Flap Your Wings by P.D. Eastman

(TESOL Materials--Story Time)

I've already done this story before as part of my Storybooks ESL Listening, but I was doing it for a Kindergarten class recently, and so I found it useful to convert it into another format.  

Supplementary Materials:

Google Drive HERE

Lesson plan: docs, pub

Google Slides: slides, pub

Compare and Contrast Worksheet: docs, pub

Coloring Sheet: docs, pub

My Video HERE

Objectives: Understanding the main idea of the story 

Compare and contrast

Lead-in: Show picture of bird sitting on eggs in nest.  Elicit from students what they already know about the picture.  Elicit or teach about how birds sit on nest eggs to build background.

Reading: Gist Question: Read story for understanding of main ideas.  Introduce the question: “Whose egg is it?”  Read story, and then check for understanding.

Reading Skill: Compare and contrast--use this sheet.  Which pictures go with birds?  Which with alligators?  Which with both?

Fast Finishers: Work on coloring sheet