Introduction
Look, it is our favorite mouse. Students will compare and contrast what the characters do in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Take a Mouse to School. Students will listen to the story on Youtube. Students will answer questions about the story and describe story elements as they analyze the two stories.
Task
We read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Take Him to School. We also talked about how the boy's actions were the same in the stories and how they were different in the stories. Your job is to write two sentences about one similarity and one difference in the stories and draw a picture about what you wrote.
Use these sentences as your guide.Think about the two stories we have read about the mouse. How are they the same? How are they different? Write to tell how the mouse's actions in the two stories are the same and how they are different.
Process
Work on your own to complete the following.
1. Look at the chart of how the boy's actions are the same and how they are different.
2. Write two sentences of one thing in the stories that is the same and one that is different.
3. Draw a picture that supports your sentences.
4. Show the teacher your finished sentences.
Evaluation
How did you do?
Introduces Topic. Yes No Somewhat
Names a similarity and a difference. Yes No Somewhat
Does your drawing support your sentences? Yes No Somewhat
Can I read your writing? Yes No Somewhat
How you did:
8 points: Awesome job! You worked hard and you understand how compare and contrast two stories.
5-7 points: Great job! You worked well on your own and showed you are learning how to write about similarities and differences.
3-4 points: Good job! You may need some extra practice with writing about similarities and differences.
0-2 points: Need more practice. You need to think about your effort and you need to review what similarities and differences are.
Conclusion
Congratulations! You have successfully learned how to compare and contrast two stories. Try to use this idea the next time you write about how two things are the same and different.
Teacher Page
This activity was made for the class to enhance our reading of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Take a Mouse to School. This was to help us understand more about comparing and contrasting. I hope everyone enjoyed and understands similarities and differences.
Standards:
LAFS.K.RL.1.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
LAFS.K.RL.1.2: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
LAFS.K.RL.1.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
LAFS.K.RL.3.9: With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
LAFS.K.SL.1.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
LAFS.K.W.1.2: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
References:
http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/60840
Materials:
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Take a Mouse to School