The Three Little Pigs Keyah Spann & Andrea James Grade: Kindergarten

Brain Target 1: Emotional Connection In order to make learning more meaningful and relevant for students, we will discuss:  Why we need houses  What houses are made of  Select building materials for making a house (student’s choice)

Building Materials

Samples of students work

Brain Target 2: Physical Environment Throughout the unit, we will engage student’s attention by:  Posting their work  Creating centers  blocks and shapes to make houses

Brain Target 3: Concept Map Our learning goals are:  Story mapping  Retelling  Making choices  Writing an opinion

Brain Target 3: (Continued) Introductory “Big Picture” Activity / Assessment of Prior Knowledge:  Explain Concept Map (using poster size)  Explore various building materials

3 Little Pigs Predictions (various materials displayed-students choose) 3 Little Wolves & Big Bad Pig3 Little JavelinasOriginal Version Story Elements story map Retelling Making Choices story related Writing opinion Culminating Activity Build house using best material Act Out

Brain Target 4: Teaching Declarative/Procedural Knowledge During and after reading each story, we will  Use graphic organizers  Use sentence starters  Use T-chart for choices / consequences

Brain Target 5: Application of Knowledge After reading each story and discussing the choices made by the characters, we will:  Make new choices on building materials  Making everyday choices  Oral retelling of these and other stories  Being able to express an opinion

Brain Target 6: Evaluating Learning Each child will be evaluated by/with:  Rubrics (immediate feedback)  Teacher observation checklist

Rubrics