Grade Level : Kindergarten

Subjects: Language Arts, Science, Physical Education, Math, Technology

Learner Outcomes:
The students will be able to listen and respond to a story.
The students will be able to describe a bunny
The students will be able to follow one and two step directions.
The students will be able to work co-operatively in small groups to
        complete a project .
The students will be able to count to 10 .
The students will be able to match pictures to numbers.

Duration of Lesson: 3 days (30 minutes per day ).

Materials:
Three large rabbit shapes cut from white, gray, and brown construction paper.
Ingredients: 7 cups of flour, 3 1/2 cups of salt and 3 1/2 cups of water (for a class of 28)
Measuring cups and bowls
Mixing spoons and cookie sheet
Baking paper or wax paper
Watercolor sets and paint brushes
Water color trays
Bunny puppet
6 sheets of white paper per student
Water based ink pad

Technology Tools/Courseware:
Computer with Internet access
Computer lab or media projector
Digital camera
Printer
Acceptable Use Policy signed and on file

Teacher Notes:
Remind the children that nothing is to go into their mouths during this activity.
Ask the school cooks several days in advance for the use of the ovens.
Toaster ovens could be used.
Enlist the help of several adults or older children.
Have someone bring a live bunny. (Department of Agriculture extension agents are helpful in finding someone.)
Check student information regarding food and animal allergies.

Procedures:
Day 1- KWL  (What you know, what you want to learn and what you learned )
Post three construction paper rabbits on a wall or bulletin board before beginning this lesson.
Discuss what the children know about rabbits and record it on one of the rabbit shapes.
Next ask what they would like to learn about rabbits and record responses on the second rabbit shape.
Read and discuss books such as Rabbit by Stephen Savage. Have the children name parts of a bunny while teacher writes it on chart paper. Read the charts with the children several times before ending the lesson. After sharing the book, teach the children the Bunny Pokey and perform  movements and song several times.

Day 2 - Read the KWL chart the students generated yesterday. Have a real bunny visit. Instruct the children to use their five senses to describe bunnies. Use your digital camera to take lots of pictures for display later. Tell the children they will be making a bakers dough bunny. They may make a bunny necklace, pencil topper, or paper weight. Set up three stations to make the dough. Each station will have a measuring cup and a bowl with one of the ingredients. The groups will also need a bowl in which to mix ingredients. Discuss the recipe for the dough. Assign the children to three smaller groups. Instruct each group to decide who will measure each ingredient. Let the children proceed to the stations an add each ingredient. The children will knead the dough and divide it equally. Give them one and two step directions for making a bunny using their dough. Place the finished product on the baking paper  completed bunnies on a cookie sheet and bake at 300 degrees for one hour. Let  the dough bunnies cool then paint with watercolors. Take pictures of children with their creations for a door decoration or bulletin board.

Day 3 - Review KWL from yesterday and complete the "what you learned" part. Show and discuss the Bunny Counting slide show.  Sing the song Ten little Bunnies to the tune of Ten Little Indians. Let the children act out the song. Children will be making their own bunny counting book.  Show them how to make a fingerprint bunny using the ink pads and pens to draw features. Apply paint to a damp sponge. Place your thumb and finger in the paint and press on white paper for head, body and tail. Use a marker or pen to add ears, eyes, nose and mouth. Give each child a 4 x 5 sheet of white duplicating paper. Instruct the children in making a numeral and number word on each page and the corresponding number of bunnies.  Decorate the cover as they wish. Let them read their finished book to a friend.

Modifications:
Students may be helped by other adult or older child. Refer to students Individual Education Plan when needed. Children with allergies to animals should only use their sense of sight during lamb visit. Make appropriate accommodations for food allergies.

Enrichment Activities:
The children could share their books with the class as read aloud. Play bunny concentration on computer.
Write the instructions for making a bakers dough bunny or make up their own for an edible bunny. Make a bunny lunch or snack using carrots, lettuce, cabbage and other garden vegetables. Teach the song Little Bunny Foo Foo and discuss the behavior of the bunny as a character education lesson.

Evaluation/Assessment
Grading Rubric

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives
RLA: K.3.1, K.2.3
HE: K.5.2, K.5.4
VA:  K.1.2, K.1.3

National Standards
Language Arts
Standard 4: Gathers and uses information for research purposes
1. Generates questions about topics of personal interest
2.  Uses a variety of sources to gather information (e.g., informational books, pictures, charts, indexes, videos, television programs, guest speakers, Internet, own observation)
Standard 8: Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
1.  Makes contributions in class and group discussions (e.g., recounts personal experiences, reports on ideas and personal knowledge about a topic, initiates conversations, connects ideas and experiences with those of others)
2.  Asks and responds to questions
3.  Follows rules of conversation (e.g., takes turns, raises hand to speak, stays on topic, focuses attention on speaker)
6.  Gives and responds to oral directions
8.  Listens and responds to a variety of media (e.g., books, audiotapes, videos)
Standard 9: Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
1.  Understands the main idea or message in visual media (e.g., pictures, cartoons, weather reports on television, newspaper photographs, visual narratives)
Music
Standard 1: Sings, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
1.  Sings ostinatos (repetition of a short musical pattern), partner songs, and rounds
Art
Standard 3: Knows a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas in the visual arts
1.  Selects prospective ideas (e.g., formulated thoughts, opinions, concepts) for works of art
2.  Knows how subject matter, symbols, and ideas are used to communicate meaning
Standard 5: Understands the characteristics and merits of one's own artwork and the artwork of others
1.  Knows various purposes for creating works of visual art
Geography
Standard 1: Understands the characteristics and uses of maps and globes
Technology
Standard 1: Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems
2.  Powers-up computer, monitor, and starts a computer program (e.g., checks that printer is switched on and on-line; reboots the computer when necessary)
5.  Handles diskettes and other computer equipment with care

References:
Resources Cited:
Rabbit by Stephen Savage
Spring into Math and Science-AIMS Education Foundation
The Education Center, Inc. The Mailbox  Kindergarten April/May 1997
WV Department of Agriculture

Additional Resources:
Goldilocks and the three Hares by Heidi Petach
See How They Grow  by Barrie Watts
Rabbits by Mark Evans
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

Student Resources
On line Bunny Games
Bunny Rabbit Dress Up
Rabbit Care for Kids
The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny
 

Authors: 
Flinn Elementary

Willa Davis
Kay Dutton
Judy Shivley
 

Overview

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5