DOWN
AT THE POND
"A Pond With A View!"
Grade Level(s):
Pre K-K
Subject(s):
Language Arts, Math, Art
Learner Outcomes:
Students will brainstorm the different types of pond animals and make a
graph listing the animals and indicating how many of each kind.
Time Frame:
30 minutes
Materials:
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Have You Seen My Duckling?
by Nancy Tafuri
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Chart paper
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Duplicate animal patterns
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Felt board.
Technology Tools/Courseware
Computer
with Internet access -- Refer to links section.
Josten's
Learning: Paint Activity
Teacher Notes:
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Teacher should color, laminate,
and glue felt on to the back of the duplicate pond creatures patterns prior
to the lesson.
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Guest speakers such as a forest
ranger or pet shop owner can visit the class.
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If the school is close to a
"live pond", a field trip could be planned.
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Parents will be needed for large
classes.
Procedures:
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Read "Have You Seen My
Duckling?
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Stop to ask students to search
each illustration to find the many different pond inhabitants.
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Then write a child-generated
list of pond animals on chart paper.
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After naming as many animals
as they can from the book, each student will brainstorm other pond dwellers.
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Then invite a few students at
a time to illustrate some of the listed animals in the margins and open
spaces on the paper.
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The teacher may want to use
a graph chart to count each pond animal.
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Reinforce the identification
of pond creatures and their printed names with the song and pictures of
pond creatures.
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Let students match animals with
the name card emphasizing the beginning sound.
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Use flannel board and teacher-made
story pieces and sing the following song to the tune of "Are You Sleeping?"
(Beavers) swim here. (Beavers) swim here.
At the pond. At the pond.
(Beavers)live and sleep here.
(Beavers)live the sleep here.
At the pond. Green-blue pond.
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Repeat the song, each time replacing
the underlined word with one of the following: turtles, frogs, ducks, or
snails.
Modifications:
Adapt
for special needs students, based on IEP's.
Enrichment Activity:
Pond Life Art:
Materials
needed:
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water table or tub
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assortment of waterproof craft
items (small plastic lids, sheets of craft foam, foam trays, egg cups,
packing pieces, wiggle eyes, pipe cleaner)
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markers
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waterproof glue
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scissors
Procedure(s):
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Read In The Small, Small
Pond by Denise Fleming.
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Discuss different pond animals
and their movements.
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Each child creates his own pond
creature using the provided materials.
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Student experiment moving his
creature in various ways in the pond (water-table or tub).
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You may need parent volunteers
to help with this project.
Evaluation/Assessment:
Observations and evaluate participation. Display finished work on
bulletin board.
West
Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives (IGO'S) and standards:
English Language Arts
Listening/Speaking:
K.1, K.2, K.6, K.8
Reading Comprehension:
K.14, K.19, K.23
Study Skills: K.62
Computer/Technology:
K.64, k.65, K.66, K.67, K.68, K.69
Math
Probability and Statistics:
K.28, K.29
Art
Understanding and Applying
Media Techniques: K.1, K.3
National
Standards
Math Standard: Understand
and applies basic concepts of numbers.
Language Arts Standard:
Demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading
process.
Listening and Speaking:
competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning.
Art Standards: Understands
connections among the various art forms and other disciplines.
Worksheets: Pond
Creatures
Additional Resources:
Guest Speaker(s): Forest Ranger, Pet Shop Owner
Student Resources:
Library
List:
Good Morning, Pond by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Lily Pad Pond by Bianca Lavies
Pond Year by Kathryn Lasky
Internet Links:
Pond
Life Poster
Teacher
Resources Related to Pond Life
Closer
Look At a Pond
Life
Cycle of a Frog and Toad
Created
by:
Verdunville
Elementary -- Logan County
Cathy
M. Adkins
Sharon
Bryant
Martha
Adkins
