Large Group Card: Language Theme 2 | Week 3: Helpers
DAY 2
OUR COMMUNITY | WEEK 3: Helpers
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WEEK 3: Helpers
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5 min
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Share the Mind Builder: Take Another Perspective Omu’s neighbors smelled her stew and knocked on her door because they wanted something
Focus on Vocabulary Introduce two new words. Use 2.3.2 Vocabulary cards. give together
to eat. At first, they were thinking of themselves. Later, they were thinking of Omu. When we care about what someone else thinks and feels, we are taking another perspective.
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15 min
STORY
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15 min
Connect to the Big Book Show big book cover. Today we are going to revisit the book Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora. We will talk about taking This story is a narrative with characters who could be real people. They act just like real people. We call this a realistic narrative. Who can say that? Close-Read: Connect to the Mind Builder Let’s reread and talk about some pages of the story to notice the Mind Builder, take another perspective, in action. Use Equity Sticks to pick children to answer questions. pages 8–9 Omu thinks to herself, “It would not hurt to share.” What does she mean? another perspective. Use the Clifford Puppet.
Extended Play Challenge children to think about their own perspectives and compare them to their classmates’ perspectives. Have children gather in small groups based on favorite color, favorite food, favorite book, favorite game, and favorite song. Encourage children to express their differences in complete sentences. For example: My favorite food is macaroni and cheese, and Lisa’s favorite food is mashed potatoes. Encourage children to draw a picture that shows something that a friend likes to do. Shared Writing Transcribe children’s speech as they talk about what their friends enjoy doing.
pages 12–13 When the police officer comes to the door, is she thinking about herself or about Omu? Is she thinking about her perspective or Omu’s perspective? (MB) pages 17–18 The hot dog vendor said “Ooooo, stew!” and ate some of Omu’s stew. Is he thinking about his perspective or Omu’s perspective? (MB) page 28 The little boy told Omu that they were there to give. Whose perspective are the neighbors thinking of now: their own perspective or Omu’s perspective? How do you know? (MB) Revisit give Vocabulary Card. pages 29–30 At the end of the story everyone ate, danced, and celebrated together. Revisit together Vocabulary Card. What did each person bring to Omu’s apartment?
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Day 2 has an explicit focus on the week’s Mind Builder skills—with Clifford!
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Child Development: Mind Builder In preschool, children start to realize that we each have different feelings and experiences. They start to care about others, yet they can continue to confuse their own feelings with those of others. You can help by talking about your feelings and the feelings of characters in books. (Clark/speechandlanguagekids.com, 2019)
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