Braidy Lesson: The Mitten (By Jan Brett)

Braidy Lesson: The Mitten (by Jan Brett) Ellen Weber, Ed.S.,CCC-SLP, 1/7/11

Target Students: 1st grade inclusion class Target Skills: Understanding fact vs. fiction, identifying elements of story that make it fictional, vocabulary development, identifying kick-off of story, providing descriptive vocabulary for character and setting, comparing/contrasting this version of story with on done in class (by Alvin Tresselt).

Materials: Fact or Fiction PPT, with Braidy lesson at end. laptop and activboard The Mitten by Jan Brett ELMO (for reading story to class) Small group handout: character/setting details picture

Whole Class Activity: 1. Go over Fact or Fiction PPT with class, and relate Braidy to non-fiction stories. 2. Read story to class, looking for elements that make it fictional. 3. Compare/contrast both versions of the story using Braidy elements (on activbrd)

Small Group Activities: 1. Spec ed students work with spec ed teacher in small group reading activity. 2. Individual students pulled by classroom teacher for testing/conferencing. 3. Speech students work with SLP on IEP goals (narrative skills) 4. Remainder of students work at table to draw character and setting from one of the stories, with much detail, presenting to whole class at the end if time permits.

Curriculum Standards: ELA1R5.a Vocabulary Reads and listens to a variety of texts and uses new words in oral and written language. ELA1R6.c Comprehension Asks and answers (implicit, explicit, and evaluative) questions about essential narrative elements (e.g., beginning-middle-end, setting, characters, problems, events, resolution) of a read-aloud or independently read text. ELA1R6.e Comprehension Distinguishes fact from fiction and identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama). ELA1R6.l Comprehension Recognizes plot, setting, and character within texts, and compares and contrasts these elements among texts. ELA1W2b Response to Literature: Begins to demonstrate an understanding of the text through oral retelling, pictures, or in writing.