Rumble in the Jungle, by Gileas Andreae
Rationale:
This activity should be done over the course of a week, maybe 2. We will read the book as a group and revisit the book over the course of the week and learn about all of the different animals. Pointing out the big animal words and providing a chart with a picture and characteristics will help the students take note of the animals and begin to learn. To aid this lesson, it would be helpful if the students are able to associate the beginning letter with the animal. For example, H for Hippo, A for alligator, C for Chimpanzee, etc.
Materials:
- Rumble in the Jungle book
- Chart Paper
- Marker
- Animal name cards
- Animal Pictures
Vocabulary
- Chimpanzee
- Giraffe
- Zebra
- Lion
- Hippopotamus
- Elephant
Procedure
- To begin this lesson, read the story to the children. Address any unknown vocabulary during the reading and have discussions throughout the shared reading with the children.
- Over the course of the week, take the time to write the animals from the book on a piece of chart paper that has the animals picture, underlining the beginning letter of the word, and write down characteristics of this animal along with pictures.
3. Make sure to review the words and the characteristics/pictures.
4. At the end of the lesson, to practice matching the word with the animals, each student will be given a picture of an animal. Multiple children may have the same picture, these students are to group up together. I will have a list of the words. The students should sit with their groups and work together to try and figure out what animal they have.
5. Teacher will say the name of the animal, and the group who has the picture of that animal should stand up. They need to tell the class how they knew what animal they have. What characteristics they had. We will then put the picture and word on the board so the whole class can see.
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