DLTA - Pre-K or Kindergarten

Literature
"Prudy’s Problem and How She Solved It"
Written and illustrated by Carey Armstrong-Ellis
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Other materials and resources:
Basket of sea shells, jar with marbles, buttons, or anything for counting.


Instructional Delivery:
Prior Knowledge: (5 minutes) "What is a prediction?"
Draw upon the students' prior knowledge about making predictions.
Introduce the concept and meaning of a "prediction" by introducing a basket of sea shells.
Ask students to "guess" or "predict" how many shells are in the basket.
Let each student hold the basket of shells and make a prediction.
Write down their predictions on poster paper.
Count the shells with the help of the students.
Reflect on the predictions made and discuss.
Introduction: (Background & Real life experiences)
Introduce the story before beginning to read.
Show students the cover of the book.
Read the title of the book. ("Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It")
Relate to real life experiences: Ask "Have you ever had a problem and did not know what to do?"
Set the purpose before reading the story by asking the following questions.
"What do you think a story with a title like this might be about?"
"Can you predict what Prudy’s problem was?"
"What do you think will happen in the story?"
"Does the picture on the front cover give us a clue to what might take place?"
"What is Prudy doing in this picture, can you tell?"
"Why do you think this?"
Show a few more pages of the book and ask more questions.
Write students responses on large paper notebook.
Begin the story: (10 minutes)
Set purpose for the story:
Tell students to think about Prudy's problem and how she solved it while you are reading.
Read the first couple of pages in the story in order to give the students a clue to what the story is about and stop to ask students if they have any more predictions to make with this new information.
Ask students to confirm or dismiss their predictions by responding to these questions:
"What do you think now?"
"Do you have a sister, brother, dog?"
"Do you have any mice in your house?"
"Do you think that Prudy is normal?"
"Have you ever copied after a friend like Prudy did?"
"Do you collect anything?" (if not- mom, dad, aunt, ect)
Read on a few more pages and stop to ask.
"Why do you think that Prudy‘s father was frustrated?"
"How do you think Prudy could clean up her room?"
"What would happen if her father hauled her things to the dump?"
"What do you think will happen next?" (WHY?)
"How do you think this story will end?"
"Why do you think that prediction is correct/incorrect?"
Continue reading the story aloud, stopping at several key points to ask more questions.
After discussing the new clues add the new predictions to the list.
Reflect on predictions (10 Minutes) (Closure)
Discuss story with the students by letting them express their feelings and make connections from the story to their own lives.
Ask "If you had a problem, how would you solve it?"
"What would you do if you were Prudy?"
Guide students to reflect on the predictions they made as they listened to the story read aloud.
Ask students to provide a rationale to support their predictions.
Ask the following questions to help students think about their predictions.
"What predictions did you make?"
"What in the story make you think of that prediction?"
"Did the story turn out like you expected?"
"Do you think Prudy stopped collecting things?"