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Before Reading
Anticipatory Set:
To begin the lesson, the teacher will ask the students if they have ever been to the
farm or petting zoo before. The teacher will ask the students if they have ever seen a
goat or a sheep, to familiarize them with the main character.
Book Introduction: The teacher will introduce the book to the students reading the
title, author and illustrator. The teacher will ask the students about the picture on the
cover and ask them to make a prediction on what they think the story will be about.
During Reading
Pg. # Prompt (minimum of 5 ex. question, picture, think aloud, vocabulary, predictions, etc.)
P. 4 What did Gertie the goat do to Sam? (What does butts mean again?)
How do you think the children feel?
p. 6 Looking at the picture, what does Sam appear to be doing with the bag of
bread?
p. 7 Looking at the picture, what does Poppy seem to be doing with the grass?
Point out the word trot.
After Reading
Revisit purpose
The teacher will stop reading on page 7. The teacher will revisit the question What
happens to the grumpy goat?, having students share their responses one at a time. The
teacher will use a KWL chart to display the information the students supply. The
teacher will make sure that they can identify the problem of the story, that the
children can not get the grumpy goat away from its pen, first before continuing on with
the KWL chart.
2. Problem-solving Activity: The teacher will explain to the students that they are going
to test their solutions to the problem on ways to get the goat away from the pen. The
teacher will have several resources available, such as rope, different food (carrot or
grass), and blocks. The students will see if they can get the goat away from the pen
using the solutions they came up with.
Objective #2- Each student will engage in the problem-solving activity, as they work with other
students to test their solutions.
Modifications/Accommodations:
I will ask students to draw their ideas to problem solve if they have a hard time
expressing themselves verbally.