Ugly Duckling Observation

Ugly Duckling

Standards:

SL.K.2 Confirm understanding of a text read aloud of information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

Taken from the IN Kindergarten Curriculum Framework found at: http://www.doe.in.gov/standards
Identify Key Objectives:
• The student will recall information from the story by answering questions regarding the story.

Identify Materials Needed:
• Ugly Duckling Story Cards

Vocabulary:
• Duckling
• Several

Identify Instructional Procedures:

• Initiation
1. Call students to sit on their sit spots.
2. Hold the 1st card up, ask the students, “What animal is this?”
3. Ask the

b) A duck barking OR a duck quacking?
5. Read 3rd card.
6. Tell the students the gray duckling is sad because he is lonely.
7. Ask the students, “What does the gray duckling want after he sees the swan?”
8. Ask the students, “How do you think he will solve his problem?”
9. Read 4th card.
10. Ask the students, “How do you think the duckling feels at the end of the story?”

• Closure
1. Hold the 1st card up, ask the students, “How is the gray duckling different from the other ducklings?”
2. Hold the 2nd card up, ask the students, “Mother duck tells the gray duckling that he is beautiful. Why is it hard for the gray duckling to believe her?”
3. Hold the 3rd card up, ask the students, “Why does the gray duckling leave the duck family?”
4. Ask the students, “Where did the gray duckling go?”
5. Hold the 4th card up, ask the students, “What does the gray duckling become at the end of the story?”
6. Ask the students, “Is he happy?”
7. Ask the students, “How do you know?”

Modifications: Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)

Some of the main characteristics include, but are not limited to:
• Hyperactivity-impulsivity
• Inattention (easily distracted)
• Inability to sit

I will redirect them so that they are looking at me and the story cards. If this does not work, I will ask them if they would like to go back and sit at their seats or stay at their sit spot.

Related Center-Based Activities:

Home- School Connection:
Create a “Classroom Book Bag” using a “paper made book” of the Ugly Duckling. I will provide parent instructions letting them know that we worked on this story during class. I will instruct parents to ask their child what the story was about to see if their child can recall what had happened in the story. If they cannot tell their parents what had happened, have the parents read the story to their child and ask their child to retell the story.

Community-School Connections:
After this lesson, I will take the students down to the pond so that we can look at the different animals that might be down there. Usually there are geese in this pond and if there are any when we are down there, I can have the students compare them to each other.

Assessment of