Here, There
             and Everywhere
Lesson 3  Green Eggs and Ham

Grade Level

 4th and 5th

        1.  Language Art
        2.  Auditory Comprehension
        3.  Art
        4.  Technology

Learner Outcomes:    Students will:

        1.  Acknowledge rhyming words
        2.  Predict what rhyming word comes next
        3.  Get context clues from pictures
        4.  Write stories from their own experiences
        5.  Make lists and charts

Duration of lesson:

        1 hour to 2 hours depending upon grade level.

Materials:

        1.  Multiple copies of book: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess
        2.  Pencils, paper, crayons
        3.  Chart paper
        4.  Journals

Technology Tools/Courseware:

        1.  Computer with Internet connection
        2.  Digital camera , to take pictures of students doing activity
        3.  URL's
        4.  Printer

Teacher Notes:

         Green Eggs and Ham  was written as a result of a bet that Theodore Geisel made with his publisher, Bennett Cerf.  Cerf bet Geisel that he could not write a book using no more than fifty different words.  Of course, Dr. Seuss accepted the challenge. Not only was he able to write a book using only fifty different words, but he made it a best seller, too!" (Kid's Stuff, Incentive Publications)

Teacher should visit and bookmark Dr. Seuss web sites.

Teacher will continue to work with students on creating a power point
      slide pertaining to Green Eggs and Ham.

Students will have a signed Acceptable Use Policy.

Procedures:
      Teacher will cover background information on Dr. Seuss.
Activity  1 - Group Math and Writing Activities:
        1.  Have a class discussion about likes and dislikes (choose a topic you
            have been working on- food, clothing, colors etc.).
        2. Have students make written lists of their likes and dislikes.
        3. On chart paper keep a tally of how many students listed the same
            likes and dislikes.
        4. Use the students to make a human graph by having students line up
           behind the most liked and disliked items
        5. Make a story problem from the information you have collected
           about the likes and dislikes.

Activity 2 - Rhyming words and Journal writing:
          1. Have students review rhyming words by going to "Rhyming Word
          Dictionary".
          2. Have students complete the Rhyming word families- Worksheet.
          3. Have students write in their journal about an experience they
           have had with something they thought they would dislike, or
           something they did eat and did dislike.

Activity 3 - The Teacher Reads the Book:
         1. Show the students the book Green Eggs and Ham, and ask how
              many have read  it before.
         2. Go through the pictures, and ask students to identify items on each
              page.
         3. Ask students to identify how they think each character feels.
         4. Tell the students you are going to read the book aloud, but you are
             going to either point to one student to finish the line, or you will
             gesture to the entire class to finish the line.
         5. As you read, have the students look at the pictures, and ask the
             students how they think each character would talk. Are the characters
             upset, mad, happy, inquisitive, exasperated?
Activity  4 -   The Students Read the Book:
         1. Divide the students into partners. Each child will become either Sam
             or Sam's friend.
         2. Instruct the students to read their part with feeling!
         3. After the pairs have finished the book, allow them to read it again,
             switching roles.
        4. The teacher should walk around the room listening to each of the
            pairs.

Modifications:

        Older students : After reading, go over the rhyming words.  Have students brainstorm more pairs of
        rhyming words.  Now have children make up their own at their seats.  Have children write their
        own pairs  of  rhymes.  For example: " A ghost ate some toast."  Have children draw pictures to go
        along with the rhymes.

Enrichment Activities:

        Go to Seussville and do activities related to Green Eggs and Ham.

            *Green Eggs and Ham
            *Picture Scramble
            *Crafts for Eggheads
            *An Egg-citing Activity

Evaluation/ Assessment:

        This is a subjective assessment  of students writing and class involvement.

State Standards:

       4.12 given oral text, listen to, record, and state factual information

        4.16 given a topic, organize and use subject-related information and  vocabulary in an oral
        presentation

        4.19K,1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 read literary works by national and international authors to include, but
        not limited to: legends, folk tales,  biographies, and historical fiction.

  National Standards

    Language Arts Standard: 7
    Language Arts Standard: 6
    Language Arts Standard: 4
    Language Arts Standard: 8
    Working With Others Standard: 5
    Technology:18

References:  (click on Sam)
Seussville

Random House

 
 

Author:

Dawna Vecchio
Kim Sabo
Keith Athey
 

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