Teacher: Abigail Stacy Lesson Title/ Topic: If You Give a Pig a PancakeLetter PpWriting Grade Level: Kindergarten Objective:

I can engage in class fiction reading activities. Standards: ELACCKRL10: Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. ELACCKRL6: With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. ELACCKL2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. a. Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. b. Recognize and name end punctuation. ELACCKSL5: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail. Materials: If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff Chart paper Paper Pencil Crayons Introduction: The teacher will begin the lesson by reading the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff. The teacher will review the parts of a book (front cover, back cover, spine, and title page. The teacher will review the author and illustrator and their job. After reading the story, the teacher will lead a discussion about how one thing led to another in the story (cause and effect). Procedure/ Content development: Following the class discussion, the teacher will model writing. The purpose of the lesson is to begin developing the students as writers. The teacher will discuss strategies and techniques to use during writing. The teacher will begin modeling by writing her own story called, If You Give a Parent a Pancake The teacher will write the first sentence demonstrating and discussing the use of capital letters and punctuation. The teacher will then allow students the opportunity to contribute to the story. The students will raise their hand to give contributions to our story. The teacher will continue to model writing as she writes the students responses. With each added sentence to the story, the class will read aloud the sentence. When the story is finished, the class will read the story together aloud. Students will return to their seats to draw a detailed picture to go along with our story. Closure: Today we practiced our writing. The words we write have meaning. We also drew pictures to add visual detail to our story. We will continue to practice our writing skills. Evaluation: Students will be informally evaluated based on the class discussion and contributions to the story.