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Library Media Lesson Plan for Diane R. Chen Grade: Kindergarten Time Taught: January, 2nd week, 2006 Teachers: Collum, Soto, Barker, Glover, Henson Theme: Activity:

Winter Penguin Research

Objectives: Reading Standards – Information Access and Evaluation: Recognizes that information comes from written materials. Purpose: Recognizes a purpose for listening. Variety of Texts: Responds to nonfiction text. Begins to use reading strategies such as KWL and other graphic organizers for comprehension. Begins to recognize a variety of print sources: books, newspapers, magazines, maps, charts, and graphs. Responds to poetry. Listening Standards – Uses active listening skills. Begins to identify important information from a lesson, story, video, etc,. for the teacher to record. Mathematics Standards – Demonstrates understanding of the concept of length. Compares the length of two objects. Materials/Equipment: Books: Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester World Book Encyclopedia “P” volume World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia “P” volume Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems The Emperor’s Egg Penguins by Gail Gibbons Discovery book Penguins

Zoobook magazine Penguins Video: Arctic and Antarctic Animals Measuring stick or tape measure Penguin eyes (2 sets) cut out Whiteboard and Marker Internet printout of information & Globe Question cards Penguin Fact cards

Method/Procedure: Teacher will read penguin fiction books such as Tacky the Penguin in the classroom. Librarian will introduce penguin research as the process of asking questions and finding answers. Review the difference between facts and questions. Generate discussion on prior knowledge of penguins and write down 4-5 facts on cards. Note that while we know many things about penguins, there may still be some questions that we don’t have all the answers for yet. Draw question cards from a sack, read it aloud, hand it to a child for safe keeping and make a note on the whiteboard. Discuss how we learn new things. (Read, watch videos/ DVDs/ TV/ Podcasts, internet, etc.) Show informational/nonfiction books on penguins and ask if they have “real information.” How do we know? Which types of books will give us answers to our questions?Show examples of many sources of information on penguins. Read and skim through selected passages of several nonfiction books to find the answers to questions children are holding. List answers next to questions on whiteboard. If interest holds, write answers and other interesting facts on penguin cutouts for students to take back to their room. Read poems from The Emperor’s Egg and practice walking around with a penguin beanbag or other object on top of foot. Measure from

floor to the height of the smallest and the largest penguins (Fairy Penguin and Emperor Penguin). Have each child compare whether they are taller than or smaller than an emperor penguin as they line-up. Evaluation: Class participation. Individual recall of facts. Teachers will contine Arctic and Antarctic animal studies in their classrooms.