The Mitten Grouping: Whole Group Strategy: Warm up imagination/Introduction Administration: Yarn, kitting needles Focus: Yarn We !

prepare "or drama #orld$ %nitting! pro&ide conte't to deepen engagement Introduction: ()ackie* Drama: Yarn We Acti&ity! +What are some things that remind you o" #inter,Everyone will take a turn answering the question and passing it to someone across the room to create a weblike structure. (.mily* %nitting in /ole ! Jackie will ask the following questions while Emily knits in silence: Who is she, What is she doing, Why is she doing it, Where is she, What #ould e a good caption "or #hat you see, After the student share, Emily will recite her sentence s! that will give the students a better idea of who she is, what she is doing, why she is doing it, and where she is from. Grouping: Whole Group Strategy: 0redicting/1isual Arts Administration: 2&erhead, page o" ook Focus: .'ploring the picture Activity One: (Maggie* Visual: 0redicting one page o" the ook! "aggie will put the page on the pro#ector and give the students a chance to share what they think is going on in the picture. $nce a few minutes are spent on this prediction, %ate will step in and transition the class to listen to the story. &hat do you see in this picture' &hat do you think is happening in this picture' (ntroduce book!

Grouping: Whole Group/Groups o" 3 (pairs* Strategy: Impro&isation/4rama and Mo&ement Administration: Animal masks, chart on oard, "itted sheet, ook Focus: To mo&e into role o" animals Activity Two: (%ate* Drama/Movement: 5egin reading the ook up to page 6, stopping at page 78 Ask students #hat they think may happen ne't8 )ara will step in and transition the class to the movement*drama portion of the lesson. )ara will e+plain that the students will be asked to get into pairs. )ome groups will be of , and that-s okay. )he will e+plain that each group will be assigned a different animal that will show up in the story, and the students must act out the movements of their animal while some of the story is being read. )he will e+plain that the students will use these movements as they enter into a fitted sheet that represents the mitten. )ara will demonstrate several movements for each animal along with three different levels and three different si.es. /his will be illustrated on the board: ANIMAL a!!it "ed#e$o# Owl %ad#er Mole &o' %ear Mouse MOVEMENTS 9op or )ump Waddle or Wiggle S#oop or Flap Arms Waddle or Wiggle Walk or :ra#l Slide or ;eap Stomp or )ump /un or :ra#l LEVELS 9igh SIZES Wide

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)ara or all of us will demonstrate each movement addressed: hop, #ump, waddle, wiggle, swoop, flap arms, walk, crawl, slide, leap, stomp, and run. )he will ask the students if they have any more suggestions for each anima movement. /hen we will e+plain the levels and si.es by demonstrating 0)tomping wide at a high level-. )he will e+plain that each group must pick one movement of their animal, one level, and one si.e and must repeat the movement for 1 counts. As a group, we will pass out masks to each group. 2roups will have 3 minutes to practice. 4uring this practice time, play music. After practicing, each group will tell us what they chose without showing us. /hey will show us after %ate reads their part in the story. )he will e+plain that when it comes time to )A5E67 0e+plode out of the mitten-, students must come out of the sheet and return to their seats. %ate will continue to read the story and the students must act out their chosen movements as their part is read in the book. After children are in their seats, %ate will read the rest of the story. Grouping: Indi&idual :reation Strategy: /e"lection Administration: 0ostcards, pen or pencil, last page o" ook on o&erhead Focus: 0ersonal application (%ate* e(lection: Writing postcard! Students #ill #rite a postcard to the author o" the story, telling her #hat they elie&e the last page should say since it is le"t lank8 &rite prompt on board! &e will display the last page on the overhead for the students to look at before reflecting. &e will ask volunteers to share what they believe the last page could say. After at least three students share their ideas, we will pass out the postcards for them to write on. &e will give the students several minutes to create their postcard before going around to each student to read their ideas.