Little Turtle

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Little Turtle

• 3rd Grade Language Arts
• Mary Ruebusch
• McCurdy School

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Teacher PageOBJECTIVE The learner will use a
Graphic Organizer to remember and retell a story.
The learner will relate science principles to
the poem.
ACTIVITY The students will read a poem and
remember and retell it using a web. The class
will write in journals and discuss answers to
questions about turtles.
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Teacher Page
PROCEDURE 1. Copy the poem either for the class
or on a transparency. (The next slide
contains the complete poem.) 2.Click through and
read slides. 3. Students will make a web to
remember and retell the story. 4. Students will
use a journal to answer questions about the
animals in the poem.
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Little Turtleby Vachel Lindsey
There was a little turtle Who lived in a box. He
swam in the puddles And he climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito. He snapped at a
flea.He snapped at a minnow, And he snapped at
me.
He caught the mosquito. He caught the flea.He
caught the minnow, But he didnt catch me!
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Little Turtleby Vachel Lindsey
There was a little turtle Who lived in a box. He
swam in the puddles And he climbed on the rocks.
continue
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He snapped at a mosquito. He snapped at a
flea.He snapped at a minnow, And he snapped at
me.
continue
Minnow a small fish
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He caught the mosquito. He caught the flea.He
caught the minnow, But he didnt catch me!
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Make a web of the things that were snapped at by
the turtle.
Answer follows.
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Web of the things that were snapped at by the
turtle.
Click 5 times for answers
mosquito
flea
Turtle
me
minnow
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Use your web to retell the poem.
Write a paragraph about what happens in the poem.
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What clues did you find in the poem to prove
whether the turtle was a meat eater or a plant
eater?
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Label the animals in the poem--insect, mammal,
reptile, or fish.
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Explain why the turtle was able to catch some
things and not others.
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Was this poem fantasy or realistic?
Explain your answer.
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