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The
Billy Goats Gruff and the Days of the Week
Designed
by: Virginia P. Riddle, AC Moore
Grade
Level:
First Subject:
Math
1)
Core Curriculum Objective: Sequence days of the week
and months of the year. (1ME1-1)
2)
Overview:
Students
will hear the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff and
then act out the story using "stepping stones"
marked with the days of the week. The students must say
the days of the week in the correct order to get to the
other side of the river without being eaten by the troll.
3)
Purpose/Essential Question:
What is the order of the days of the week?
4) Time Frame: one forty-minute class period
5)
Resources/Materials:
A
copy of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Long
piece of blue paper (river)
7
paper "stepping stones" marked with days of the
week
Troll
mask
Three
billy goat masks
6)
Assessment:
Given
a set of days of the week cards, the student will place
them in the correct order (beginning with Sunday as the
first day).
Teacher
uses the rubric to score.
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Student
recites all of the days of the week in the correct
order beginning with Sunday. |
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Student
recites all of the days of the week in
random order. |
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Student
recites some of the days of the week. |
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Student
cannot recite the days of the week. |
7)
Instructional Activity:
Teacher
reads story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff to students.
After
hearing the story, teacher spreads a long sheet of blue
paper
On
the floor. The teacher then shows the students the paper
stepping stones with the days of the week written on them.
The teacher tapes them in sequential order across the
river, beginning with Sunday. A student is chosen to wear
the troll mask and wait on the billy goats to cross over.
The teacher explains that each goat (student) must step on
the stones and correctly say the days of the week, in
order to avoid being eaten by the troll. To add to the
fun, the children can choose to be the big, middle-sized,
or small goat and speak in the voice tone that the chosen
goat used in the story.
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