Your class will have so much fun reading books about the zoo and sharing reactions about the story that your they will be itching for a class field trip to the zoo!
Students will narrate several linked events, use specific details to tell about the events in order, and provide a reaction to what happened.
The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
EL adjustments
Introduction
(10 minutes)
Inform your students that you are going to be reading two stories about the zoo today.
Ask them if they have ever been to the zoo. Allow them to describe to the class a short memory, like an animal, things or people they saw, or their favorite part of the zoo.
Encourage students to share information about their experience at the zoo and specific details about things that happened during their visit.
Beginning
Pair students with another student who speaks the same home language (LI) to share their thinking.
Intermediate
Preview unknown concepts, such as a zoo by providing visuals such as pictures or movies.