Lesson plan
Rhyming With Raffi’s Goodnight Irene
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to recognize and produce rhyming words.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
- Tell your students that they are going to listen to a song about where animals sleep.
- Allow them to share any ideas they may have of animals and where they live.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling
(10 minutes)- Play "Goodnight Irene" and have the children watch the animals on the video.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling
(10 minutes)- Play "Goodnight Irene" and have the children watch the animals on the video.
- Play it again and ask the students to try and sing along.
Guided Practice
(5 minutes)- Hand out the rhyming worksheet with the song's lyrics.
- Ask the students to sing along, follow the words, and stop before the blank space.
- Ask the students what the missing word is.
Independent working time
(10 minutes)- Show the students the words at the bottom of the page and tell them to cut out and glue the words in the correct spaces.
Differentiation
Enrichment: For advanced students, print various animals and place coloring pages for the students to color. Have them each write a short sentence on their page. Support: Pair up struggling students with advanced students to work together coloring and decorating the coloring pages.
Assessment
(10 minutes)- Check that the students glued the words in the correct spaces.
- Assess students' understanding based on how well they did.
Review and closing
(5 minutes)- Play the song again, and have the students sing along to it.
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