Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade
AASL V.A.1: Learners develop and satisfy personal curiosity by reading widely and in multiple formats.
AASL III.D.1 Actively contributing to group discussions.
MO School Library Instructional Standards: (K-2) Reading Engagement. Connect. Recognize connections through reading. Explore experiences different from my own when reading.
MO School Library Instructional Standards: (K-2) Reading Engagement. Connect. Recognize connections through reading. Identify a connection between myself and what I am reading.
Fiction 2.A.2
Fiction 1.A.1
Fiction 1.A.2
Visual Arts Cn10A.2
one 60-minute class period or two 30-minute class periods (could extend to an additional class period if needed)
This lesson is based on an activity idea shared in the 2023-2024 Show Me Readers Award Activity Packet created by Show Me Readers Award Committee members and has been adapted by Becky Grisham from Gainesville Elementary School.
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Students will listen to a read aloud of the book What Can You Do With A Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller, participate in pre and post reading activities about the book and then create a bookmark highlighting some of things that you can do with a rock. This lesson will also help students to connect with the Missouri Show Me Readers Award Nominees.
-What Can You Do With A Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller
-Colored pencils (or you can use pencils, crayons, markers)
-Bookmark template-PDF is located below (or use white paper or construction paper and cut those into bookmark sized pieces)
What Can You Do with a Rock?
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Objectives:
-Students will make a connection between their own experiences and the experiences of the characters in the story.
-Students will engage in a post reading discussion and use examples shared during the discussion to create a bookmark highlighting comments and suggestions made by the group.
Before Reading:
-Introduce the book What Can You Do With A Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller
-Have students predict what they think the story will be about.
During Reading:
-Read What Can You Do With A Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller aloud to the class.
Pause at various points in the story to note the suggestions made that tell what you can do with a rock.
After Reading:
-Review all the things that you can do with a rock that were suggested in the story (You Can Kick It, You Can Skip It, You Can Drop It, You Can Sort Them, You Can Study Them, You Can Change Them, You Can Keep Them, You Can Share Them)
List examples from the story that are shared by the class for the group to see on a marker board, poster paper, or presentation device.
-Lead a class discussion and have students share things that they can do with a rock that are different from those suggested in the story.
List the comments/suggestions that are shared for the group to see (these can be added below the list of examples that were shared from the story).
-After the group discussion, have each student create a bookmark highlighting at least three of the suggestions of what you can do with a rock that were shared by the group during the post reading discussion when creating the bookmark. Have students include the words: ‘What Can You Do With A Rock?’ on the bookmarks.
-Observe students during the read aloud discussions to check for understanding.
-Observe students during the class discussion to check for understanding.
-Evaluate the bookmarks to see if students used at least three of the examples of what you can do with a rock that were shared by the group during the post reading discussion.
-Students could create a digital bookmark.
-Students could create a poster highlighting what you can do with a rock using examples that were shared by the group during the post reading discussion.
