LESSON TWO: Identifying Setting and Completing a Story Map
Using the book Frog and Toad Are Friends, make inferences about the setting. Use the Table of Contents to locate and give specific information. A story map is also completed focusing on the features of a fiction story.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS
R2A Locate and apply specific information in title, picture and table of contents.
R2C Use details from text to: make basic inferences about setting, characters, and problem; predict solution; identify events in logical sequence.
LESSON MATERIALS
§ Sources of Literature
o Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
§ Supplies
o Index cards
§ Handouts provided
§ Words to know
o infer
o setting
o predict
o fiction
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Using table of contents, identify the page numbers for particular stories in Frog and Toad Are Friends. Hold up index cards that correlate with the page number for the story in the anthology Frog and Toad Are Friends. Students complete a story map of one of the chapters in the book. Teacher observation and the story map are part of the assessment.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. Review Table of Contents using Frog and Toad Are Friends to activate students’ background knowledge. Give each student five index cards with the page numbers for each story in Frog and Toad Are Friends. As the teacher recites the name of a story, the students read the table to find the page number and hold up the correct number card. Do a visual check for understanding.
2. Use questions to lead the activity.
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Questions for Students |
What is the best way to find the page number for a chapter in a book? On what page would you find the story titled “A Swim”? On what page does “The Letter” begin? On which page does “A Lost Button” begin? Other chapters include; “Spring” p. 4, and “The Story” |
3. Guided Reading or Shared Reading: As you read the first chapter “Spring” in the book Frog and Toad are Friends, ask students where and when the story takes place. Show students a copy of the story map and tell them they will help you fill it in for this chapter after reading it. Include the setting, characters, problem, predicted solution and actual solution. This is an interactive writing activity with the pen shared between students and teacher. At the conclusion of the map ask the following questions
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Questions for Students |
How can a story map help you understand the story better? Do you think you had to think more about this story to fill out the story map? Why? Could you use a story map for all fiction stories? Other chapters include; “Spring” p. 4, and “The Story” |
4. This process could continue in the next few reading sessions, using the next three chapters. Using a gradual release model, students complete a story map by the last chapter of the book, Frog and Toad Are Friends.
5. Students may add to their friendship webs.