture and context clues when giving their
answers. For instance, afterreading p. 10, a child might say: The
koala grabs onto the tree because it wants to look around. It lives
in a forest . Discuss animal habitats as a class.
60 minutes, Days 45
Curricular Enrichment: Physical Education Tell children: Animals
can grab onto tree branches and hold on for atime. Today were going
to test how long each of us can hold onto a bar.Take children to
the school gymnasium or playground. Tell themto form a line in
front of the parallel, uneven, monkey, or side-by-side bars.
Children will take turns grabbing onto the barand hanging from it
as long as possible. Use a stopwatch to keep track of how long each
child can hold on. The next child inline will wait his/her turn
while you record the previous childs time on a chart. When every
child has had a turn, tell them tolook at the chart and tell you
how they did. Then have children discuss what it felt like to hold
on to the bar. Say: The stronger
your arm muscles are, the longer you can hold on. Ask: Do you
think that animals have stronger or weaker arms than we do?
(stronger) Whawe do to get stronger arms? (Do exercises.) Ask
children to come up with ideas for other ways of exercising to stay
healthy.
Home Connection (Teacher, you may want to photocopythis activity
for children to complete with a family member.) Ask your child why
animals grab onto things like trees. (So theydont fall; because
thats where they sleep,etc. ) Encourage your childto discuss the
Curricular Enrichment exercise. Have yourchild demonstrate the
exercise when you go to the park orduring playtime.
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NATIONAL STANDARDS
Language Arts: K-12.1, K-12.3, K-12.4, K-12.5, K-12.6, K-12.7,
K-12.8, K-12.11, K-12.12Mathematics: Numbers PK-2.1; Algebra
PK-2.1, PK-2.4; Geometry PK-2.2, PK-2.4;
Connections PK-12.3Science: K-4.1, K-4.2, K-4.3Social
Studies/Geography: K-12.1, K-12.2, K-12.3Health: K-4.1, K-4.3,
K-4.4, K-4.7Music: K-4.8Physical Education: K-12.112.7
