This lesson is designed for a heterogeneous tutorial group of four secondgrade students. The lesson teaches students how to connect text to self, using the book the popcorn. Lesson plans for prek and k by tania cowling teaching grades prek to 5. Ask, is what we will read today probably a story or probably information.
The links to individual lesson plans are also included below. Other lesson plans in the national agricultural literacy curriculum matrix may be used as. Brothers tiny and tony are hungry for a snack, and their mother allows them to make some popcorn. Youngsters will love stringing together popcorn necklaces and learning about popcorn. Reading lesson using the popcorn book by tomie depaola. A day full of popcorn lesson plan lesson plans for educators. These lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who. Large activity tray plans planning webs activity planning and continuous provision ideas maths mastery eyfs adult input plans. Using this favorite snack food, popcorn, is an excellent way to tool to teach this childrens bible object lesson. Students retell story events on a lunch bag filled with popcorn. Popcorn science students in grades k12 perform five simple experiments to demonstrate what makes popcorn pop.
Lessons plans interdisciplinary lesson plans a day full of popcorn lesson plan. It contains a lot of wonderful preschool popcorn projects for your children to enjoy. Was there popcorn in plimoth when the indians and pilgrims shared their first thanksgiving meal. Jun 2, 20 welcome back to the virtual book club for kids. Prek and kindergarten friendship and sharing lesson plan based on the popcorn dragon. This month the vbc is featuring books by one of my favorite authors, tomie depaola. Look through text for 1 minute and decide what kind of text it will be and how they know. Preschool popcorn theme ideas for your library and literacy activities for your preschool classroom. Those are just a few of the questions this weeks lesson plans will answer. The two boys learn about the history of popcorn in the americas, how much popcorn is eaten on an annual basis, and methods of popping corn.
Popcorn thematic units, lesson plans and teacher resources. Encourage them to crouch down as low as they can, and to pop up as high as they can. You can also create your own word search, criss cross or memory match puzzle using our. Popcorn summary study guides, essays, lesson plans. This lesson investigates the phenomenon of popcorn popping. This popcorn book report lesson plan is suitable for 1st 3rd grade. Includes tips for before, during, and after readingplus an extension activity.
Lesson plans for phonics word families and making a picture graph are also included. It recently made me smile to revisit one of my favorite books from childhood. Here are some ideas for those of you who use frank asch books in the classroom or homeschool environment. Try some of the ideas in my popcorn lesson plan theme. This the popcorn book lesson plan is suitable for kindergarten 5th grade. Lesson plan from kids econ posters created by kids econ posters view on kids econ posters share. Watching movie and tv sports activities the native american indians. At the bottom of the page, you will find books that you can order directly from. More activities can be found on bright hub education in the popcorn book lesson. Students will make popcorn while creating hypotheses on how corn can be impacted by changing the process, and. The stations are designed to be taught by grade 4 students. The bloggers of the virtual book club are celebrating the works of tomie depaola this month and so my class has been reading a few of his books including our most recently read book titled, the popcorn. The popcorn book by tomie depaola bright hub education.
Read aloud up to page 21, stopping before the explanation of what makes popcorn pop. Popcorn is at the base of all the lesson plans youll find here and many of these lesson plans require popped popcorn. Book suggestions for the library i love amazon, and if you choose to get yours there, they do send. Popcorn provides a fun and tasty way for learning a variety of math concepts, including estimation and bar graphs. This lesson develops those concepts, and the results can be eaten when youre done. You may find it easier to engage your students with this yummy, fun, and wholesome. Students will be learning about the history of popcorn, preferably in the fall as october is national popcorn poppin month. Over a two day period, read two corn books to your students to complete their study of corn.
Activity guide from librarysparks created by librarysparks view the pdf share. Popcorn is a classic snack and children love hearing it and watching it poppoppop. You can also make your own microwave popcorn by tossing 12 cup of popcorn kernels with 12 teaspoon vegetable oil and salt, then dumping the popcorn. Hundreds to thousands of years ago, popcorn was used as a gift.
A popcorn seed is hard and tasteless, like us, until god turns the heat on it. Immediately download the popcorn summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching popcorn. We offer many activity ideas for supporting books of this type here. They illustrate the story events and enjoy the popcorn snack. A complete guided reading lesson with pre reading and extension activity to use with the book the popcorn book which is commonly found in guided reading sets. The popcorn pirates book, teaching resource, story, card. Includes all of your favorite preschool popcorn related songs art.
The popcorn book probably represents my first forray into foodthemed literature. Guided reading lesson the popcorn book by tomie depaola. In this lesson, students make connections to themselves, their knowledge, and their experiences and help complete a kwl chart as the book is read aloud. The popcorn book by tomie depaola with images sight words. The game will require that the students continually practice a selected r plan your 60. Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on the popcorn book. Lesson title popping adjectives date grade 2 english. Guided reading lesson plans for the popcorn book by tomie depaola. The popcorn book lesson students in grades k3 read and use tomie depaolas the popcorn book to study corn and complete math and language arts activities. A day full of popcorn lesson plan educators reference desk. Then watch as children pop inside the circle like real popcorn. There are songs, art projects and more to keep your little ones busy. The popcorn book lesson plan for kindergarten 5th grade.
It features a collection of lesson plans, historical information, and activities ideally suited for crosscurriculum study units on popcorn, or to fit into your existing lesson plan. Lesson plans individual, guided reading books, literature circles. By focusing on this popular snack, projects can be fun as well as educational. This lesson is designed to teach primary students how to activate prior knowledge before they begin reading. A blog about teaching ideas and free resources, focusing on kindergarten, first. The popcorn program offers a variety of study tips tailored to fit the needs of your students and curriculum. Today the students will play a game called popcorn. There is a lesson plan library designed specifically for educators. Amy, kindergarten teacher learn about things that start with the letter p and grow a popcorn plant from a kernel. This engaging play, based on a favorite primary theme, will delight and motivate emergent readers. Guided reading lesson the popcorn book by tomie depaola by. Free printable, tomie depaola, the popcorn book, tomie depaola books. This product goes along with the book the popcorn book, by tomie depaola.
The popcorn book by tomie depaola and exploring popcorn by teach preschool fun song about popcorn put popped or unpopped popcorn in a sensory table. Many thanks to those who have shared your wonderful ideas. Christopher columbus saw indians wearing popcorn as jewelry. Many of the ideas could be used with a spring theme, too. This informational book study contains the following components.
The popcorn book by tomie depaola with images sight. Can you hear the sound popcorn makes when its being made. So get with the program and make learning about popcorn part of your future lesson plans. The popcorn book printables, classroom activities, teacher. Prek and kindergarten friendship and sharing lesson plan based on the popcorn dragon lesson plans for prek and k by tania cowling teaching grades prek to 5 dexter the dragon is a bit of a show. Im a fourth grade teacher and we did a stem project where we had to make a popcorn container. Heres some ideas for using tomie depaolas the popcorn book to learn lots of facts about the fabulous food. Use this lesson plan to teach your students about experiments and making hypotheses. Prek and kindergarten friendship and sharing lesson plan.
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