Language Arts - Kindergarten TEKS K.2A - Connecting Experiences and Ideas With Those of Others by Karley Roberts

Category:  Language Arts
Grade Level:  Kindergarten
Objective: 

Language Arts TEKS K.2A  Listening/speaking/culture. The student listens and speaks appropriately to gain knowledge of his/her own culture, the cultures of other, and the common elements of cultures.  The student is expected to connect experiences and ideas with those of others through speaking and listening.

Music TEKS K.4B  Response/evaluation. 
The student responds to and evaluates music and musical performance.  The student is expected to: identify higher/lower, louder/softer, faster/slower, and same/different in musical performances.

Behavioral Objective:
The students will connect experiences between the fears that Ira has in the book that is going to be read, and some fears that they have.

Materials: 
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972.
markers
white erase board

Activities: 
Read the book Ira Sleeps Over about a little boy getting ready to go on his first sleepover and all of his fears concerning this new adventure.  Talk about a few fears that you have had through the years, and explain what exactly a “fear” is.  Then ask the students what some of their fears are and write down the different fears on the white board.   -Example words:
- thunderstorms
- bugs
- monsters

Process:

• Say the words as a class.

• Divide the class into three sections.  Assign a different word to each group.

• Say the words in three groups starting with the one syllable word.

• Layer all three words.

• Add body percussion.

• Drop words, body percussion alone.

High	Thunderstorms	Clap
Middle	Monsters	Stomp
Low	Bugs	Snap

Evaluation: 
Take time to ask every child to connect experiences between Ira’s fears and their own fears.  Afterwards ask students to identify which words have the most syllables and which have the fewest.