Under The Sea A Lesson Plan Using Word Instruction

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Under The SeaA Lesson Plan Using Word Instruction

• By Lauren Borushik
• 8-Dec-13

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Ocean Commotion Lesson OnePurpose The Under
the Sea unit consists of five lesson plans that
teaches students the important steps in learning
how to become great readers and writers using
poetry and books themed around oceanography.
Each lesson focuses on different forms of poetic
structures and language. The main goal of
lesson 1, Ocean Commotion, is to familiarize
students with rhyming , a technique often used
in poetry. Lesson One takes 1 hour to
complete.Objectives1. Students will be able to
add oceanic related words to a KWL chart2.
Students will be able to recognize rhyming
schemes 3. Students will be able to create a
rhyming poem about the ocean.Massachusetts
StandardsMassachusetts English Language Arts
Curriculum Framework General Standard 2.1,
Contribute knowledge to class discussion in order
to develop a topic for a class project.
Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum
Framework General Standard 7.2, Recognize and
produce rhyming words 7.3 Recognize
letter-sound matches by naming and identifying
each letter of the alphabet. Materials- KWL
Chart- Rhyme worksheets- Rhyming books 1.
Commotion In the Ocean by Giles Andreae and David
Wojfowycz - Picture books 1. Over in the
Ocean In a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes 2.
Ocean Life From A to Z Book by Cynthia
Stierle
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• Introduction
• Good morning boys and girls! I would like you to
  all sit down on the floor in a circle. Today, we
  are going to be fishermen, and discover the ocean
  using a rhyme pattern to describe what we
  discovered.
• Guiding Questions on Oceanography
• How many of you have ever been to the ocean?
• What did you see when you visited the ocean?
• What types of animals live in the ocean?
• What other objects live in the ocean? (The
  teacher lists all the childrens ideas on a KWL
  chart). This section takes 10 minutes.
• Guiding Questions on Rhyming
• What is a rhyme? (Give students the chance to
  respond) Help guide them that a rhyme is a
  repetition of similar sounds in two or more
  words, such as cat and bat, and hand and sand,
  which have the same ending sounds. Explain to
  them that rhyme is most often used in poetry and
  songs. Can someone give me another example of a
  word that rhymes with another word?
• We are going to read a book all about rhymes
  called, Commotion in the Ocean, by Giles Andreae
  and David Wojfowycz. Can anyone tell me if there
  are words in the title that rhyme? What kind of
  words and ideas do you think we are going to see
  and hear in this book? (Allow time for student
  discussion). As I read the book, every time you
  hear a word that rhymes I would like you to clap.
  
• Class, now, I am going to pick out words from
  the book and I would like you to be the teacher
  and write down on the blackboard a word that
  rhymes with the word I give you. How can we tell
  if that word rhymes? (This section takes 20
  minutes).
• Core Procedures
• How many of you have ever written a poem or a
  song? Remember in the beginning of class when I
  mentioned that often rhyme words are used in
  poetry and song writing? How about we write a
  poem together about the ocean. (Instructor
  guides students , but lets them make choices on
  what words they would like to use.
• After several lines are written on the
  blackboard, the students are told to complete
  four additional lines that rhyme on their own to
  the poem.

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• Stanza done as a class
• The ocean is big and blue,
• I love the ocean, do you?
• The rocks sleep and the plants sway,
• Out on the sand children play.
• Stanza done by student
• My dad and I jump waves,
• Then in the sand we dig and build caves.
• Seaweed wraps around my feet,
• A shark, I sure do never want to meet.
• Closing
• How would you all like to go back to your desk
  and be writing fishermen? I think some smart
  fishermen can do a good job working
  independently. I would like you to take the poem
  that we wrote as a group and add four lines that
  rhyme to make your own poem. The poem needs to
  make sense. What do you say fishermen! All
  aboard?
• I am passing out a shape poem of a fish. Inside
  the fish I would like you to create your poem.
  You can look at the KWL circle for ideas to spark
  your memory. Once we gather everyones poems, we
  will hang them on our ocean theme wall.
• Please complete the rhyming sheet for homework
  and bring it back to class tomorrow.

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AssessmentStudents will be assessed
using a combination of factors.1. Class
Participation2. Ability to illustrate a clear
understanding of rhyming by writing an
independent 2 line poem, provide oral feedback
for the group stanza, and pass in the completed
homework assignment showing a deep understanding
of the lesson just learned. Rubric

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ModificationsModifications will be made on an
individual basis. An Example of one
modifications is to have the child draw an image
rather than write a 2 line stanza to show an
understanding. Additional accommodations include
pairing student with another student for
additional support, provide extra example of
rhyming, as well as give directions both visually
and orally.ExtensionThis lesson can be
extended where students can create a song about
the ocean using a rhyme technique.
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KWL Chart
What do you know What do you want to know What did you learn?
Water How big is the ocean
Sand How does it form
Seaweed How deep does the ocean go
Fish How do fish breathe
Sharks What do fish eat
diving Do jelly fish really sting
Whales
surfing
smells
Jelly fish
starfish
scary
boats
waves
Sand castles
Cold or warm
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Rhyme Time Name_______________
Rhyme Time Circle the words in each column that
rhyme with the word in bold. What other words
rhyme with that word? Write them in the spaces
below. Good Hoe Plow Light Found Took Wood toe ho
w night around cook Stood sew please like hound sh
ook Could row bow right four book Fish Wave Sa
nd Cold Shark Ocean Dish Save Land Sold Bark Motio
n Wish Rock Band Told Blanket Lotion Torn Cave Pil
low Warm Hot Potion
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Name___________________________Directions
Write a 2 line poem that rhymes and can be added
to the Farm Octopus poem.
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Ocean The ocean is big and blue, I love the
ocean, do you? The rocks sleep and the plants
sway, Out on the sand children play. My dad and
I jump waves, Then in the sand we dig and build
caves. Seaweed wraps around my feet, A shark, I
sure do never want to meet.
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Bibliography
RubiStar http//rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Down by the Bay http//teachers.net/lessons/posts/
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k.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id832 Farm
Octopus http//printables.scholastic.com/printable
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Shape http//www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/5914.s
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