Phase: | During/Explore/Explain |
Activity: | 1. Read the book My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss or use an online video to show the book being read aloud. As you read the book aloud or watch the video, pause after each animal and discuss the animal's color. Discuss how the color of the animal relates to its feelings and mood. 2. Give each student the three animal cutout pages included in the digital tool. Instruct students to color each animal as directed on the page. For the person-shaped cutout, the students should use colors to represent their current feelings. Remind the students that they may have many feelings, so they can use many different colors. (The students can use colored pencils, crayons, markers, or paint to color the animals and person.) After coloring, students should cut out the animals and person and use glue to attach each cutout to a craft stick. Allow the glue to dry overnight. 3. Pair students into groups of two. Instruct students to retell the story using the stick puppets to their partner. The teacher can select which student retells the story first and remind the second student to add any details from the story the first partner may have left out. |
Assessment Strategies: | Check each student's person-shaped cutout to ensure the student used appropriate colors to express their feelings. Listen to each student's retelling of the story to ensure students are able to express the feelings described in the story using the stick puppets. |
Advanced Preparation: | The teacher will need a copy of My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss or the ability to play an internet video with sound to view the read aloud. The teacher will need to print out the last three pages of the digital tool (pages 14-16) and make copies of these three pages for each student. Each student will need 11 craft sticks to make stick puppets. The students will need colored pencils, crayons, markers, or paint to color the stick puppets, scissors to cut out the animal shapes, and glue to attach the cutouts to the craft sticks. |
Variation Tips (optional): | The digital tool provides many additional activities that can accompany a read-aloud of this book. |
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