ABOUT THE BOOK GUIDED READING: K LEXILE LEVEL: 580L CHARACTER TRAITS: Courage Resourcefulness Respect REGION: Africa ISBN: 978-0-874838-25-1 First Grade Lesson Plans and Teacher Guides Lesson Type: Differentiated Learning Anansi and the Tug o’ War Written by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk Outcome Students will demonstrate an understanding of the story through reading, listening, discussing, and observing. Materials General • Book, Anansi and the Tug o’ War, multiple copies • Crayons • Scissors • Glue sticks • Pencils • Markers • “Killer Whale Coloring Page” worksheet • Pipe cleaners • Paint (blue for the ocean, other colors for fish) • Paintbrushes • Mural paper (about 6 feet long) • Sponge shapes • Construction paper pre-cut into ovals, triangles, and circles • Wiggly eyeballs COMMON CORE STANDARDS NOTE: Find correlating Common Core Standards at the head of each activity section.
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ABOUT THE
BOOK
GUIDED READING: K
LEXILE LEVEL: 580L
CHARACTER TRAITS: Courage Resourcefulness Respect
REGION: Africa
ISBN: 978-0-874838-25-1
First Grade
Lesson Plans and Teacher GuidesLesson Type: Differentiated Learning
Anansi and the Tug o’ WarWritten by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk
Outcome
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the story through reading, listening, discussing, and observing.
Materials
General• Book, Anansi and the Tug o’ War, multiple copies
• Crayons
• Scissors
• Glue sticks
• Pencils
• Markers
• “Killer Whale Coloring Page” worksheet
• Pipe cleaners
• Paint (blue for the ocean, other colors for fish)
• Paintbrushes
• Mural paper (about 6 feet long)
• Sponge shapes
• Construction paper pre-cut into ovals, triangles, and circles
• Wiggly eyeballs
COMMON CORE
STANDARDS
NOTE: Find correlating Common Core Standards at the head of each activity section.
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First Grade
Cooking Activities• Clear glass bowl
• 3 Packages of blue gelatin
• Jelly beans for “gravel”
• Gummi fish
• A few pieces of kale or endive for “seaweed”
Assessment Tools
• “Phonics” worksheet A
• “Phonics” worksheet B
• “Reading Response” worksheet
• “Creatures of the Sea” worksheet
• “Things That Live in the Sea Web” worksheet
• “Cause and Effect” worksheet
• “Vocabulary” worksheet
Table of Contents
Introduction • 3
Discussion Questions • 7
Phonics • 8
Writing Readiness • 10
Math • 11
Science • 12
Art • 13
Cooking • 14
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First Grade
Pre-Reading
Directions: • Teacher takes out Anansi and the Tug o’ War and
explains to the class that the main character, Anansi, is a “spider man.” Spiders spin webs, Anansi spins stories. Anansi stories are well-known stories told in Africa.
• Anansi is a trickster. The teacher asks the class if they know what a trickster is.
• Teacher explains that tricksters play tricks on others in order to get what they want.
• Look at the cover and the title of the story.
• What do you think this story is going to be about?
• What is a “tug o’ war?” Explain that it is a contest of strength. Whoever pulls or tugs the hardest, wins.
• Who do you think would win a tug o’ war?
• A rabbit or a lion?
• A child or an adult?
• A clownfish or a shark?
• Have a tug o’ war with the class.
• Go on a picture walk. As you turn the pages, discuss the pictures of the characters.
• What character do you think will win the tug o’ war--Anansi, or an enormous animal like Elephant or Killer Whale?
• What are the characters doing in the pictures?
• Tell the students to look at the face of the characters in the illustrations. Demonstrate how we wear different expressions on our faces depending on how we are feeling.
COMMON CORE
STANDARDS
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.10: Text complexity CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7: Illustrations and details CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.4: Relevant details CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.6: Use of words and phrases
Introduction
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First Grade
• Say, “I am feeling happy”... Smile.
• Say, “I am feeling sad”… Frown.
• Say, “Show me a surprised face.”
