Breanna J. Evans
Activity I
Objectives: Students will be able to determine the reason why the author wrote the text and share with their classmates the main facts they learned about the wolf
Students will be able to identify and name characteristics of the wolf.
Pre-Read Activity: As a class list all the things you know about the wolf in the (K) section of the KWL chart. Label each idea with the student name that shared the idea. Then generate a list of questions the class has about the wolf in the (W) section for what we want to know. Think aloud and model the thought process.
Read Aloud: Wolves by Jen Green and discuss the characteristics of the wolf as you go along.
Post- Reading Activity: List all of the things that your class has learned about the wolf including what they look like, what they eat, where they live and how they act. Explain to the students that the author wanted readers to learn all about wolves and that is why they wrote the information in the text. Share with the students that authors write non-fiction texts to share true information and facts about different things. Show students the non-fiction text features that allow us to know the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts including the table of contents, labels and photographs in opposed to pictures.
Activity II
Objective: Students will be able to order the stages of the life cycle of the wolf.
1. Refer back to the story previously read about the wolf, focusing on the life cycle of the wolf. List the 3 stages of the wolf life cycle on the board as a fetus (unborn ), baby pup, young pup, and adult wolf.
2. Explain how the life cycle of wolves are similar because we are both mammals.
3. Make a cycle on the board with the four spaces to insert the stages
4. Have students help you order the four stages
5. Have students independently order the stages and write the name of the stage underneath each stage or have the stages on a paper that can be cut into four and placed into order and explained by each student.
Activity III
Objective: Students will be able to draw a wolf and label the body parts appropriately.
1. Refer back to the posters completed prior to this lesson and circle all facts that are related to how the wolf looks.
2. Sketch a picture of a wolf including all of the characteristics that were gathered
3. Label each part of the wolf and explain that labels give the reader an understanding of what is in the picture in the books
4. Labels should include: sharp teeth, snout nose, four legs, a tail, fur, paws, and claws
5. Allow students to draw their own wolves and include at least 3 labels.