Lesson Plan
The Wild Mitten
This interactive lesson features The Mitten by Jan Brett. Students will have a great time acting out the story and developing their reading skills.
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to listen to and retell a simple story.
Introduction
(20 minutes)- Hold up the small mitten, and ask your students if they think your hand can fit inside it.
- Show them that your hand can fit by stretching the mitten and sliding it inside.
- Show students the rubber band. Stretch it. Hold up the "Stretch" concept word strip, and explain that the word stretch means to pull something or stretch it out to make it bigger.
- Hold up the "Wild" concept word strip. Explain that all of the animals in the story you're about to read are wild—they live in the forest and take care of themselves.
- Hold up the "domestic" concept word strip. Explain that pets are domestic—they live in homes and are taken care of by people.
- Read aloud The Mitten by Jan Brett.
- Hold up the "Camouflage," "Lumber," and "Investigate" concept strips as they appear in the story. Explain that
- Explain that camouflage is when something is hidden because it's hard to see. Direct attention to the mitten in the book. Show how hard it is to see the white mitten after it drops in the snow.
- When the bear appears, explain that he lumbers, or walks very slowly and heavily.
- When the fox appears, explain that he investigates, or goes over to see what's happening.
- When the mouse appears, show the acorn to demonstrate how small he is.