• Say, “Show me a disappointed face.”
• Why would we feel happy, sad, surprised, or disappointed? (cause and effect)
• Discuss how the characters may be feeling in the story.
• Hand out “Cause and Effect” worksheet.
Reading for Purpose
Directions: • Tell the children they will be listening to the story to find
out what kind of trick Anansi plays and what happens to Elephant, Killer Whale, and Anansi.
• What lesson is learned?
Read the Story to the Class
Directions: • As you read, think out loud as you ask important
questions about the scheme and how the characters are feeling. Point out facial expressions of the characters.
• For example: In the picture on Page 7, Anansi looks very angry. What do you think would make him so angry?
• Explain words that may be unfamiliar as you go.
• For example: clever means smart, taut means tight, etc.
COMMON CORE
STANDARDS
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1: Key details
COMMON CORE
STANDARDS
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7: Illustrations and details CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.4: Relevant details CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5.D : Shades of meaning
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Vocabulary Skills
Make a Word WandMaterials:
• Pipe cleaners
Directions: • Make a loop on one end of a pipe cleaner. Be sure
to leave enough of the pipe cleaner for the wand part. Students will use this word wand to find new vocabulary words from the story.
Using Context CluesMaterials:
• Pipe cleaners
Directions: • Hand out a copy of the book to small groups of students.
• Let them use their word wands to find new words.
• Students should make a list of these words.
• Students share the lists as a class.
• Teacher should record these words on a class chart.
• Use the book to find out what the words mean by reading them in context.
• Explain that the surrounding words will give clues to the meaning of the unknown word.
• Ask students to think of other words that end with the same sound as whale.
• Write the words on the board using a different color for the /ale/ and /ail/ words.
• For example: male, pale, bale, sale, tale sail, pail, tail, mail, nail, trail, hail
Phonics Game
Directions: • Explain to students that when words have the same
ending sound, they rhyme. Explain that sometimes words have endings that sound the same, but are not spelled the same, and yet, they can still rhyme.
• Say, “We are going to play a game. Anansi and Elephant played tug o’ war. We are going to play ‘hear that rhyme.’ I will read a pair of words. If the two words rhyme, snap your fingers. If the two words do not rhyme, do not snap your fingers. Let the games begin.”
• Teacher can create word pairs using the /ale/ and /ail/ words above and other words that have a different ending sound.
COMMON CORE
STANDARDS
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.C: Initial, medial, final sounds CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.C: Long vowels
Phonics
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Phonics Practice (Differentiated Learning)
Materials:• “Phonics” worksheets A and B
• Pencil
• Lined paper
Directions: • Divide the students into two groups.
Group A: • Hand out “Phonics” worksheet A.
• Students work with the teacher to complete the worksheet.
• Students can use the /ale/ and /ail/ words written on the board for help.
Group B: • Hand out “Phonics” worksheet B.
• Students individually complete the worksheet.
COMMON CORE
STANDARDS
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.C: Long vowels CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.C: Initial, medial, final sounds
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Reading Response
Materials:• “Reading Response” worksheet
• Pencil
• Crayons
Directions: • Ask students to think about their favorite part of the
story.
• Hand out the “Reading Response” worksheet. Tell students to each draw a picture of his or her favorite part and write about it.
• Have students come up and share their favorite parts of the story with the class.
Directions: • Discuss with the class how size is a theme in the story.
• Anansi felt that Elephant thought he was strong and powerful. He thought he was stronger than Anansi, and definitely bigger. He made fun of Anansi, calling him a pipsqueak. Anansi wanted to teach Elephant a lesson about size and how it doesn’t always matter.
• Teacher will draw three circles ascending in size on the board and say, “Big, bigger, biggest.”
• Teacher will model things in the class in size order.
• For example: three students will be called to come up in front of the class. The class arrange them in size order from tall to tallest.
• Hand out plain white paper.
• Students will draw pictures that show big, bigger, biggest and tall, taller, tallest.
• They will write a sentence describing each drawing.
• For example: The tiger is big. The lion is bigger. The Elephant is the biggest of all.