I used this lesson in my second grade class when I was observing. I love this book and the students really enjoyed it! I hope you do too
Lesson Plan
Overview:
- Title: “The Ugly Duckling”
- Subject: Vocabulary/ Reading
- Grade level: second grade
- Time frame: 20 minutes
- Background: Spring lesson plan, phonics words
- Materials:
- “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Anderson
- Worksheet
- Construction Paper
- Crayons/ markers
Standards:
3.1.2 B. Phonological Awareness (includes phonemic awareness)
1. Add, delete, or change middle sounds to change words (e.g., pat to put).
2. Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondences to sound out unknown words.
3.1.2 C. Decoding and Word Recognition
1. Look for known chunks or small words to attempt to decode an unknown word.
2. Reread inserting the beginning sound of the unknown word.
3. Decode regular multi syllable words and parts of words
4. Read many irregularly spelled words and such spelling patterns as diphthongs, special vowel spellings, and common endings.
3.1.2 D. Fluency
1. Pause at appropriate end points (e.g., comma, period).
2. Use appropriate pace; “not choppy” or word-by-word.
3. Use appropriate inflection (e.g., dialogue, exclamations, and questions).
4. Read silently without finger or lip movement.
5. Self-monitor when text does not make sense.
6. Employ learned strategies to determine if text makes sense without being prompted.
3.1.2 F. Vocabulary and Concept Development
1. Develop a vocabulary of 500-800 regular and irregular sight words.
2. Know and relate meanings of simple prefixes and suffixes.
3. Demonstrate evidence of expanding language repertory.
4. Understand concept of antonyms and synonyms.
5. Begin to use a grade-appropriate dictionary with assistance from teacher.
Learning Experience
- Introduction: What is one type of animal that comes to mind when you think of the season spring? ….
How many of you have read the story “The Ugly Duckling”
- Sequence of Teacher Lead Activities:
- Read “The Ugly Duckling”
- Introduce the Vocabulary Words and Meaning
- Have students partner read (fluency)
- Circulate and listen to the students
- Model how to read the longer sentences
- Compare/ contrasting diagram
- Modeling and going over the story
- Students draw picture of a swan with descriptive words surrounding it
- Using the vocabulary words making up their own sentences
Assessment:
- The students will be able to uncover the vocabulary words used in the story and use them in context when writing their own sentences.
Vocabulary Words:
Curious Pecked Scorn
Understand Gaze appetite
Geese inquire exhausted
Heron
Discussion Questions:
Why do the other birds make fun of the ugly duckling?
Why is the ugly duckling afraid to show his face to the swans?
