Running head: ASKING QUESTIONS LESSON PLAN 1

Asking Questions Lesson Plan

Ramona Torres-Martinez
Fresno Pacific University

Asking Questions Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan: Reading of the book I know an Old Lady that Swallowed a Fly

Resource: Tomlin, C. (2007). Combining Thematic Units and Literature. Early Childhood

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Focus Area: The focus of this lesson promote the use of extended language in conversation and

showing literacy understanding.

Behavioral Objective/s:
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The behavioral objective is for children to be able to use extended language to communicate

their ideas regarding the events in the book and provide answers to open-ended questions.

Another objective is for the children to be able to participate in group conversation by using

expanded sentences.

Group Size: 4-5 children

Age(s): 3-5 years old

Materials:

The book I know an Old Lady that Swallowed a Fly, picture cards of animals mentioned in the

story, sheet of chart paper, and markers.

Procedure:

Overview:

o Children need to be familiar with the animals mentioned in the book.

o Displaying the pictures of the animals and asking the children if they anyone that has

swallowed a fly before reading the book.

Presentation

o Review the book and the sequence in which the Old Lady swallowed the animals
o Then display the animal pictures and have the children sequence the order of the animals.

Ask the children questions like Which animal is the biggest? Which of the animals is

the smallest? Also discuss with the children about habitat of each animal and ask if they

have seen any of the animals in person before.

o Then ask the children What other animals could the Old Lady have swallowed

and why? and write down the childrens response on the chart paper. Then

reread the responses back to the children.

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o Share the responses with all the children in large group and ask the children

What they think about the responses?

Discussion Questions/Follow-Up Activities

1. Do you think it was easy or difficult to swallow the animals?

2. How do you think it feels to have a fly in your stomach?

3. Why do you think the Old Lady is eating the animals?

4. What food can the lady eat instead of eating the animals?

5. Which animal do you think was the hardest to swallow and why?

References
Beaty, J.J. (2014). Observing Development of the Young Child. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson

Education, Inc.