Aim:    1. Can you tell me your address and what type of house you live in?
            2.  Can you name the furniture in your bedroom?
            3.  Can you predict what will happen in This Is The Place For Me?
            4.  Can you listen for facts?
            5.  Can you identify similarities and differences about places?
            6.  Can you retell more than one piece of information in sequence?
            7.  Can you use pictures and drawings to represent your bedroom?

Setting:  This lesson will take place in the E.S.L. lab with a group of twelve kindergarten students.

Materials:  book-This Is The Place For Me, by Joanna Cole; pictures of different types of dwellings, Magnetic Way (a board on which magnetic visuals can be placed to represent items in a house;) word wall, crayons, drawing paper, oak tag, markers, sequins, sparkles, glue, construction paper, IMAC computer, Kidpix

Related URLs:  1. http://EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html
This site is an early childhood interactive dictionary showing both images, animations, and text. If a user clicks on the dictionary entry for "home," directions and a template for making a paper house pop up.
                       2. http://LittleExplorers.com
This site has activities for preschooler through grade three involving research skills to answer sets of questions.

Vocabulary:  bed            pillow        sheets        mattress        covers        closet        clothes
                    drawer       rug        window        single family        gingerbread house
                    teepee        guard house        house boat        apartment house        duplex
                    door        haunted house

Motivation:   1.  Teacher and students will create a semantic web for houses. (see below)
                    2.  Teacher will put info from semantic web under K on KWL chart( What you KNOW, What you WANT to know, What you LEARNED). (see attached) and ask what students would like to learn about houses. This info will be added onto KWL chart in the W column.
                    3.  Teacher will use pictures of dwellings to elicit what type of houses individual students live in. (see attached)
                    4.  Students will draw picture of own dwelling with crayons and paper and using Kidpix on the IMAC and teacher will help students practice writing address on picture. So that students interact with each other, students will read address to partner and describe their house using new vocabulary words displayed on word wall. Teacher will use pictures to make a house graph.
                      5. Using various art materials, students will make address plate for their front doors.

Procedure:        1.  Teacher will use motivations above to stir interests of students.
                        2.  Teacher will display visuals from Magnetic Way and model vocabulary for furniture in a bedroom. Students will repeat in group and individually.
                        3. Teacher will distribute visuals and have students name item as they place it back on magnetic board.
                        4. Students will use Kidpix to find, draw, and print pictures of bedroom furniture.
                        5a. Teacher will have students predict what will happen in the book, This Is The Place For Me, by Joanna Cole. Teacher will record predictions with student's name next to each response.
                         5b.  Students will listen for facts and identify similarities and differences in Morty's bedroom as described in This Is A Place For Me, and their bedroom. Teacher will list responses on a Venn Diagram. (see attached).
                          5c.  Students will compare predictions to what actually happened in book.
                          5d.  Students will retell more than one piece of information from book in sequence.
                          6. Using pictures in book, teacher will model different furniture in Morty's bedroom and different types of houses. Students will repeat as a group and individually.
                            7. Teacher will use total physical response to teach fingerplay, "Here is a House, from Creative Publications,ThemeWorks-Houses."

Here is A House
Here is house built up high
(arms up with fingertips touching to form roof)
With two tall chimneys reaching the sky
(two fingers pointing up)
Here are the windows
(form window with fingers)
And here is the door.
(knock)
If you peek inside, you'll see a mouse on the floor.
(raise hands in fright)

Evaluation:  Students will be evaluated on their ability to draw and label the furniture in their own bedroom and be able to recite and write their address.

Follow up:  Students will use Kidpix to explore different pictures of houses and furniture .

Standards Addressed.
                               1.  Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding.
                               2.  Interpret information represented in pictures, illustrations, and simple charts and webs.
                               3.  Use a picture dictionary as resource for vocabulary.
                               4.  Point to words in a text or on a chart when read aloud, matching spoken word to print.
                               5. Use computer software to support early reading development and early writing skills..
                               6.  Create a drawing, picture, sign, or other graphic to represent a word or concept.
                               7. Use classroom resources (word walls, picture dictionaries, teachers, peers) to support the writing process.
                               8. Take turns speaking in a group.
9.  Correct the pronunciation of words by using classroom resources, such as teachers, peers, audio/and video tapes, and computer software.

Resources:  Scholastic Inc,  Banners-Homes, New York, 19991
                 Creative Publications, ThemeWorks-Houses, Mountainview, Ca., 1991
                 Joanna Cole, This Is The Place For Me, Scholastic Inc., New York, 1986
                 Broderbund, Kidpix
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