Readers theatre with Jan Brett
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=420
A lesson plan for grades K–2 English Language Arts
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, first- or second-grade students interact with the book Hedgie’s Surprise by Jan Brett and create a Readers Theatre experience that is performed for other groups of students. Students make predictions about the story prior to reading, listen to the story read-aloud, and then make observations about the characters, setting, and plot postreading. This focus on the literary elements of the story leads students to create costumes, props, and sets for the final Readers Theatre performance. Although Readers Theatre does not usually employ such devices, the use of costumes and sets affords early elementary students a better understanding of the story. This resource includes links to teacher and students materials and to related websites.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
- Objective 2.01: Read aloud independently with fluency and comprehension any text that is appropriately designed for emergent readers.
- Objective 2.03: Read and comprehend both fiction and nonfiction text appropriate for grade one using:
- prior knowledge.
- summary.
- questions.
- graphic organizers.
- Objective 2.05: Predict and explain what will happen next in stories.
Grade 2
- Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
- Objective 2.06: Recall main ideas, facts and details from a text.
Kindergarten
- Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
- Objective 2.01: Demonstrate sense of story (e.g., beginning, middle, end, characters, details).
- Objective 2.05: Predict possible events in texts before and during reading.
