If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
Lesson one of two:
The teacher will read a word association book, If You Give
a Cat a Cupcake, written by Laura Numeroff and Illustrated
by Felicia Bond. The book is circular, so at the end of the
book the events starts over again. Retelling
a book many times teaches the skill of sequencing.
The students will rapidly name "k" and "t" toys or cards
from the story. Then the toys or cards will be mixed up in a
pile. The speech sound "k" is made by placing the tongue
behind the lower teeth. The speech sound "t" is made by
placing the tongue behind the upper teeth. With "k" and "t'
the air comes out of the mouth. Have your child say the "t"
and "k" speech sounds with a tissue in front of his/her mouth
and see the tissue move. Also, rapidly name action cards
with correct use of "pronoun + linking verb + action."
Sing "Happy Birthday" and then the students will share with
each other their favorite kind of birthday cake.
Finally, the students will write a story extension from the
stem, "If you give a cat a candle, he'll want to _____ ."
To complete story extensions, the students share an idea,
then they draw a picture and, finally they write a sentence.
Lesson two of two:
The teacher will read a word association book, If You Give a
Cat a Cupcake, written by Laura Numeroff and Illustrated by
Felicia Bond. The students will complete closed
sentences stated by the teacher, so that they can retell
the story. Retelling a book many times teaches the skill
of sequencing and it increases retention of vocabulary
words.
Name action pictures using the grammatical structures of
"pronoun + linking verb + object." Rapid naming of picture
cards improves reading fluency. The next activity is to sit
in a circle and to pass a ball while saying, "If you give a cat
a_(noun)_. He will ask for _______. He will _(verb)_ it"
For example, "If you give a cat a book. He will ask for glasses.
He will read it."
Complete a story extension from one of the choices from
the previous game that was played. "If you give a cat a
_(noun)_, He will ask for ________. He will _(verb)_ it."
To complete a story extension, the students share their
idea verbally, then they will draw a picture and, lastly
they write a sentence.