I’ve created a simple and interactive literacy plan for You’re Finally Here! It’s intended for Pre-Kindergaten/Kindergarten. I hope this helps with some of your Back-To-School lesson planning.
Purpose: Children work on focusing attention
during a read aloud and will be introduced to new vocabulary.
Classroom
Culture: crisscross
applesauce, peanut butter hands, eyes on the speaker
Targeted
Vocabulary: rude,
annoyed, impatient
Materials: You’re Finally Here!,
stuffed bunny, anchor chart with “Where
Were You?” written on it, sticky notes
Focus
Activity: Let’s Meet
Bunny
Hide Bunny
out of sight.
Would
you like to meet my friend? Wait a few seconds before presenting him to the
class.
(Look
at the clock, etc.) He's late! Where is he? Gosh, that's rude. (Wait a few more
seconds.) I'm getting annoyed.
Don't
you think it's rude for him to make us wait? It's certainly not very polite.
Pretend to see Bunny and
show him to the class. Here he is! This is Bunny. Where were you, Bunny? What
took you so long to get here?
Pretend
he’s whispering in your ear and tell children what he’s saying.
First,
he had to turn three years old and then he had to wait for summer to end, so
that school could start.
He's the main character in
the story we're going to read today. Bunny is an impatient little guy.
Does
anyone know what impatient means? It’s when you don’t want to wait for
something or someone. It’s the opposite of patient.
Pre-Reading: Introduce the title, author,
illustrator, and front cover
After Reading: I know where Bunny was, but I’ve been waiting a long time
for all of you to get here too. Where were you?
Record
children’s responses on the sticky notes and have them place them on the anchor
chart.
For
more ideas, please visit https://aroundthekampfire.com/2015/08/theyre-finally-here-our-first-week-of-school.html
