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June 2004 Vol.5 Issue 6
Suggested
lesson plan for “Kids
help develop conservation area”
Possible hard
words: Proper names: Sappington Elementary School. Claire
Gempp Davidson Conservation Area, Taylor Noce, Joe Sartorius,
Madeline Sartorius, Will Richards
Other words: commercially, caterpillar, salamander, ecology,
mulberry, environment
BEFORE READING:
To acquaint the young reader with the vocabulary in the article,
have him or her read the list of possible hard words. You
help out where help appears to be needed. Next, ask the child
to read the article aloud and be prepared to discuss it.
DURING READING:
Be quick to supply troublesome words in order to keep the
oral reading reasonably fluent.
AFTER READING:
Use questions such as the following to assess comprehension.
- What are some
of the features of the Claire Gempp Davidson Conservation
Area?
- What do you
think it means to say the land might have been “developed
commercially and lost forever?”
- What are the
stages in the life cycle of a butterfly?
- Are you interested
in participating in maintaining a wildlife conservation
area? Why or why not?
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