Lesson 2 Pecos Bill

Grade Level:  Grades 2, 3, and 4

Subject Areas:  Language Arts, Social Studies, Music, Art

Learner Outcomes:

1. The students will review map skills with a United States map.
2. The students will read or listen to and discuss the various stories of Pecos Bill
3. The students will use a dictionary.
4. The students will retell a Pecos Bill story using the Flannel Board Activity.  

Duration of Lesson:  1 or 2 - 75 minute lesson

Materials:

• Map of the United States (or transparency of the United States)   
• Map of Texas
  
• Dictionaries
  
• Books   (MS Word)  (RTF)
• Drawing paper
• Flannel Board activity sheets from Story Time:  Skill Building Projects and Activities for Grades K-3 (MS Word)  (RTF)

Technology Tools/Courseware:

Multimedia computer with Internet capability
Can use overhead and transparencies

Teacher Notes:

• Obtain an Acceptable Use Policy, if needed.
• The teacher will need to adapt each part of this lesson to the age and ability of the students.
• Provide the class with a variety of Tall Tale books from the school library to be reading before the unit is taught.
• Copy of a United States map from Lesson 1 will be used.
• Get materials listed above.

Procedures:  

• Review the definition of tall tales.
• Review the vocabulary from Lesson 1.
• Have students look for cyclone in a dictionary.
• Show the United States map and ask, "What country is this?"
• Point to West Virginia and ask, "What state is this?"
• Show a Map of Texas and ask if anyone knows what state it is.
• Discuss.
• Using the United States map from Lesson 1, have the students color Texas.
• Have students read a Pecos Bill tale from the school library.
• Also available on Internet:  Pecos and Lightning and Tall Tales.
• Discuss the stories that were read independently or read aloud.
• Listen to a song about Pecos Bill on the Internet at Tall Tales.
• Put students in cooperative groups. Give each group one copy of the Flannel Board activity. (MS Word)  (RTF)
• Students color and assemble the figures from above activity.
• Have one group retell or make a new tall tale or story to perform for another group.  Then swap roles.
• Make a missing person poster for Pecos Bill.  Draw what he looked like.  Tell where he was last seen.  Give reward amount.
• Students go to Internet sites for stories, games, and activities.  Pecos    Stories 
• Additional information to be used as needed.     Texas
  

Modifications:

• If the Flannel Board activity goes well, it could be performed for other classes.  
• Use peer tutors for the dictionary and map work.  
• Have a volunteer or older student read a Pecos Bill tale to the reading challenged child.

Enrichment Activities:

• Illustrate one of the stories, could be a cooperative grouping activity.
• Students may use story and questions from lesson at Folklore.

Evaluation/Assessment:

All elements of the lesson will be graded using a grading Checklist.  (MS Word)  (RTF)

West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives:

RLA.2.1.5, RLA.2.1.6, RLA.2.1.7, RLA.2.1.8, RLA.2.1.15, RLA.3.1.3,
RLA.3.1.4, RLA.3.1.7, RLA.3.1.14, RLA.4.1.3, RLA.4.1.4, RLA.2.2.4,
RLA.3.2.10, RLA.3.2.12 RLA.4.2.3, RLA.2.3.2, RLA.3.3.1, RLA.4.3.1

SS.2.4.3, SS.2.5.3, SS.2.5.6, SS.3.5.6, SS.4.4.2, SS.4.5.12

VA.2.4.1, VA.3.1.2, VA.3.3.5, VA.4.3.3, VA.4.3.4

MU.S.1, MU.S.2, MU.S.4

National Standards:

Geography
1 Understand the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies

Language Arts
1 Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
2 Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions
5 Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
6 Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
8 Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
9 Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media

Art
1 Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts
5 Understands the characteristics and merits of one's own artwork and the artwork of others

Music
1 Sings, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
7 Understands the relationship between music and history and culture

References:

• Resources cited 

1. Pecos and Lightning
2. Tall Tales 
3. Pecos  
4. Stories 
5. Folklore 
6. Map of Texas 
7. Bibliography  (MS Word)  (RTF)
8. Texas
   
   

 Authors:

• Debbie Boyd
• Bev Rine
• Sonya Hescht

Criss Elementary School
Wood County Schools
West Virginia

Overview

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5