Lesson Plan

Caps For Sale!

In this lesson, students will listen to a story and answer literacy questions throughout. They will then complete a math activity to go along with the story!
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify the beginning, middle and end of a story.

The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
EL adjustments

Introduction

(5 minutes)
How Many Hats?How Many Fish?
  • Show students a hat. Ask them to think of another word for a hat. If students do not bring up "cap," then you should.
  • Ask students to see who wears caps at home.
  • Then, show the class the cover of Caps for Sale. Ask students if they have ever read this book.
  • Have students make predictions about what the book is about based on the cover.

Beginning

  • Provide students with vocabulary words in their home language (L1).
  • Define and model how to make a prediction using something familiar to the students (e.g., "I predict the weather will be hot because it is clear and sunny.").

Intermediate

  • Have students turn and talk to share their predictions with a partner using the sentence frame, "I predict __ ___ ___ ______ __ ___ ___ ______ will happen in the story."