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CURRICULUM AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT   * 2 HOURS * LEVEL 2

The Literacy Learning Center

Where the Wild Things Are Small World Lesson Plan

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Age Group: ​
  • Preschool
​* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with toddlers, or school-age children.
Objectives:  
  • Students will explore a small world play area based upon a popular children’s book
  • Students will be able to retell parts of a popular children’s book 
Picture
Where the Wild Things Are Small World
CDA Competency Standard:   ​
II.6.1a
  • Materials promote early literacy
a) Literacy/storytelling/bookmarking materials are provided
Materials:  
  • ​Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
  • 4 toilet paper rolls
  • Paint or markers
  • Scissors
  • Green and blue sand
  • Sticks, leaves, pine cones, small rocks and other natural items
Procedure: 
  1. Begin the lesson by reading Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
  2. Next, invite children to play with the play dough, characters and natural materials to retell and recreate the story.
Assessment: 
  • Were the students able to retell some of the major elements from the story? Were they able to recall facts and names from the story? 

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For Future Reference
When this training is over, it's going to be hard to remember all these lesson plans! We want you to get the most from this training, and continue to use this information in your classroom.  We have put the lesson plans in this course, that are produced by Successful Solutions, on our resource website, www.Lessons4Learners.com, where you can continue to access them after your training expires.  
Be sure to bookmark the direct link to the page where the lesson plans can be found for easy access in the future at:
http://www.lessons4learners.com/where-the-wild-things-are-small-world.html