Lesson Plan on the Long E and Short E

Objectives:
2.1.09a- The learner will be able to participate in a discussion about the text.

3.2.11i- The learner will be able to write in a journal.

2.3.03c- The learner will be able to spell basic short-vowel, long-vowel words and consonant blend patterns.

Materials:
Book- The Very Quiet Cricket, by Eric Carle
Dry-Erase board with markers
Puzzles
Journal for each student
black comb
three short black chenille stems
one long black chenille stem
two googly eyes
Pencil/Crayons/Markers/Glue

Procedures:
I will begin the lesson with a KWL chart about crickets. I will have the students list everything they know about crickets and everything they want to know about crickets. When we finish the lesson I will have the students list everything that they have learned about crickets.

Vocabulary:
Locust- short-horned grasshopper
Spittlebug- produces a cover of frothed-up plant sap resembling sip
Cicada- a insect that has small eyes that are wide apart on the head and transparent, well-veined wings

Pre-Reading:
1. Show the students, The Very Quiet Cricket, by Eric Carle.
2. Ask the students if they can predict what is going to happen in the story.
3. After discussing the students predictions, tell the students that their purpose for listening is to discover if the cricket was quiet throughout the story.
4. Introduce the vocabulary words from the story.

Reading:
1. Read The Very Quiet Cricket, by Eric Carle.
2. Ask the students the following questions (2.1.09a):
· How was the cricket born?
· What couldn’t the cricket do?
· Who was the first animal to greet the cricket?
· What was the worm eating?
· How did the cricket learn how to chirp?

Post-Reading: