By Lauren Borushik 15-May-15

Ocean Commotion: Lesson One Purpose: The Under the Sea unit consists of five lesson plans that teaches students the important steps in learning how to become great readers and writers using poetry and books themed around oceanography. Each lesson focuses on different forms of poetic structures and language. The main goal of lesson 1, Ocean Commotion, is to familiarize students with rhyming, a technique often used in poetry. Lesson One takes 1 hour to complete. Objectives 1. Students will be able to add oceanic related words to a KWL chart 2. Students will be able to recognize rhyming schemes 3. Students will be able to create a rhyming poem about the ocean. Massachusetts Standards Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework: General Standard 2.1, Contribute knowledge to class discussion in order to develop a topic for a class project. Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework: General Standard 7.2, Recognize and produce rhyming words & 7.3 Recognize letter-sound matches by naming and identifying each letter of the alphabet. Materials - KWL Chart - Rhyme worksheets - Rhyming books 1. Commotion In the Ocean by Giles Andreae and David Wojfowycz - Picture books 1. Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes 2. Ocean Life From A to Z Book by Cynthia Stierle 2

Introduction Good morning boys and girls! I would like you to all sit down on the floor in a circle. Today, we are going to be fishermen, and discover the ocean using a rhyme pattern to describe what we discovered. Guiding Questions on Oceanography 1.How many of you have ever been to the ocean? 2.What did you see when you visited the ocean? 3.What types of animals live in the ocean? 4.What other objects live in the ocean? (The teacher lists all the children’s ideas on a KWL chart). This section takes 10 minutes. Guiding Questions on Rhyming 1.What is a rhyme? (Give students the chance to respond) Help guide them that a rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, such as cat and bat, and hand and sand, which have the same ending sounds. Explain to them that rhyme is most often used in poetry and songs. Can someone give me another example of a word that rhymes with another word? 2. We are going to read a book all about rhymes called, Commotion in the Ocean, by Giles Andreae and David Wojfowycz. Can anyone tell me if there are words in the title that rhyme? What kind of words and ideas do you think we are going to see and hear in this book? (Allow time for student discussion). As I read the book, every time you hear a word that rhymes I would like you to clap. 3. Class, now, I am going to pick out words from the book and I would like you to be the teacher and write down on the blackboard a word that rhymes with the word I give you. How can we tell if that word rhymes? (This section takes 20 minutes). Core Procedures 1. How many of you have ever written a poem or a song? Remember in the beginning of class when I mentioned that often rhyme words are used in poetry and song writing? How about we write a poem together about the ocean. (Instructor guides students, but lets them make choices on what words they would like to use. 2. After several lines are written on the blackboard, the students are told to complete four additional lines that rhyme on their own to the poem. 3

4 Stanza done as a class The ocean is big and blue, I love the ocean, do you? The rocks sleep and the plants sway, Out on the sand children play. Stanza done by student My dad and I jump waves, Then in the sand we dig and build caves. Seaweed wraps around my feet, A shark, I sure do never want to meet. Closing 1.How would you all like to go back to your desk and be writing fishermen? I think some smart fishermen can do a good job working independently. I would like you to take the poem that we wrote as a group and add four lines that rhyme to make your own poem. The poem needs to make sense. What do you say fishermen! All aboard? 2.I am passing out a shape poem of a fish. Inside the fish I would like you to create your poem. You can look at the KWL circle for ideas to spark your memory. Once we gather everyone’s poems, we will hang them on our ocean theme wall. 3.Please complete the rhyming sheet for homework and bring it back to class tomorrow.

Assessment Students will be assessed using a combination of factors. 1. Class Participation 2. Ability to illustrate a clear understanding of rhyming by writing an independent 2 line poem, provide oral feedback for the group stanza, and pass in the completed homework assignment showing a deep understanding of the lesson just learned. Rubric 5

6 Modifications Modifications will be made on an individual basis. An Example of one modifications is to have the child draw an image rather than write a 2 line stanza to show an understanding. Additional accommodations include pairing student with another student for additional support, provide extra example of rhyming, as well as give directions both visually and orally. Extension This lesson can be extended where students can create a song about the ocean using a rhyme technique.

KWL Chart What do you know What do you want to know What did you learn? WaterHow big is the ocean SandHow does it form SeaweedHow deep does the ocean go FishHow do fish breathe SharksWhat do fish eat divingDo jelly fish really sting Whales surfing smells Jelly fish starfish scary boats waves Sand castles Cold or warm 7

Rhyme Time Name:_______________ Rhyme Time: Circle the words in each column that rhyme with the word in bold. What other words rhyme with that word? Write them in the spaces below. GoodHoePlowLightFoundTook Woodtoehownightaroundcook Stoodsewpleaselikehoundshook Couldrowbowrightfourbook FishWaveSandColdSharkOcean DishSaveLandSoldBarkMotion WishRockBandToldBlanketLotion TornCavePillowWarmHotPotion 8

Name:___________________________ Directions: Write a 2 line poem that rhymes and can be added to the Farm Octopus poem. 9

10 Ocean The ocean is big and blue, I love the ocean, do you? The rocks sleep and the plants sway, Out on the sand children play. My dad and I jump waves, Then in the sand we dig and build caves. Seaweed wraps around my feet, A shark, I sure do never want to meet.

Bibliography 11 RubiStar Down by the Bay Read, Write, Think Farm Octopus T/ib/ /acq/PoetryPrintables/PoetryIndex/txtl/ Fish Shape Commotion in the Ocean Book =6%257C0%257C0&PID=97659&Max=29&Seq=9&Page=1