Two Ways to Count to Ten

Lesson Plan  DIRECT TEACHING

will review some of the cause-and-effect statements we discussed during Lesson 1. I will discuss how these cause-and-effect relationships were easy to identify because they were in the same sentence and we used signal words to identify them. I will explain that many times cause-and-effect relationships in stories do not occur in the same sentence and are not associated with signal words. I will explain that in order to understand stories better, we must think about what is happening in the story and why. I will begin reading the first page of Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folk Tale retold by Ruby Dee. I will identify the king being rich, powerful, and wise as a cause. I will model identifying the effect, “all the animals loved and respected their king” by thinking aloud about the “what” and the “why” in the story.  THINK CHECK Ask: How did I identify the effects in the cause and effect relationships in the story? Students should respond that you read the story and used a given cause to think about and identify what happened as a result.  GUIDED PRACTICE

will continue reading Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folk Tale retold by Ruby Dee and identifying the implicit effects in cause-and-effect relationships. For example, on page 2, King Leopard says that whoever wins the contest will be King and King Leopard’s daughter will be Queen. An implicit effect of winning the contest is marrying the King’s daughter. We will stop after the chimpanzee fails to become the king.  INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

will listen as I finish reading Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folk Tale retold by Ruby Dee. You will identify the implicit effects of the given causes. (Student Independent Practice worksheet is provided below.) Build Student Vocabulary wisdom Tier 2 Word: wisdom Contextualize the word The leopard, king of the animals, was mighty in wisdom. as it is used in the story Wisdom means having good judgment or having lots of knowledge. When the Explain the meaning leopard was mighty in wisdom, it means he was very smart. He learned many student-friendly things over a long period of time, which gave him great understanding, good definition) judgment, and wisdom. Students repeat the Say the word wisdom with me: wisdom. word Judges who make good decisions in the courts have wisdom. They use their Teacher gives knowledge of the law to make wise decisions. I ask my grandmother for examples of the word in advice whenever I need to rely on her wisdom about how to get along with other contexts people. Students provide Can you think of someone who has wisdom? What do they have wisdom examples about? Start by saying, “Someone I know who has wisdom is ______.” Students repeat the What word are we talking about? wisdom word again. Additional Vocabulary intentions, majestically Words Build Student Background Knowledge After reading Two Ways to Count to Ten, explain to your class that antelopes are mammals that live in Africa, Asia, and parts of the Americas. They resemble (are similar to) deer, but unlike deer, they have strong, permanent horns. Deer grow their horns each year. Antelope are herbivorous, which means that eat grass and plants, and they are the prey for many larger animals, such as lions and leopards. Perhaps this is the cause of the jungle animals' surprise when the antelope won the contest in the story